ILRI board of trustees

Lindsay Falvey, Chair Fred Kiptoon Segor Prof Lindsay Falvey joined the ILRI Segor is Principal Secretary in Board in April 2013. His experience Kenya’s State Department of includes corporate governance, Livestock in the Ministry of academic leadership and Agriculture, Livestock and international research. His interests Fisheries. He was previously include changes in organizational Principal Secretary in the Ministry governance, the social and of Health. He holds a doctorate in technological sciences in livestock chemistry and a master of science including animal welfare and in chemistry from the University of human-animal interactions as well as Nairobi. His career spans integration across disciplines and all government and academia. He aspects of life. Currently chair of finance committee and the Board first worked with the Ministry of Chair designate, his career has also included: CEO of Coffey-MPW; Energy as a Chemist(1991–1994), he was then Senior Lecturer at Chair of Agriculture and Dean of the (now) Faculty of Veterinary Moi University, employed by the Kenya Department of Chemistry and Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne; Director of (1994-2010) and was latterly Head of the Department of Chemistry Hassad Australia, and advice to government throughout Asia. A and Biochemistry at the University of Eldoret, Kenya (2010–2013). recipient of the Centenary Medal of Australia, a Fellow of the He joined the Board of Trustees in August 2014. Academy of Technological Sciences, and of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, Falvey holds three doctorates; a Ph.D. from the University of Queensland, a higher doctorate from the Judith Lungu joined the ILRI Board University of Melbourne and an honorary doctorate from Thaksin in November 2015. Since University. Lindsay’s 15 books and more than 150 papers deal with September 2012, Lungu has been livestock and socio-cultural subjects. the deputy vice chancellor of Mulungushi University in Zambia. Prior to this appointment, between Lorne Babiuk, Vice Chair 1985 and 2012, she held a number Babiuk is vice-president for research of other academic positions, at the University of Alberta, Canada. including head of the animal As vice-president, he has science department and dean of consistently fostered research that the School of Agricultural Sciences crosses traditional disciplinary at the University of Zambia. In boundaries by, for example, addition to having served as a member of the Categorizing Poor supporting collaborations between Resource Farmers and Rising Food Prices taskforces and as chair of social scientists and medical, the small ruminants committee in Zambia, she has published over agricultural and engineering 20 academic papers and books, worked as a consultant for many researchers. Before joining the international organizations. She was also a member of the advisory University of Alberta, he built up a committee on science and technology for Africa, Caribbean and research institute—the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization Pacific (ACP) of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural (VIDO), at the University of Saskatchewan—which became Cooperation (CTA) in the Netherlands, and of the sector advisory internationally recognized as a leader in new vaccine group of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Vocational development. He holds a master’s degree in soil microbiology and Training in Zambia. Lungu has served on many boards, including a PhD in virology from the University of British Columbia and a DSc those of the Bank of Zambia, Livestock Development Trust and the from the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Veterinary Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre. She holds a PhD from University Microbiology. He joined the Board of Trustees in November 2010. of Manitoba in Canada specializing in reproductive physiology.

Cheikh Ly Ly is animal production and Khatijah Yusoff health officer at the FAO Regional Khatijah is a professor at University Office for Africa, in Accra. He Putra Malaysia. She was formerly the holds a veterinary doctorate from Deputy Secretary General at the the Inter-States School of Sciences Ministry of Science, Technology and and Veterinary Medicine, in Dakar Innovation, Malaysia. Her major and a master’s degree in research interest is in the molecular agricultural economics from biology of Newcastle disease virus Michigan State University, USA. (NDV) and other paramyxoviruses. He first worked with the Her research has further expanded Senegalese Agricultural Research into the understanding of virus- Institute and from 1988 as lecturer-researcher at the Rural cancer cell interactions. She is a Economics and Management Unit of EISMV. Earlier, he was chief fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the Biological Sciences and Animal Productions Department of Malaysia, the Islamic World Academy of Sciences and TWAS. She EISMV and director general of the International Trypanotolerance has received several honors including the 2005 Carlos Finlay Prize Centre in The Gambia. He joined the Board of Trustees in for meritorious work in microbiology by UNESCO. She joined the November 2011. Board of Trustees in April 2010. Richard Golding Chanda Nimbkar joined the ILRI Board in Golding is an independent November 2015. Since 1998, Nimbkar has management consultant specializing in been the director of the animal husbandry providing governance and risk division of Nimbkar Agricultural Research management advisory and facilitation Institute in India. Prior to this appointment, services to multilateral and other she worked for seven years as a research international organizations. Until 2012, scientist. Over the last 25 years, she has he worked for PwC Consulting for 25 published more than 40 journal refereed years as a risk management consultant articles and an equal number of non- being admitted as a partner in 1994. refereed papers. She has served as board From 2005 - 2012, he was the lead member in NGOs and private companies, global partner for PwC’s relationships including the Maharashtra Goat and and work for the UN System and The Sheep Research and Development Global Fund to Fight HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He has Institute, and as a member of the research lived in Geneva, Switzerland for 20 years. He is a Chartered advisory committee of the National Accountant, originally from the UK. Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and the Taskforce on Animal Biotechnology. Nimbkar has received a number of Rodney Cooke awards and fellowships throughout her career, including Government of Cooke is former Director of the Policy and India Award for ‘Science and Technology Innovations for Rural Technical Advisory Division (2000–2012) at Development–2007’. She holds a PhD from the University of New England, the International Fund for Agricultural Australia, specializing in genetic improvement of lamb production Research (IFAD). Before this, he was Director of efficiency in Indian Deccani sheep. the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development (CTA). He brings a wealth of experience in agriculture and rural Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes development, including aspects such as Appointed State Minister for Livestock institutional appraisal, corporate planning and and Fishery in 2013, Gebregziabher management of change; project identification, implementation, monitoring Gebreyohannes has a profound and evaluation; R&D management and technology transfer. He has worked in experience in the livestock sector. Latin America, Africa, India and Southeast Asia. He holds a PhD in biochemistry Gebreyohannes studied animal from the University of Bristol, UK. He joined the Board of Trustees in November production in the then Alemaya 2012. University, now Haramaya University, where he earned his Bsc and MSc Suzanne Petersen degrees, and during his MSc studies, Petersen is a marketing, brand, business he was a graduate fellow in animal and product manager for Land O’Lakes production at ILRI. After gaining Purina Feed, leading the company’s research experience in animal production, he undertook his PhD in marketing of feed for cattle, dairy cows dairy animal breeding Kasetsart University in Thailand. He has more and swine. Trained in physiology and than 25 years research experience, and he served in the Oromia poultry feed research in the UK and and Tigray agricultural research institutes in different research and Australia, she has considerable administrative positions. His most recent position was Director experience in the feed sector, including General of the Tigray Agricultural Research Institute. market analysis and strategy development in a private sector context in Switzerland and the United States. She brings a unique blend of private sector, feeds research, business development and marketing skills to ILRI’s Board. She joined the Board of Trustees in Jimmy Smith November 2012. Smith was appointed Director General of ILRI in April 2011. Before Siew Fing Wong joining ILRI, he worked for the World Wong is a director of two Singapore Bank leading the Bank’s Global companies - Asia Venture Livestock Portfolio. Previously, he Biotechnology Pte. Ltd. and Delafin Pte. held senior positions at the Ltd. She previously worked as Senior Canadian International Financial Analysis Specialist at the Asian Development Agency (2001–2006). Development Bank where she led Earlier in his career, he worked at investments to improve energy ILRI and its predecessor, the efficiency in China and Mongolia. She International Livestock Centre for brings expertise to the board in the Africa (1991–2001). Smith is a graduate of the University of Illinois development and management of where he completed a PhD in animal sciences. He is an ex-officio multilateral development projects, financial analysis of the viability member of the Board. of business models, and information system conversion. She has an MBA from the University of Western Australia and is an Associate Chartered Accountant. She joined the Board of Trustees in November 2013.

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