CGIAR System Council Composition July 2016 – June 2019

Leadership, Ex-officio non-voting members Chair of the System Council Juergen Voegele Ph.D (Serves for a 4-year term effective Senior Director, Agriculture from 12 July 2016)

Co-Chair Appointed by the System Council for each meeting from amongst its voting members

20 Voting members, July 2016 – June 2019

* Denotes one of the five developing country constituencies of the System Council

No Constituency/ Member Alternate (optional) Country 1 African Development Dr. Chiji Ojukwu Mr. Ken Johm Bank Director of Agriculture Lead Agricultural Economist 2 Mr. Andrew Campbell Ms. Mellissa Wood Chief Executive Officer General Manager, Global Australian Centre for International Programs Agricultural Research (ACIAR) ACIAR

3 Bill & Melinda Gates Mr. Tony Cavalieri Ph.D Foundation Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Development 4 Mr. Michel Gagnon Mr. Christophe Kadji Director, Division Deputy Director, Global Global Issues and Development Programs and Initiatives Branch Food Security Division Global Affairs Canada Global Issues and Development Branch Global Affairs Canada 5 East Asia and CHINA Pacific* Dr. Feng Dongxin Dr. Henry Bastaman MES (China, Indonesia, Director of International Head of Research, , Cooperation Development and and Thailand) Chinese Academy of Agricultural Innovation Agency, Ministry Sciences (CAAS) of Environment and Forestry

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No Constituency/ Member Alternate (optional) Country 6 European Mr Bernard Rey Commission Deputy Head of Unit, Unit C1 – Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition – , DG International Cooperation and Development 7 and Mr. Dr. Stefan Schmitz Dr. Nathalie Francken Belgium Head of Directorate 12, Advisor to the Food, Agriculture and Rural Belgian Ministry of Foreign Development, Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Ministry for Economic Development Cooperation Cooperation and Development 8 Ms. Satomi Okagaki Ms. Masashi Takizawa Senior Deputy Director, Global Deputy Director Issues Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Government of Japan Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Issues Cooperation of Japan Division 9 Latin America and Caribbean* Member nomination pending Dr. Benjamin Quijandria (Brazil, Colombia and Vice Minister of Agriculture Peru) of Peru 10 Mr. Jorge Rueda Sousa Mr. Miguel Narvaez Minister Counselor of Mexico’s Agricultural Counselor for Agricultural Office for Europe / Mexico’s Agricultural Office SAGARPA for Europe / Mission of Mexico to the EU SAGARPA Mission of Mexico to the EU 11 Mr. Melle Leenstra (PhD) Senior Policy Officer Food & Nutrition Research

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No Constituency/ Member Alternate (optional) Country 13 South Asia* BANGLADESH (Bangladesh, India and Shri Chhabilendra Roul (July 2016 – December 2017) ) AS(D) & Secretary, ICAR Dr. Abul Kalam Azad Dept. of Agricultural Research & Executive Chairman, Education Bangladesh Agricultural Ministry of Agriculture and Research Council Farmers Welfare SRI LANKA (January 2018 – June 2019) 14 Sub-Saharan Africa* (Kenya, Nigeria, South Prof. Ambrose Voh (Jnr) Dr. Eliud Kireger Africa, Sudan and Acting Executive Secretary Director General Uganda) Agricultural Research Kenya Agricultural & Council of Nigeria Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) 15 Sweden Philip Chiverton Renée Ankarfjärd Associate Professor Research Secretary Research Secretary Unit of Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency 16 Michel Evéquoz Senior Advisor Global Program Food Security Swiss Development Cooperation

17 Alan Tollervey Howard Standen Team Leader DFID Agriculture Research, Research and Evidence Division, DFID

18 Robert Bertram Eric Witte Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Senior International Affairs Security Specialist USAID USAID

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No Constituency/ Member Alternate (optional) Country 19 West Asia & North TURKEY IRAN Africa* Dr. Nevzat Birişik Prof. Javad Mozafari Director General Ministry of Food, Director General, Academic (Turkey and Iran; Agriculture and Livestock Relations and International Member and Alternate General Directorate of Agricultural Affairs rotates each 2 years) Research and Policies Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization 20 World Bank Mr. Mark Cackler Practice Manager Global Practice for Agriculture

Ex-officio non-voting members

The following 6 System Council seats are additional to the 2 ex-officio non-voting members held by the System Council Chair and the Co-Chair, the latter of whom is appointed by the System Council each meeting from amongst the voting members.

** Denotes Interim appointment for 2nd System Council meeting

No Organization Member Alternate (optional)

21 Chair of the System Prof. Dr. Martin Kropff, Management Board Interim Chair, System Management Board 22 Executive Director of Mr. Elwyn Grainger-Jones, the CGIAR System Executive Director Organization

23 Representative Nicole Birrell appointed by the Convener of the Center Board Centers - 1 Chairs 24 Representative Matthew Morell appointed by the Convener of the Center Directors Centers - 2 General

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No Organization Member Alternate (optional) 25 Food and Agricultural Dr. Ren Wang Samy Gaiji Organization of the Assistant Director General AGDR United Nations Head Research and Extension 26 International Fund for Perin Saint Ange Malu Ndavi Agricultural Associate Vice President Lead Technical Specialist Development Programme Management Programme Management Department Department

Active Observers

Active Observers have the right to participate in deliberations of the System Council and to propose agenda items and make presentations for such deliberations. Active Observers do not have the right to vote.

No Organization Member Alternate (optional) 27 Global Forum on Ms. Bongiwe N. Njobe Dr. Mark Holderness Agricultural Research GFAR Chair GFAR Executive Secretary

28 CGIAR Independent Ms. Rachel Sauvinet-Bedouin Evaluation Head, IEA Arrangement 29 CGIAR Independent Prof. Maggie Gill Science and ISPC Chair Partnership Council

Invited Guests

Representatives of each of the following are invited to System Council meetings:

• , in its capacity as the Host Country of the CGIAR System Organization • The World Bank, in its capacity as trustee of the CGIAR Trust Fund • The Chair of the System Council’s Audit and Risk Committee (if that person is not already a member of the System Council)

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