Patrick Pagani is Deputy Secretary General of Copa- Cogeca leading the organization from 1st of February 2024. He has been developing the organization stance on Farm to Fork, Fit for 55 and food security. He is also in charge of the Agriculture Technology work with the Secretariat aiming to make the farming sector one of the frontrunners in the data-driven economy and in developing new technologies for better resource efficiency, improving, and modernising the agriculture sector in the path towards more sustainability. Patrick has early experiences in the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and DG Agriculture of the European Commission and previously has worked for several years in the European sugar beet sector on sustainability, agriculture and innovation matters in close link with the farming community.