Sjaak de Klein 
In 2024 Sjaak de Klein joined the executive team of the Coconut Knowledge Center.
Sjaak has lived and worked in Southeast Asia for over 25 years and has extensive regional and global trade and logistic experience through various roles in start-ups and multinational companies.
Intrigued by the diverse opportunities provided from the ‘tree of life’, Sjaak is actively supporting innovation and initiatives focusing on the upcycling of coconut waste, in particular the coconut husk.
Through his many field trips across the asia region he became engaged within the coconut sector and has built an extensive network within the coconut community. Sjaak is passionate about innovation and sustainability projects which create more value out of the coconut, moving beyond traditional commodity based derivatives in a win-win for the whole value chain, especially smallholder farmer growers.
Combined with his supply chain expertise, regional knowledge, business and cultural experience Sjaak is committed to support coconut sector projects in the Asia Pacific Region.
Christian Eyde Moeller 
Co-Founder, CEO & President, Lionheart Farms Philippines Corporation: More with Less.
From the ground-up Christian has led Lionheart Farms to establish a large-scale integrated coconut plantation and processing facility in Southern Palawan focused on specialized coconut flower-based harvesting and processing to supply world markets with syrup, sugar, beverages and condiment products like Coconut Aminos.
Lionheart Farms is today widely recognized as one of the largest corporate coconut plantations in the Philippines with more than one thousand employees and a highly professional localized executive team leading the industry with its regenerative organic and sustainable farming methods. Having successfully led Lionheart to respond to the market opportunity with higher margin products and having achieved the highest levels of international certification and accreditation within food safety, organic practices as well as ethical and social business – Lionheart has been able to pursue the market’s most selective customers.
Christian has a unique international profile having worked in Asia, the US and Europe within both start up and big corporate organizations. He is an experienced leader with executive management and board experience in both public and private companies. This includes successful value creation and investor exits within the Food & Agriculture, Internet & Telecommunications and Shipping industry.
As Co-Founder, CEO & Director of Lionheart Agrotech Limited (Hong Kong) since 2013, he pioneered the development of Lionheart’s business model with his co-founders and secured the first investor round to capitalize the Company to realize its full operating plan and the implementation of large-scale operations in the Philippines.
Christian is recognized for his people skills being a strong team builder with a determined mind driving progress, transformation and continuous adaptation to changing business conditions and life cycle requirements of corporations – small or large – demonstrated repeatedly throughout his career.
He has maintained values of hard work, discipline, love of study, self-sacrifice for the community’s welfare, and harmonious social relationships. He is anchored on hard work, focus, determination, and the ability to take risks and make bold calls.
Married to Maria Cecilia Chang, with children Thomas & Sebastian; Christian’s goals are to bring healthy, sustainable & traceable products from soil to shelf to support the people of South Palawan, protect Mount Mantalingahan’s biodiversity and help save the planet with his inspiring leadership and vision of Lionheart communities and people.
