Board
Overview
Composition
CGIAR System Council
Led by a Chair who is appointed by the System Council for a four-year term, the System Council is comprised of the following voting members and alternates, ex-officio non-voting members and active observers.
Pursuant to the CGIAR System Framework, all System Council members and Active Observers act in the interests of the CGIAR System.
Every three years, eligible Funders and developing countries* consult and agree upon their constituencies, which may comprise one or more governments or organizations. The current allocation of Funders is based on consultations undertaken in 2016.
The rules and procedures governing how each constituency operates are determined by the constituencies themselves.
Leadership, Ex-officio non-voting members
| Chair of the System Council The System Council approved the appointment of Dr. Juergen Voegele as Chair of the System Council for a third term of two-years with effect from 12 July 2024. | Juergen Voegele Vice President for the Planet Vice Presidency at the World Bank | ||
| Co-Chair | Appointed by the System Council for each meeting from amongst its voting members |
19 Voting members*
CGIAR System Council constituency selection process
*As per latest update on 18 September 2023
**Denotes one of the five developing country constituencies of the System Council
*** Denotes Funders that meet the criteria as per Annex B, CGIAR System Framework
| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 1 | African Development Bank | Martin Fregene Director Department of Agriculture and Agro-Industry | Innocent Musabyimana Chief Agricultural Technologies Officer and TAAT Coordinator |
| 2 | Australia | Wendy Umberger Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) | Bosibori Bett Director, Multilateral and Strategic Partnerships, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
| 3 | Canada | Tom Bui Director of Food Systems and Nutrition, Global Affairs Canada | Flora Mak Deputy Director, Global Institutions Agriculture and Food Systems Division (MSF), Global Affairs Canada |
| 4 | Crop Trust & IFAD | Stefan Schmitz Executive Director of The Crop Trust | Ron Hartman Director for Global Engagement, IFAD |
| 5 | East Asia and Pacific** (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) | MALAYSIA Datuk Seri Isham Ishak Secretary General, Malaysia Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security | CHINA Zhai Lin Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, CAAS |
| 6 | European Commission | Christophe Larose Head of Sector – Sustainable Agriculture Directorate-General for International Partnerships European Commission | |
| 7 | Gates Foundation | Martien van Nieuwkoop Senior Director, Agricultural Development | Ruben G. Echeverria Senior Advisor, Agricultural Development |
| 8 | Germany | Jens Busma Head of Agriculture, rural development, BMZ | Felicitas Röhrig Senior Policy Officer, BMZ |
| 9 | India | M.L. Jat Secretary DARE and Director General ICAR Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of India | Sanjay Garg Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR) |
| 10 | Latin America and Caribbean** (Brazil, Colombia and Peru) | BRAZIL Pedro Luiz Oliveira de Almeida Machado Coordinator, Embrapa Labex Europe, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply | ARGENTINA Beatriz (Pilu) Giraudo Vice President, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) |
| 11 | The Netherlands | Timmo Gaasbeek Senior Policy Officer Food Security, Department for Inclusive Green Growth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 12 | Norway | Daniel van Gilst Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) | Ingvild Langhus Senior Adviser, Section of Food. Division of Climate, Nature and Private Sector (Norad) |
| 13 | South Asia** (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) | BANGLADESH Nazmun Nahar Karim Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) | SRI LANKA |
| 14 | Sub-Saharan Africa** (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda) | NIGERIA Adamu Abubakar Dabban Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council for Nigeria | KENYA Eliud Kireger Director General, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research (KALRO) OrganizationSUDAN |
| 15 | Sweden | AnnaKarin Norling Senior Research Advisor, Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) | |
| 16 | Switzerland | Manfred Kaufmann Senior Advisor, Health and Food Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | Enrichetta Placella Head, Health and Food Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Laura Munro Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) | Alan Tollervey Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) |
| 18 | West Asia & North Africa** (Türkiye and Iran; Member and Alternate rotates each 2 years) | TÜRKIYE Mustafa Altuğ Atalay Director General for Agriculture Research and Policies, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | IRAN Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi Director General of Academic Relations and International affairs, Agricultural Research, Education & Extension Organization (AREEO) |
| 19 | The World Bank | Renaud Seligmann Director of Strategy and Operations, Sustainable Development Practice Group | Shobha Shetty Global Director of Agriculture and Food Global Practice |
Additional Temporary Voting members***
| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 20 | Belgium | Carol Durieux Advisor food systems & food security, FPS Foreign Affairs -Development Cooperation | Boudewijn Vandenbossche Advisor food systems & food security, FPS Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation |
| 21 | Denmark | Hanne Carus Chief Adviser, Department for Evaluation, Learning and Quality | |
| 22 | Ireland | Patrick McManus Deputy Director, Policy Unit, Irish Aid, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland | Isabella Rae Agriculture and Food Systems Lead, Policy Unit, Development Cooperation and Africa Division – Irish Aid, Dept. of Foreign Affairs |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | Mariam Almheiri Chair, International Affairs Office, Presidential Court | Fatema AlMulla Director of Partnerships and Special Projects at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment |
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.
| No | Organization | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 24 | Chair of the CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board | Patrick Caron | |
| 25 | Executive Managing Director of the CGIAR System Organization | Ismahane Elouafi | |
| 26 | Representative appointed by the Alliance/Centers – 1 | Roel Merckx Representative of the Alliance/Center Board Chairs | |
| 27 | Representative appointed by the Alliance/Centers – 2 | Essam Mohammed Representative of the Alliance/Center Directors General | |
| 28 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Selvaraju Ramasamy Head, Research and Extension Unit (AGDR) |
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) |
| 29 | Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation | Ravi Khetarpal Chair | |
| 30 | CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council | Holger Meinke ISDC Chair |
Invited Guests
Representatives of each of the following are invited to System Council meetings:
| No | Organization | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 31 | France (holding voting rights) | Bernard Hubert Chair, CRAI (Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale) | Jean Albergel Executive Secretary, CRAI (Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale) |
| 32 | Japan | Takayuki Kawakami | Fujita Kotomi Assistant Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation, Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 33 | Mexico | Julio Antonio Berdegué Sacristán Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico | Santiago Ruy Sánchez De Orellana General Coordination of International Affairs Secretariat for Agriculture and Rural Development |
- The Chair of the System Council’s Assurance Oversight Committee
- The Chair of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment
- The Trustee of the CGIAR Trust Fund (the World Bank)
Meetings & documents
CGIAR System Council
Led by a Chair who is appointed by the System Council for a four-year term, the System Council is comprised of the following voting members and alternates, ex-officio non-voting members and active observers.
Pursuant to the CGIAR System Framework, all System Council members and Active Observers act in the interests of the CGIAR System.
Every three years, eligible Funders and developing countries* consult and agree upon their constituencies, which may comprise one or more governments or organizations. The current allocation of Funders is based on consultations undertaken in 2016.
The rules and procedures governing how each constituency operates are determined by the constituencies themselves.
Leadership, Ex-officio non-voting members
| Chair of the System Council The System Council approved the appointment of Dr. Juergen Voegele as Chair of the System Council for a third term of two-years with effect from 12 July 2024. | Juergen Voegele Vice President for the Planet Vice Presidency at the World Bank | ||
| Co-Chair | Appointed by the System Council for each meeting from amongst its voting members |
19 Voting members*
CGIAR System Council constituency selection process
*As per latest update on 18 September 2023
**Denotes one of the five developing country constituencies of the System Council
*** Denotes Funders that meet the criteria as per Annex B, CGIAR System Framework
| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 1 | African Development Bank | Martin Fregene Director Department of Agriculture and Agro-Industry | Innocent Musabyimana Chief Agricultural Technologies Officer and TAAT Coordinator |
| 2 | Australia | Wendy Umberger Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) | Bosibori Bett Director, Multilateral and Strategic Partnerships, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
| 3 | Canada | Tom Bui Director of Food Systems and Nutrition, Global Affairs Canada | Flora Mak Deputy Director, Global Institutions Agriculture and Food Systems Division (MSF), Global Affairs Canada |
| 4 | Crop Trust & IFAD | Stefan Schmitz Executive Director of The Crop Trust | Ron Hartman Director for Global Engagement, IFAD |
| 5 | East Asia and Pacific** (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) | MALAYSIA Datuk Seri Isham Ishak Secretary General, Malaysia Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security | CHINA Zhai Lin Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, CAAS |
| 6 | European Commission | Christophe Larose Head of Sector – Sustainable Agriculture Directorate-General for International Partnerships European Commission | |
| 7 | Gates Foundation | Martien van Nieuwkoop Senior Director, Agricultural Development | Ruben G. Echeverria Senior Advisor, Agricultural Development |
| 8 | Germany | Jens Busma Head of Agriculture, rural development, BMZ | Felicitas Röhrig Senior Policy Officer, BMZ |
| 9 | India | M.L. Jat Secretary DARE and Director General ICAR Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of India | Sanjay Garg Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR) |
| 10 | Latin America and Caribbean** (Brazil, Colombia and Peru) | BRAZIL Pedro Luiz Oliveira de Almeida Machado Coordinator, Embrapa Labex Europe, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply | ARGENTINA Beatriz (Pilu) Giraudo Vice President, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) |
| 11 | The Netherlands | Timmo Gaasbeek Senior Policy Officer Food Security, Department for Inclusive Green Growth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 12 | Norway | Daniel van Gilst Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) | Ingvild Langhus Senior Adviser, Section of Food. Division of Climate, Nature and Private Sector (Norad) |
| 13 | South Asia** (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) | BANGLADESH Nazmun Nahar Karim Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) | SRI LANKA |
| 14 | Sub-Saharan Africa** (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda) | NIGERIA Adamu Abubakar Dabban Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council for Nigeria | KENYA Eliud Kireger Director General, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research (KALRO) OrganizationSUDAN |
| 15 | Sweden | AnnaKarin Norling Senior Research Advisor, Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) | |
| 16 | Switzerland | Manfred Kaufmann Senior Advisor, Health and Food Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | Enrichetta Placella Head, Health and Food Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Laura Munro Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) | Alan Tollervey Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) |
| 18 | West Asia & North Africa** (Türkiye and Iran; Member and Alternate rotates each 2 years) | TÜRKIYE Mustafa Altuğ Atalay Director General for Agriculture Research and Policies, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | IRAN Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi Director General of Academic Relations and International affairs, Agricultural Research, Education & Extension Organization (AREEO) |
| 19 | The World Bank | Renaud Seligmann Director of Strategy and Operations, Sustainable Development Practice Group | Shobha Shetty Global Director of Agriculture and Food Global Practice |
Additional Temporary Voting members***
| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 20 | Belgium | Carol Durieux Advisor food systems & food security, FPS Foreign Affairs -Development Cooperation | Boudewijn Vandenbossche Advisor food systems & food security, FPS Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation |
| 21 | Denmark | Hanne Carus Chief Adviser, Department for Evaluation, Learning and Quality | |
| 22 | Ireland | Patrick McManus Deputy Director, Policy Unit, Irish Aid, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland | Isabella Rae Agriculture and Food Systems Lead, Policy Unit, Development Cooperation and Africa Division – Irish Aid, Dept. of Foreign Affairs |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | Mariam Almheiri Chair, International Affairs Office, Presidential Court | Fatema AlMulla Director of Partnerships and Special Projects at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment |
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.
| No | Organization | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 24 | Chair of the CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board | Lindiwe Sibanda | |
| 25 | Executive Managing Director of the CGIAR System Organization | Ismahane Elouafi | |
| 26 | Representative appointed by the Alliance/Centers – 1 | Roel Merckx Representative of the Alliance/Center Board Chairs | |
| 27 | Representative appointed by the Alliance/Centers – 2 | Essam Mohammed Representative of the Alliance/Center Directors General | |
| 28 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Selvaraju Ramasamy Head, Research and Extension Unit (AGDR) |
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) |
| 29 | Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation | Ravi Khetarpal Chair | |
| 30 | CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council | Holger Meinke ISDC Chair |
Invited Guests
Representatives of each of the following are invited to System Council meetings:
| No | Organization | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 31 | France (holding voting rights) | Bernard Hubert Chair, CRAI (Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale) | Jean Albergel Executive Secretary, CRAI (Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale) |
| 32 | Japan | Takayuki Kawakami | Fujita Kotomi Assistant Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation, Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 33 | Mexico | Julio Antonio Berdegué Sacristán Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico | Santiago Ruy Sánchez De Orellana General Coordination of International Affairs Secretariat for Agriculture and Rural Development |
- The Chair of the System Council’s Assurance Oversight Committee
- The Chair of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment
- The Trustee of the CGIAR Trust Fund (the World Bank)
Decision Register
CGIAR System Council
Led by a Chair who is appointed by the System Council for a four-year term, the System Council is comprised of the following voting members and alternates, ex-officio non-voting members and active observers.
Pursuant to the CGIAR System Framework, all System Council members and Active Observers act in the interests of the CGIAR System.
Every three years, eligible Funders and developing countries* consult and agree upon their constituencies, which may comprise one or more governments or organizations. The current allocation of Funders is based on consultations undertaken in 2016.
The rules and procedures governing how each constituency operates are determined by the constituencies themselves.
Leadership, Ex-officio non-voting members
| Chair of the System Council The System Council approved the appointment of Dr. Juergen Voegele as Chair of the System Council for a third term of two-years with effect from 12 July 2024. | Juergen Voegele Vice President for the Planet Vice Presidency at the World Bank | ||
| Co-Chair | Appointed by the System Council for each meeting from amongst its voting members |
19 Voting members*
CGIAR System Council constituency selection process
*As per latest update on 18 September 2023
**Denotes one of the five developing country constituencies of the System Council
*** Denotes Funders that meet the criteria as per Annex B, CGIAR System Framework
| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 1 | African Development Bank | Martin Fregene Director Department of Agriculture and Agro-Industry | Innocent Musabyimana Chief Agricultural Technologies Officer and TAAT Coordinator |
| 2 | Australia | Wendy Umberger Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) | Bosibori Bett Director, Multilateral and Strategic Partnerships, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
| 3 | Canada | Tom Bui Director of Food Systems and Nutrition, Global Affairs Canada | Flora Mak Deputy Director, Global Institutions Agriculture and Food Systems Division (MSF), Global Affairs Canada |
| 4 | Crop Trust & IFAD | Stefan Schmitz Executive Director of The Crop Trust | Ron Hartman Director for Global Engagement, IFAD |
| 5 | East Asia and Pacific** (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) | MALAYSIA Datuk Seri Isham Ishak Secretary General, Malaysia Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security | CHINA Zhai Lin Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, CAAS |
| 6 | European Commission | Christophe Larose Head of Sector – Sustainable Agriculture Directorate-General for International Partnerships European Commission | |
| 7 | Gates Foundation | Martien van Nieuwkoop Senior Director, Agricultural Development | Ruben G. Echeverria Senior Advisor, Agricultural Development |
| 8 | Germany | Jens Busma Head of Agriculture, rural development, BMZ | Felicitas Röhrig Senior Policy Officer, BMZ |
| 9 | India | M.L. Jat Secretary DARE and Director General ICAR Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of India | Sanjay Garg Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR) |
| 10 | Latin America and Caribbean** (Brazil, Colombia and Peru) | BRAZIL Pedro Luiz Oliveira de Almeida Machado Coordinator, Embrapa Labex Europe, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply | ARGENTINA Beatriz (Pilu) Giraudo Vice President, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) |
| 11 | The Netherlands | Timmo Gaasbeek Senior Policy Officer Food Security, Department for Inclusive Green Growth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 12 | Norway | Daniel van Gilst Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) | Ingvild Langhus Senior Adviser, Section of Food. Division of Climate, Nature and Private Sector (Norad) |
| 13 | South Asia** (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) | BANGLADESH Nazmun Nahar Karim Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) | SRI LANKA |
| 14 | Sub-Saharan Africa** (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda) | NIGERIA Adamu Abubakar Dabban Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council for Nigeria | KENYA Eliud Kireger Director General, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research (KALRO) OrganizationSUDAN |
| 15 | Sweden | AnnaKarin Norling Senior Research Advisor, Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) | |
| 16 | Switzerland | Manfred Kaufmann Senior Advisor, Health and Food Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | Enrichetta Placella Head, Health and Food Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Laura Munro Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) | Alan Tollervey Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) |
| 18 | West Asia & North Africa** (Türkiye and Iran; Member and Alternate rotates each 2 years) | TÜRKIYE Mustafa Altuğ Atalay Director General for Agriculture Research and Policies, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | IRAN Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi Director General of Academic Relations and International affairs, Agricultural Research, Education & Extension Organization (AREEO) |
| 19 | The World Bank | Renaud Seligmann Director of Strategy and Operations, Sustainable Development Practice Group | Shobha Shetty Global Director of Agriculture and Food Global Practice |
Additional Temporary Voting members***
| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 20 | Belgium | Carol Durieux Advisor food systems & food security, FPS Foreign Affairs -Development Cooperation | Boudewijn Vandenbossche Advisor food systems & food security, FPS Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation |
| 21 | Denmark | Hanne Carus Chief Adviser, Department for Evaluation, Learning and Quality | |
| 22 | Ireland | Patrick McManus Deputy Director, Policy Unit, Irish Aid, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland | Isabella Rae Agriculture and Food Systems Lead, Policy Unit, Development Cooperation and Africa Division – Irish Aid, Dept. of Foreign Affairs |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | Mariam Almheiri Chair, International Affairs Office, Presidential Court | Fatema AlMulla Director of Partnerships and Special Projects at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment |
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.
| No | Organization | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 24 | Chair of the CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board | Lindiwe Sibanda | |
| 25 | Executive Managing Director of the CGIAR System Organization | Ismahane Elouafi | |
| 26 | Representative appointed by the Alliance/Centers – 1 | Roel Merckx Representative of the Alliance/Center Board Chairs | |
| 27 | Representative appointed by the Alliance/Centers – 2 | Essam Mohammed Representative of the Alliance/Center Directors General | |
| 28 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Selvaraju Ramasamy Head, Research and Extension Unit (AGDR) |
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) |
| 29 | Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation | Ravi Khetarpal Chair | |
| 30 | CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council | Holger Meinke ISDC Chair |
Invited Guests
Representatives of each of the following are invited to System Council meetings:
| No | Organization | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 31 | France (holding voting rights) | Bernard Hubert Chair, CRAI (Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale) | Jean Albergel Executive Secretary, CRAI (Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale) |
| 32 | Japan | Takayuki Kawakami | Fujita Kotomi Assistant Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation, Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 33 | Mexico | Julio Antonio Berdegué Sacristán Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico | Santiago Ruy Sánchez De Orellana General Coordination of International Affairs Secretariat for Agriculture and Rural Development |
- The Chair of the System Council’s Assurance Oversight Committee
- The Chair of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment
- The Trustee of the CGIAR Trust Fund (the World Bank)
Standing Committees
The CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board may establish committees and other ad-hoc working groups and task teams, as it deems appropriate to carry out its work. The committees assist and report to the Integrated Partnership Board in their responsibility for oversight for the CGIAR System Organization and the Integrated Partnership.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is a standing committee of the Integrated Partnership Board established to provide strategic guidance to and coordinate effective functioning of the Board and its standing committees, ensuring alignment with the Board’s mandate and the broader objectives of the CGIAR System as detailed the terms of reference available here. The Steering Committee consists of the Board Chair, Vice Chair and Chairs of the standing committees.
Science, Innovation, Impact and Partnership Committee
The Science, Innovation, Impact and Partnership Committee is a standing committee of the Integrated Partnership Board supporting the Board in its oversight of strategic direction, the Science Portfolio, partnership strategy and engagement, and monitoring and evaluation as detailed the terms of reference available here. The Board members serving on the committee are Rachel Chikwamba (Chair), Patrick Caron, Jessica Fanzo and Segenet Kelemu.
Resource Mobilization, Private Sector Engagement, Communications and Advocacy Committee
The Resource Mobilization, Private Sector Engagement, Communications and Advocacy Committee is a standing committee of the Integrated Partnership Board supporting the Board in its oversight of the fundraising strategy, resource mobilization plans, and communications and advocacy strategies and high-level action plans as detailed the terms of reference available here. The Board members serving on the committee are Nick Austin (Chair), Shenggen Fan, Celso Luis Moretti, and Enrica Porcari.
Governance and People & Culture Committee
The Governance and People & Culture Committee is a standing committee of the Integrated Partnership Board supporting the Board in its oversight of IPB operations, executive leadership, and People & Culture, including Gender, Diversity and Inclusion, strategies and high-level action plans as detailed the terms of reference available here. The Board members serving on the committee are Dhesigen Naidoo (Chair), Ramesh Chand, and Mauricio Lopes.
Audit, Finance, and Risk Committee (IPB-AFRC)
The IPB-AFRC is a standing committee serving the Integrated Partnership Board in the areas of capacity and performance of internal audit, delivery of independent external audit, financial reporting process, financial performance and the integrity of financial information, systems of risk management, internal control framework, ethics and business conduct framework, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and codes of conduct as detailed in its terms of reference available here. The committee is comprised of experts in the relevant fields and is chaired by a member of the Board.
Composition
| COMMITTEE MEMBERS | TERM |
| Clarissa van Heerden (Chair) | November 5, 2024 – September 30, 2026 |
| Amitava Basu | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |
| Anne Eriksson | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |
| Daniel Petrescu | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |
| Diana Isiye | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |
| Greg Johnson | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |
| Richard Golding | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |
| Susanne Frueh | November 5, 2024 – October 31, 2027 |