Bhupen Dubey, Global CEO, Advanta Seeds

Bhupen Dubey is a successful leader and the Global CEO of Advanta Seeds, a UPL group company. His leadership is driven by a strong understanding of farmer’s needs and a passion for sustainable agriculture. Bhupen holds over 30 years of experience in agriculture, supply chain, and food production from companies including Hoechst, Aventis, and Bayer has played a vital role in managing and integrating companies within the UPL group, such as Advanta/UPL, Golden Seeds, and Unicorn. He has been driving essential integrations to bring profitable and sustainable growth for the UPL business.

Bhupen is well known for his industry expertise and is an active member of many professional affiliations. He participated in the multi-stakeholder project for the World Economic Forum, Transformational Leadership, Agricultural Development. He is on the NVA Business Council India and Asia, and he is the Chairman of SIG at the Asia and Pacific Seed Association. He has been a speaker and an expert panelist for many agricultural conferences, including CABI Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture and APAC Agri-Food Innovation Summit 2021.

Under his leadership, Advanta Seeds was ranked No 5 global seed company in the Access to Seeds Index in 2019, and No 2 in South and South-East Index.  Advanta also secured No 4 in Africa Access to Seeds Index 2021, for contributing to UN SDGs and food security by World Benchmarking Alliances.