Dr. Jacqueline Mkindi is a Development Manager specialized in Agriculture Business and Trade. She is the CEO for TAHA and Chairperson of TAHA Commercial Companies (TAHAFRESH Handling Ltd and GreenCert Ltd), an entrepreneur and has provided strong leadership in shaping and transforming the multimillion dollar horticultural industry in Tanzania. She has been very instrumental in creating and facilitating transformative partnerships with the Government of Tanzania and Development Partners such as USAID, EU, UNDP, International Trade Centre (ITC), the Dutch, Belgian, Finnish, Swedish (SIDA) and Danish (DANIDA) Governments, to mention but a few. She has participated in a number of trade facilitation and negotiation forums, including EAC, DC, ECOWAS, and the EU. In addition, she has been involved in business issues governing the trade relationship between African countries and the United States of America.

Her involvement in various business and trade facilitation processes at the national, regional and international levels has significantly contributed to the rapid growth of the industry, TAHA and its subsidiaries. Jacqueline serves on the advisory boards of several Public and Private Local, Regional and International platforms. Just to mention a few, she chairs the Agriculture Council of Tanzania (ACT) and sits on the executive council of the Board of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF). She also represents Tanzania on the Consultative Committee of the Common Fund for Commodities with headquarters in The Hague, The Netherlands.

In addition, she has been appointed a member of the International Steering Committee of Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD) - Hope, a platform to promote climate responsibility and sustainable development to mitigate climate change risks, where she represents the Southern Farmer Organizations World.

Jacqueline is a Certified Director and was awarded a Certificate in Directorship (CiDir) by the Institute of Directors in Tanzania (IoDT) in August, 2019. She has won several local and international awards as A Woman of Impact for transforming agriculture, particularly the horticulture industry in Tanzania.