Speaker's Profile

Kevin Roepke serves as the Regional Director of South Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa (SAASSA) for the US Soybean Export Council and sits on the Board of Directors for the US-Bangladesh Business Council. Based in Dubai, UAE, Roepke leads a regional team to develop, execute and deliver the vision for differentiating, elevating preference, and enabling market access to U.S. Soy for human consumption, aquaculture, and livestock feed throughout South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this role, Roepke held similar positions, both with USSEC and the US Grains Council, covering markets in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Oceana and the PRC—having been located in Mexico, Malaysia and China. Before his work in membership driven organizations, Roepke was with Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) oilseed processing division where he was responsible for the Western Divisional soymeal export position. He is a graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in Public Service and Administration in Agriculture, having been honored with the 2018 STATEMent Maker Award for Outstanding Alumni. He is also the co-founder of an app that won the American Farm Bureau 2018 AgTech Startup of the Year and the Right To Protein initiative, a non-profit awareness campaign dedicated to increasing the importance of protein consumption and nutrition security.  He received an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA.