Summary of Nominee Profile
Olivier Tichit is the Director of Communications and Sustainability at Musim Mas Group. He oversees the strategic direction of the group’s sustainability efforts, ensuring alignment with its core values and mission. Olivier drives sustainability synergies and partnerships, advancing the group’s commitment to sustainable practices and industry collaboration.
Musim Mas is an active member of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), where Olivier serves on the Board of Governors, representing Processors and Traders, co-chairs the Standing Committee for Standards, and is a member of the Finance Committee and of the Standing Committee for Assurance.
Prior to Musim Mas, Olivier was the Group Head of Sustainability of SIPEF, a Belgian plantations company present in Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Before joining SIPEF, Olivier was the Indonesia Country Manager for a major commodities merchant group, Ecom Agroindustrial, and spearheaded sustainable certifications for coffee smallholders.
Summary of Organisation Profile
Musim Mas Holdings Pte. Ltd. is the Singapore-based headquarters of the Musim Mas Group, one of the world’s leading palm oil companies. Established in 2007, it oversees the Group’s global strategy, administration, and sustainability efforts. The company is known for its strong commitment to responsible palm oil, earning top sustainability ratings and recognition for supporting smallholders. It also participates in the UN Global Compact and regularly publishes sustainability reports aligned with international standards.
Summary of Nominee Profile
A seasoned result-oriented professional with 23 years of experience across various domains in the food and agriculture industries, ranging from Edible Oil, Crop protection chemicals, and Seeds to Agri Retail Operations. Extensive experience across the length and breadth of India, with a deeper understanding of the Indian farmer and the agricultural ecosystem. An Ag B.Sc and MBA graduate, Mr. Niyogi has always been a strong believer in innovation. Starting with the innovation of store promotion models during his first stint at Aadhar retail to numerous product launches and scaling up the crop protection business to multiple interventions currently happening at the Oil Palm business division of Godrej Agrovet, he has always focused on the innovation of systems and processes to enable efficient sales and operations.
After taking charge as CEO of the Oil Palm Business unit at Godrej Agrovet, he understood that Oil Palm is an efficient solution to address India’s edible Oil needs and started aligning the Oil Palm business unit to contribute significantly to making India self-reliant. Under his leadership, the business has been extensively studying and exploring partnerships with pioneers in Oil Palm from Southeast Asian markets to make the best technology and products available to Indian farmers. His vision is to help Indian Oil Palm farmers reach a productivity level higher than 5 MT/Ha of CPO and make Oil Palm as the most preferred solution for doubling the farmer’s income. His path-breaking idea of One-stop -solution “Samadhan” is making wonders in this journey and has received a remarkable response in the entire agriculture sector.
Mr. Niyogi is presently the sole Indian to become a member in “Board of Governors” of RSPO. He is also in the executive council of India’s leading Vegetable Oil Industry Association IVPA.
Summary of Organisation Profile
Godrej Industries is a holding company of the Godrej Group. We have significant interests in consumer goods, real estate, agriculture, chemicals and financial services through our subsidiary and associate companies, across 18 countries.
Godrej Agrovet is a food and agri conglomerate, dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields.
