Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Turning these issues into opportunities requires a leadership journey and a clear roadmap that builds capability and mindsets to enable execution. dssis uniquely placed to help you on this journey to translate ambition into action, and to take advantage of the opportunities arising at this moment.   

We do this by putting people front and centre to enable long-lasting change. We are implementers with extensive experience across the entire food value chain; our people are agronomists, economists, technology specialists, sustainability experts, operations managers, and change management experts.  We have the technical competencies in a wide range of topics – from soil management and packaging lifecycles to food safety and product innovation – science and data-based tools and methodologies, as well as extensive experience in change management and cultural transformation.  This helps agriculture, food and beverage companies to design and deliver an integrated roadmap, build the right capabilities and ensure that all requisite people and resources are effectively mobilised to meet current and future targets.

Featured case studies

We’ve developed industry best practices and created many of our own proprietary solutions to get our clients to the cutting edge – and keep them there.

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What are your goals?

Whether you are looking to revitalise your internal culture, build the capabilities of your leaders and teams, transform your operational effectiveness or make a positive impact on the environment, we’ll build a customised strategy and work side-by-side to implement it with you.

Meet the team

Explore the backgrounds and specialities of the experts working with you. 

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Melissa Barrett
Managing Director, Agriculture, Food, Beverages, and Consumer Goods
Senior advisor with a focus on strategic sustainability transformation and innovation, helping organisations leverage their assets, capabilities and potential to deliver commercial, social and sustainable impact.
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Massimo Marino
Italy Sustainability Market Lead, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Environmental engineer and author with extensive experience in calculating impacts of industrial processes; expert in life cycle assessments. Founder of Perfect Food Consulting, which was acquired by dss+.
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Tania Montesin
Australia Lead, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
17+ years of experience in vertically integrated value chain development and management and leading large, advanced automation capital projects, while managing large, geographically dispersed manufacturing operations.
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Fabio Nunes
Latin America Principal, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
A supply chain professional with 18 years of solid experience in several planning projects (DP, S&OP, DRP, MRP, MPS and Line Scheduling) and Logistics Processes (Interim Management in logistics operations in Mexico and Transport Bid). 
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Anne Verniquet
Europe Sustainability Senior Consultant, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Brings methodologies and triple bottom line mindset to designing business models for long-term sustainability, looking for increased economic added value, minimised environmental impact, and collaborative innovation.
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Sebastien Planche
Managing Director
EMEA
Sebastien has more than 26 years’ experience in managing large scale improvement programs across multiple industries to accelerate and deliver impactful and sustainable transformations in safety, operations and sustainability. He builds high-performance teams, providing C-Level strategic advice and solutions to accelerate organization culture changes and results.
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Jan Teuwen
Netherlands/Belgium Principal, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
As Cluster Leader for Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg, Jan is managing client accounts and the BeNeLux team to protect lives, improve operations & deliver sustainability at clients' sites.
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André Pereira
UK Senior Manager, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
André brings over two decades of experience in operational excellence, driving transformation across the FMCG, Aerospace & Defence, Marketing, Business Development and Consulting sectors, with a particular focus on the Food & Beverage industry. Known for his ability to focus on the basics and deliver significant financial impact with zero investment, André excels in bridging the gap between the language spoken by the leadership and the shop floor, ensuring sustainable and lasting improvements.
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Gustavo Libardi
Latin America Senior Manager, Agriculture, Food & Beverages

Agribusiness advisor focused on market development and innovation, supporting organisations in strengthening management systems, processes and people while integrating data and sustainable practices for long-term impact.

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Stuart 'Stu' Brown
USC Senior Manager, Agriculture, Food & Beverages

Senior safety and operational excellence advisor with a strong track record leading multi-site culture transformation, SIF reduction, and leadership capability programs. Brings a blend of engineering, HSE leadership, and commercial experience to help clients improve safety performance and operational reliability.