IDF appoints new communications manager
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has announced the appointment of Sebastian Dates as communications manager. His main mission will be to contribute to the development of high-quality communications and public relations strategies and activities across all areas of the organisation that represents the global dairy chain.
Sebastian Dates has over 20 years of experience in communications, advocacy and public affairs management for the agricultural sector in Argentina and Latin America. He has worked and contributed with some of the most prominent farming and dairy organizations of South America, like the Argentine Rural Society, FEPALE (Panamerican Dairy Federation), Rosario Board of Trade and Grupo Los Grobo, among others.
As communications manager, Sebastian Dates will play a key role to ensure an efficient flow of information between IDF and its members as well as to promote the science and technology that underpins the dairy sector and its activities. He will work closely with IDF’s director general, Caroline Emond, and the rest of the organisation in the development and execution of strategies and tools to generate engagement from associates, media and other stakeholders around the world. Mr.Dates will also focus on digital communications, web services and social media.
“We want to take IDF’s communications and public relations activities to the next level, and after a careful selection process we believe that based on his experience in the advocacy of the farming and dairy sectors of Latin America, Sebastian Dates can very much contribute to this goal”, states Caroline Emond, director general of IDF.
“I am very proud to contribute to the communication of a global organization that represents a sector that works 24/7 to nourish the world with safe and nutritious products in sustainable ways. My aim is to help all actors of the dairy chain such as farmers, producers and dairy workers to communicate and show their efforts and its results,” explains Sebastian Dates.
