Richard Rogers

As the Founder and Managing Director of Rogers MacJohn, Richard helps companies move beyond traditional CSR to become primary agents for delivering societal and shareholder value. He leverages insight and experience from over 25 years in industry, management consulting, and philanthropy at industry-leading organizations.

Prior to founding Rogers MacJohn in 2017, Richard spent 10 years with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a Senior Program Officer, leading the Market Access team and private sector partnerships for the Agricultural Development Program. He developed and managed a $400M portfolio of grants and corporate co-investments to catalyze greater productivity, market access, and incomes for 2 million small African farming households.

Prior to the Gates Foundation, he served as a consultant with McKinsey & Co, advising global clients in food, agribusiness, and consumer goods on manufacturing strategy, supply chain efficiency, corporate strategy, and organizational effectiveness. During his earlier career at Kraft Foods, based in both Europe and the US, he managed cross-functional global teams driving product innovation and efficiency improvements.

Richard has advised multinational corporations such as Mars, Coca-Cola, and Walmart, as well as government agencies including USAID, BMZ, World Bank, DFID, and African ministries of agriculture. He has also advised the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Omidyar Network, United Nations, and GIZ.

He served as Chairman of the Board for the Committee for Sustainability Assessment (COSA) and serves on the Board of CATIE, an international institute focused on agricultural development and biological conservation across the Americas and Caribbean.

Richard holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering with honors from the University of Florida.