Matt Kovac

Food Industry Asia, Singapore and SUN Movement Executive Committee member (SUN Business Network Representative)

Biography

Matt Kovac is the Chief Executive Officer at FIA, the food industry’s first regional industry platform for multinational, regional and local food & beverage companies. He reports to a non-profit board of regional CEOs from multinational companies.

Matt manages a team of 15 secretariat staff based in Singapore, is responsible for delivering policy outcomes in nutrition, food safety, sustainable packaging and regional trade across Asia through the establishment of multi-stakeholder platforms and capacity building projects.

He is active in APEC and sits on the steering committee of the Food Safety Cooperation Forum’s PTIN, and is a member of Save The Children’s Corporate Advisory Council in Singapore, a board member of the Global Food Safety Partnership convened by the World Bank, and works with the Asian Development Bank on food safety and trade-related products in the Greater Mekong Subregion.