CGIAR Research Program Directors

Prior to being appointed as a Senior Fellow with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2012, Andrew was the Research Programme Manager for the Land and Water Resources program in the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and formerly Regional Director for IWMI for Southeast and Central Asia. He has held the position of Principal Research Scientist with the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO) in the Division of Land and Water; Project Leader and Principal Research Scientist with the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research; and lecturer in the department of Crop Science, University of KwaZulu Natal South Africa. His research career in agriculture spans over 30 years and includes research and academic assignments in South Africa, Australia and Southeast and Central Asia. Andrew holds a PhD in Agronomy from the University of Georgia, USA.