
Vincent Lagacé
Co-Founder,
NUUP
Vincent is co-Founder and co-CEO at Nuup, a Mexican non-profit committed to enabling and accelerating the transition to a more sustainable and inclusive food system. At Nuup, Vincent develops digital tools, financial products and programs, market access initiatives and has led regenerative agriculture projects impacting thousands of smallholder farmers across Mexico. Vincent holds a Master's degree in Development Studies from the University of Ottawa and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to the creation of Nuup in 2015, Vincent started his career in the Fair Trade movement and later worked in impact investment and microfinance at Root Capital and Desjardins. He is currently serving as an advisor to the organizations Reforestamos Mexico, Impacto Caf' and has previously served on the Fairtrade Canada Board of Directors. He was selected as an Ashoka Fellow in 2019 and Rockefeller Foundation ' Acumen Food Systems Fellow in 2023.