Babs Ates works as a Learning and Development Coordinator SOYEE at Plan International. She is a former Junior Knowledge Broker at the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP), one of the five Knowledge Platforms initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs. She is a former content manager of the F&BKP Knowledge Portal and worked on general knowledge communication activities. She completed a Master in Development and Rural Innovation and a Bachelor in Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University. For her master thesis she gained field experience in the field of food and nutrition security in Benin.