Amath Pathé Sene is the Managing Director of Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF).

Pathé is an Agricultural Engineer by training and climate and environment expert. He has over 18 years’ experience in the fields of agriculture, green finance and agricultural value chains development, environment, climate change and sustainable natural resource management, food systems and nutrition security, rural development, and poverty reduction; rural infrastructure development; safeguards and de-risking public and private sector investments in sustainable agriculture. In his professional career, he has occupied various technical, managerial and leadership roles at local, country, regional and global levels, working across Africa, South America, Central Asia and Europe.

Prior to joining AGRF, Pathé was the IFAD Lead Regional Environment and Climate Specialist for West and Central Africa based in Rome and later in Abidjan.