Margot Gibbs (Lighthouse Reports) is an investigative journalist at nonprofit newsroom Lighthouse Reports. She has led investigations into the hedge funds driving the cost-of-living crisis through food speculation, the US government's funding of attacks on pesticide scientists, and, most recently, the impact of monopolies on sustainable livestock farming. Before joining Lighthouse, she was a Senior Reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and Finance Uncovered, where she reported on money flows underpinning corruption, labour and environmental abuses.

Kagiso Zwane (Localisation Support Fund) is a development economist working in competition and industrial policy. His work spans several sectors, including the agri-food industries. Until recently, Kagiso was a Senior Economist at the Competition Commission of South Africa, where he worked on pricing monitoring, merger assessment, antitrust investigations and policy research focused on essential food value chains. Kagiso holds a Master's in Applied Development Economics and a Bachelor's degree in Economics. He participated in this workshop in a personal capacity.

The workshop was chaired by Mehroosh Tak (SOAS, University of London).