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How we started

The creation of VIVE was driven by Czarnikow (CZ) and Intellync’s shared desire to build sustainable
supply chains with commercial advantage. 

CZ is a global supply chain solutions provider with over 160 years of experience, whose purpose is to exert a positive economic and sustainable influence in its food, beverage and energy supply chains. CZ buys, sells, moves and de-risks commodities through a range of services including trade finance, commodities trading, freight and logistics and price risk management.

CZ has over 300 employees in 14 countries, and trades of over $3bn.

Intellync works with organisations that are most committed to driving sustainable improvement in their supply chains and to help them make this happen. It’s international reach means it collaborate across a wealth of sectors. For clients this means an assurance that they are connected in the right places with the most up-to-date industry intelligence and technology.

Intellync is part of AB Agri Ltd, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods PLC, a diversified, international ingredients and retail group with sales of £12.8bn and over 124,000 employees in 48 countries.

CZ is a global supply chain solutions provider with over 160 years of experience, whose purpose is to exert a positive economic and sustainable influence in its food, beverage and energy supply chains. CZ buys, sells, moves and de-risks commodities through a range of services including trade finance, commodities trading, freight and logistics and price risk management.

CZ has over 300 employees in 14 countries, and trades of over $3bn.

Intellync works with organisations that are most committed to driving sustainable improvement in their supply chains and to help them make this happen. It’s international reach means it collaborate across a wealth of sectors. For clients this means an assurance that they are connected in the right places with the most up-to-date industry intelligence and technology.

Intellync is part of AB Agri Ltd, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods PLC, a diversified, international ingredients and retail group with sales of £12.8bn and over 124,000 employees in 48 countries.

Why work with us

We’re a verification programme that encourages the continual improvement of businesses in meeting their sustainability goals.

We look deeper into the supply chain to implement sustainable solutions and help to enhance fairness and benefits for suppliers, workers and other stakeholders.

VIVE has strong backing from a FTSE 100 company with extensive experience in the supply chain industry. We leverage our network so you can work closely with leading industrial buyers and retail clients.

We tackle problems differently– investing in cutting-edge IT and services to address supply chain challenges

We deliver a flexible online system that enables our clients to have a standardized approach to sustainability across a range of raw materials.

We look at ingredient industries differently, working to enhance our clients’ operations where we can.

Why work with us

VIVE is a verification programme that encourages the continual improvement of businesses in meeting their sustainability goals.

We look deeper into the supply chain to implement sustainable solutions and help to enhance fairness and benefits for suppliers, workers and other stakeholders.

VIVE has strong backing from a FTSE 100 company with extensive experience in the supply chain industry. We leverage our network so you can work closely with leading industrial buyers and retail clients.

We tackle problems differently, investing in cutting-edge IT and services to address supply chain challenges.

We deliver a flexible online system that enables our clients to have a standardised approach to sustainability across a range of raw and processed materials.

We look at ingredient industries differently, working to enhance our clients’ operations where we can.

Learn about our vision for the future.

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Learn about our vision for the future.

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Our Management Team

William Rook

Head of VIVE

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Hayley Humphreys

Programme Manager

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Benjamin French

senior manager

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Sylvester Bamkole

Sustainability Associate

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Cavan Gardner

Programme Development Manager

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Simon Phelps

General manager

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Lénaïc Grignard

Strategic Initiatives
Manager

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Andrew Hansford

Assessor Team Manager

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Carys Wright

Marketing & Communications Manager

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Beatriz Carneiro

Analyst

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Jordan Gleeson White

Marketing Associate

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William Rook

Head of VIVE
Will founded the VIVE programme in 2015 and continues to lead its development. He manages VIVE’s overall strategy, expansion and business model, having built VIVE inspired by conversations with global food and beverage multinationals who wanted to improve sustainability in their supply chains. Will is also Director and Head of Refined Sugar and Ingredients at Czarnikow (CZ), bringing over 30 years of industry experience to VIVE.

Sahajanee Thaisonthi

VIVE Manager Thailand
Jane joined Czarnikow in 2022 as a Specialist on Green energy and Decarbonization. With a master’s degree in Energy Technology and Management and a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering. Currently, Jane is the VIVE Manager Thailand.
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Benjamin French

Senior Manager
Benjamin is leading the global development of the VIVE Programme. He brings 11 years of experience at CZ as Chartering Manager and Senior Sugar Trader. He has extensive experience insustainable agricultural systems and holds Bsc Hon Degree in Agricultural Business Management. Benjamin works closely with multinational buyers of sugar and with mills, refineries, financial institutes, and shipping companies to build commercially viable sustainable supply chains of sugar from farm to end-user.

Sylvester Bamkole

Sustainability Associate
Sylvester has a BSc (Hons) in Geology and an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience with exploration from the University of Manchester. He has experience supporting corporates, financial institutions, and governments to measure and disclose the environmental impact of their operations, identify climate related risks, and realise climate related opportunities. Sylvester contributes to the significant development of the VIVE programme participation, partnerships, and external engagements in line with the VIVE global strategy. In this role, he supports the leadership team in designing and implementing VIVE Climate Action. He joined CZ in 2023

Cavan Gardner

Programme Development Manager
Cavan has over 10 years of experience working in farmer improvement programmes including on the ground operational experience implementing sustainability initiatives for over 10,000 farmers in Thailand. Cavan joined AB Agri in 2016 as Lead International Assessor conducting global sustainability assessments at farm and facility level. In 2019 he was the lead content developer of the industry Sustainable Tobacco Programme (STP 2.0) before joining VIVE as Programme Development Manager.
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Simon Phelps

General Manager
Simon has 20 years of experience in measuring and analysing data in food/agricultural production systems. Following 10 years in the meat industry Simon joined AB Agri in 2006 and was part of the team that created the worlds first carbon footprint model for agriculture. Now part of the Intellync team delivering data collection and reporting services to processors and retailers to enhance the sustainability of their supply chains and provide brand protection.
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Lénaïc Grignard

Strategic Initiatives Manager
Lénaïc is an agronomist specialised in innovation and tech for agriculture. She has over 20 years’ experience in agtech, valuing data from different sources and sensors, such as satellite and drones, to design and build software to improve efficiency of agriculture all along the value chain, from farmer to insurer. She joined Intellync in 2022 to leverage technology and provide new tools to the supply chain partners.

Beatrice Meirelles

FIP Assistant
Beatrice graduated from INSPER with a degree in Business and joined Czarnikow a year ago on the FIP area. She is responsable for all the relationship with the VIVE Joiners and Buyers Supporting VIVE in Brazil and South Cone, aiming to develop VIVE in this region. She is also engaged in other FIP, Whites and Molasses Initiatives in Brazil and South Cone.
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Andrew Hansford

Assessor Team Manager
Working for Intellync since 2003, Andrew’s primary role is to deliver Intellync’s sustainability programme globally. This involves managing UK based contracted assessors and third party audit businesses internationally to deliver over 1,100 assessments annually covering sustainable production and carbon footprint measurement for sugar, fruit, dairy and monogastric livestock. Andrew’s role also encompasses training, product development and customer interaction.
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Beatriz Carneiro

Sustainability Analyst
Beatriz joined the VIVE team in 2023 after graduating from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a degree in Environment and Development. She brings a strong background in Economic and Sustainable Development, and critical environmental theory. Beatriz works in VIVE's back office operations and coordinates communications between VIVE's joint owners, CZ and Intellync.

Carys Wright

Marketing & Communications Manager
Carys is responsible for VIVE's digital marketing strategy and corporate communications. She leads on content creation for external stakeholders and manages public relations. Carys has been with CZ since 2019.

Jordan Gleeson

Marketing Associate
Jordan is responsible for VIVE's digital marketing strategy and building brand awareness. She creates relevant content for prospective and existing participants as well as buyers supporting VIVE. Jordan has been working at CZ since 2023.

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