Suzanne van Tilburg started her career agricultural counsellor in the Dutch diplomatic service, a.o. in Kiev, Washington DC and Brussels. From 2008-2010 she advised the Dutch Members of Parliament on European agriculture, public health and development cooperation negotiations and legislation. In 2010 she returned to the diplomatic service as Head of the Agricultural Department at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Moscow. Back in the Netherlands, she coordinated the internationalisation strategy of the Dutch Food & Agri Topsector. As of May 2015, Suzanne van Tilburg is working with Rabobank: a cooperative, global leading food and agriculture bank with an impactful footprint in emerging and developed markets across the globe. As Global Head Food & Energy Networks, she strategically connects Rabobank to the world's leading public and private institutions on food (system) and energy transitions, focusing on key challenges such as the Road to Paris, better land and water use, food losses and waste reduction, impact finance and digitalisation. Her team is also responsible for the Board level engagement in key milestone Summits from a.o. UNCCC, WEF and WBCSD.