Brigitte Weston
Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One)
Brigitte Weston is director of product development for Gates Ag One, where she leads the organization’s efforts in translating cutting-edge research into sustainable and innovative products that can be widely adopted by smallholder farmers to improve livelihoods, local economies and the environment. Over the past 25 years, Brigitte has worked for numerous seed companies and other organizations in North America and Europe, with projects extending to South America, Europe and Asia, where she advanced technical products across a broad range of food crops. Brigitte holds a Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology and an M.Sc. in Crop Sciences.