Aidan Connolly
President of AgriTech Capital
Wilmington, North Carolina
Overview
Work Experience
President
2023 - Current
The International Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA), was formed in 1990 by Professor Ray Goldberg and others to stimulate strategic thinking across the full spectrum of the agribusiness food chain. Today, IFAMA is an association has members in over 80 countries, including the world's foremost agribusiness academics and researchers, corporate and industry association executives spanning all aspects of the global food chain, top agribusiness students, policymakers and representatives from government and non-governmental organizations.
IFAMA is a membership organization that brings together the world's leading scholars and students, industry and NGO professionals
Managing Director
2022
Kincannon & Reed is a search firm to specialize in the interrelated realms of agribusiness, food, and life science.
President
2018
Leading Innovation in new & traditional food, agribusiness and beverage businesses. Speaker, Advisor, Investor. Global traveler. Author ‘As easy as 2-1-4-3’ 30K+ followers
Agritech Capital is a strategy and investment firm specializing in innovation and technology in the agribusiness sector.
Senior Advisor
2022
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Author
2022
Essays on the digital and technological disruptions taking place in the food and farming business, and a vision of what is the future of agriculture. Available in English, Portuguese & Mandarin Chinese.
Independent Non Executive Director
2021
Chairman
2019
Novel, patented bioherbicide formulations for protection of conventional and organic crops.
Harpe Bio develops sustainable weed control solutions for organic and industrial agriculture.
Raised $15,245,000.00 from National Science Foundation.
Official Member
2019
Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for senior-level tech executives.
Author
2019
The traditional business plan is dead; too long, too complicated & too quickly out of date. 2-1-4-3 means a transformation in business, sales, marketing & even personal planning.
North American Advisory Board Member
2018
Associate Professor of Marketing
2009
My position with the Michael Smurfit School of Business involves running cases with Executive Education groups, research on agri-business and marketing topics and helping the international outreach efforts of the university. I also participate and mentor with the CEMS program, which is a collaboration of 30 leading business schools around the world designed to bridge university education and business expertise and has been ranked 15th in the world by Financial Times Masters in Management Global Ranking.
Education
MBS
1988 - 1990