Toni Bucci

Chair, Executive Board of Directors

Dr Toni Bucci is an experienced agriculture and biotechnology leader with a deep understanding of sustainable agriculture, biotech innovation and global supply chains, and a passion to transform how we feed the world sustainably.


She has more than 30 years of experience which includes leading successful entrepreneurial agricultural and biotechnology companies, overseeing their strategic growth and helping them navigate the route to commercialisation.


Toni founded and is CEO of Sable Fermentation, Inc., a food and ag scale up fermentation company. She also co-founded ActiveCross, LLC in 2023, a pioneering crop protection company, and formerly served as Chief Operating Officer at AgBiome, Inc.


Prior to her experience of leading start-ups, Toni spent 23 years at BASF where she was responsible for the research, development and commercialisation of new fungicides and insecticides as well as business development.

Toni is a renowned mentor and industry consultant, supporting agriculture and biotechnology companies through her position as Counsel Chair at the North Carolina Ag Tech Council and her company, Riggin Consulting, LLC.


Toni has a PhD in Entomology from the North Carolina State University, a Master’s degree also in Entomology from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from the Augusta State University.


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