It's clear that agriculture, done right, is the best means the world has today to simultaneously tackle food security, poverty and environmental degradation.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy.

I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.

Do your job brilliantly and the cream will rise to the top.

I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

How you manage change can make all the difference.