Bridget Ogilvie
UK
Vice-chair of the pro-GM lobby group Sense About Science.
Profiles: Powerbase
See also: Sense About Science
Paul Ohm
UK
Fictitious advocate of GM crops invented for satirical purposes who was taken seriously by C. S. Prakash of the AgBioWorld.
Profiles: Powerbase
See also: AgBioView, AgBioWorld, Channapatna S. Prakash
Kendra Okonski
UK
Pro-corporate and free trade lobbyist who worked for the International Policy Network, the so-called Sustainable Development Network, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Linked with "counter-protests" in favour of GMOs and big industries. Married to Julian Morris.
Profiles: Powerbase
Article: The Fake Parade
See also: International Policy Network, Liberty Institute, Sustainable Development Network, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Julian Morris
Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB)
Kenya
Created by AATF in 2006 to "positively change public perceptions toward modern biotechnology. This will lead to increased adoption of GM products in Africa and the rest of the world." Active in multiple African countries. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with contributions to date from the Rockefeller Foundation, AfricaBio, Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) and USAID, among others. Collaborates with ISAAA.
Funding information: mBio Project
Articles: Mark Lynas is lying again!
Biotech ambassadors in Africa
Links to: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UK
Free trade group with 30 member countries. Its Biotechnology Unit has lobbied for GM crops and attacked critics of GM.
Profiles: Powerbase
See also: Mark Cantley
Jim Orson
UK
Director of The Arable Group, which was involved in running the UK's GM farmscale trials. Was also a member of the GM regulator ACRE (2002-2005).
Profiles: Powerbase
Articles: Morley Research Centre