Mrs Patricia Obichukwu

Best Produce International UK Ltd

CEO, United Kingdom

Mrs Patricia Obichukwu FRSA is the CEO of Best Produce International (UK) Ltd. She is the Pioneer, key facilitator / Registered Trainer / Verification Body for GLOBALG.A.P. activities on primary production in Nigeria. Patricia is an Approved Consultant and Registered Training Centre for International Featured Standards (IFS) for processed foods and value chain in West Africa. She is also a Registered Trainer for Rainforest Alliance and an International Fruit Juice Association (IFU) Representative for Nigeria. She specializes in Project Development / Management; Quality Improvement of Agricultural Produce, Supply-Chain Management; Export Promotion, Product Sourcing, Product Design and Packaging, Training and Capacity Development; Needs & Risk Assessment and Management, Health and Social Care Service Development. Patricia has over 29 years experience in Food Industry in UK which includes Fresh Produce, Processed and Cooked Food. She has over 16 years International Export and Market Access experience in addition to over 18 years experience as Business Adviser / Trainer across grass root; middle and senior management levels in the areas of Health and Social care service provision; Business start ups; Agricultural product development, Quality standards, Product packaging and Export market entry strategy. She has participated in different Focus Group committees for setting GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody and Crop for Processing Standards and is currently a Benchmark Committee member. In addition, she has also contributed towards setting newly published IFS Pathway under Resource Management. Patricia has won different recognition awards for her contributions in Community Development and Entrepreneurship awards for her work in UK.