Founder & managing director of ConsiliAgra
Ms. Emily French is founder & managing director of ConsiliAgra – an active advice / strategy and brokerage group founded in 2009 that covers the world grain and oilseed markets. She has long been involved in agriculture having grown up on a wheat farm in north Idaho, earning a degree in agricultural business from Washington State and beginning her professional career as a physical cash trader for Cargill’s grain, oilseed processing and wet milling divisions. Following Cargill, Ms. French worked for the U.S. Grains Council and World Perspectives in Washington, DC. After 5 years in Washington DC, Emily moved to the investment banking and OTC derivatives markets with National Australia Bank in both New York and Sydney, Australia. She returned to the U.S. to work as a Senior Vice President at Macquarie Bank Limited and specialized in grains and oilseeds hedge structures as well as investment structures for global investment banks, family offices and sovereign funds. When not on an airplane visiting customers, speaking at various conferences or writing daily and weekly commentary on the global grain and oilseed markets, Ms. French resides in north Idaho (United States) and can always be reached at: efrench@consiliagra.com