Detlef Schoen

March 27, 2016

Detlef joined Insight in August 2017 as Head of Real Assets. Detlef is responsible for all aspects of Insight’s farmland capability. Detlef has more than four decades of experience in global farming and a multi-billion dollar track record as a senior agribusiness executive. Prior to joining Insight, he was invested in and personally managing grass-fed beef farms in Australia, having led the farmland investment team at Aquila Capital. At Aquila, he was responsible for implementing a US$500m investment plan, mostly in New Zealand where, at the time, he was responsible for the largest foreign investment in New Zealand agriculture and now is a permanent resident. He started his career with Cargill where he was in charge of the European grain trading business – at the time the leading exporter of grains from the EU and a significant country merchant in the UK. He then ran his own grain origination company and later the global grain book for NIDERA – at the time the sixth largest grain trader worldwide. Detlef is widely known for his thought leadership and is highly respected in the global institutional investment world for farmland and agribusiness.

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