Scobey quits World Cocoa Foundation for executive role with TRAFFIC By Anthony Myers The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is looking for a new president to replace Richard Scobey, who will leave on 1 May to become the new Executive Director of environmental organisation TRAFFIC.
Scobey joined WCF in 2016 after working for more than 30 years in rural development and poverty reduction at the World Bank Group.
The cocoa industry is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers in Europe and the United States to act on cleaning up its supply chain and eliminate child labour and ending deforestation. The WCF is an influential body with more than 100 members from farmers to financial institutions, cocoa processors, chocolate makers and manufacturers.
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World Cocoa Foundation
President Richard Scobey will leave WCF on May 1 to become the new Executive Director of environmental organization TRAFFIC, which monitors global wildlife trade and promotes sustainable management of wild plants and animals.
The WCF Board of Directors will oversee a selection process to replace Scobey to ensure WCF continues to deliver on its vision of a thriving and sustainable cocoa sector, where farmers prosper, communities are empowered, and the planet is healthy.
Praising Scobey’s leadership at WCF over five years,
WCF Chairman Barry Parkin said:
“Rick has provided outstanding leadership in the continued evolution of WCF. Under his watch, we have developed our new vision and strategy set out in the Pathway for Sustainable Cocoa, launched the new public-private partnerships of Cocoa & Forests Initiative and CocoaAction Brazil, pivoted to a new framework to address child labor, deepened our policy dialogue on key