Senior Management Chronology

CGIAR management 1971 to present

CGIAR Consortium Board Chair

Carlos Pérez del Castillo From January 2010 (3-year term)

CGIAR Consortium Chief Executive Officers

Frank Rijsberman From May 2012
Lloyd Le Page 2010-2011

CGIAR Fund Council Chairs

Rachel Kyte 2011-
Inger Andersen 2010-2011
Katherine Sierra Until June 2010

CGIAR Fund Council

CGIAR Chairs

Katherine Sierra 2006-2009
Ian Johnson 2000-2006
Ismail Serageldin 1994-2000
V. Rajagopalan 1991-1993
Wilfried Thalwitz 1990-1991
W. David Hopper 1987-1990
S. Shahid Husain 1984-1987
Warren Baum 1974-1983
Richard H. Demuth 1971-1974

Executive Secretaries of the CGIAR Fund Council and Head of the Fund Office

Jonathan Wadsworth 2011-
Ren Wang 2010-2011

CGIAR Directors

Ren Wang 2007-2009
Francisco Reifschneider 2001-2007

CGIAR Executive Secretaries

Alexander von der Osten 1989-2001
Curtis Farrar 1982-1989
Michael Lejeune 1975-1982
Harold Graves 1972-1975

Independent Science and Partnership Council Chairs

Kenneth Cassman 2011-
Roelof (Rudy) Rabbinge 2010-2011

Independent Science and Partnership Council

Science Council Chairs

Roelof (Rudy) Rabbinge 2007-2009
Per Pinstrup-Andersen 2004-2006

Technical Advisory Committee Chairs

Emil Q. Javier 2000-2003
Donald Winkelmann 1994-1999
Alex McCalla 1988-1994
Guy Camus 1982-1987
Ralph Cummings 1977-1982
Sir John Crawford 1971-1976

Independent Science and Partnership Council Executive Director

Peter Gardiner 2010-

Science Council Executive Directors

Peter Gardiner (Acting) 2009
Ruben Echeverria 2004-2009

Technical Advisory Committee Executive Secretaries

Shellemiah Keya 1996-2003
Guido Gryseels 1995-1996
John Monyo 1985-1994
Alexander von der Osten 1982-1985
Philippe Mahler 1976-1982
Peter Oram 1971-1976