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Detlef Schoen

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Chief Executive Officer at NewAg Partners
📍 Germany

As CEO of NewAg Partners, Detlef Schoen leverages a multi-billion-dollar track record from roles at Cargill and BNY Mellon to transform global food systems. Educated at TU Muenchen-Weihenstephan, he is a recognized expert in creating large-scale, sustainable agribusiness investment solutions and shifting agriculture from a climate problem to a solution.

Detlefs professional passion for agriculture is deeply rooted in his personal life. He has over four decades of hands-on farming experience and has personally run his own farm, "Hof Peeneland, " since 1991. This practical expertise grounds his work in international agribusiness and finance.

Detlef is one of very few global experts who combines over four decades of hands-on, personal farming with a multi-billion-dollar track record in international agribusiness and financial markets.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Germany
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Priorities

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Regenerative Agriculture
He is a vocal proponent, stating the goal is to transform conventional, or "toxic agriculture, " into a climate-positive solution that is also financially rewarding.
Long-Term Farm Investing
He strongly advocates for long-term, evergreen fund structures for agriculture, believing typical 10-year private equity models are unsuitable for the asset class.
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Career

Work history

11-2019
Chief Executive Officer
NewAg Partners
8-2017 - 8-2019
Head of Real Assets
Insight Investment
10-2015 - 5-2017
Chairman
Gippsland Grazing Trust
12-2007 - 7-2017
CEO / Chairman / Director
Aquila Capital Farms / Aquila Capital Farms Australia / Aquila Capital Farms New Zealand
2004 - 2005
Manager, International Grains
Nidera
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Media appearances

Detlef Schoen on Regenerative Agriculture | NewAg Partners. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1980 - 1981
Diplom
TU Muenchen-Weihenstephan
1978 - 1979
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Universität Göttingen
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