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.
Download: System Council Composition
Leadership, Ex-officio non-voting members |
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| Chair of the System Council (Serving a second four-year term effective from July 12, 2020) |
Juergen Voegele Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank |
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| Co-Chair |
Appointed by the System Council for each meeting from amongst its voting members |
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20 Voting members, July 2016 – June 2021*CGIAR System Council constituency selection process *Based on decision SC/M7/DP4 to extend reconciliation of Funder seating |
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| No | Constituency/Country | Member | Alternate (optional) |
| 1 | African Development Bank | Martin Fregene Director of Agriculture |
Ken Johm Lead Agricultural Economist |
| 2 | Australia | Andrew Campbell Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
Julianne Biddle Director Multilateral Engagement, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
| 3 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Tony Cavalieri Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Development |
Renee Lafitte Deputy Director, Crops R&D |
| 4 | Canada | Stephen Potter Director, Agriculture and Food Systems Division, Global Issues and Development Branch, Global Affairs Canada |
Alexandra Johnson Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Food Systems Division, Global Issues and Development Branch, Global Affairs Canada |
| 5 | East Asia and Pacific** (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) |
CHINA Hao Weiping Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation (CAAS) |
INDONESIA Djati Wicaksono Director of Research Center for Social Economy Policy and Climate Change |
| 6 | European Commission | Christophe Larose Head of Sustainable agriculture sector, DEVCO C1, European Commission |
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| 7 | Germany and Belgium | Sebastian Lesch Head of Division “International Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Innovation,” Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
Carol Durieux Attaché, expert agriculture, food security and water, FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation |
| 8 | Japan |
Naoko Takasugi |
Fumiaki Sato Deputy Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation, Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 9 | Latin America and Caribbean** (Brazil, Colombia and Peru) |
PERU (2021) Maria Isabel Remy Simatovic Vice Minister of Policies and Supervision of Agrarian Development, Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation |
BRAZIL (2021) Pedro Luiz Oliveira de Almeida Machado Coordinator, Embrapa Labex Europe, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply |
| 10 | Mexico | Adriana Ivette Herrera Moreno Agricultural Attaché of the Mexican Mission to the European Union | |
| 11 | The Netherlands | Wijnand van IJssel Knowledge Policy Coordinator Food Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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| 12 | Norway | Even Stormoen Senior Adviser, Section of Energy, Climate and Food Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Daniel van Gilst Senior Adviser, Norad |
| 13 | South Asia** (Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka) |
INDIA T. Mohapatra Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) & Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) |
BANGLADESH (2020–2021) SRI LANKA (Jan 2018 – end-2019) |
| 14 | Sub-Saharan Africa** (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda) |
NIGERIA Garba Hamidu Sharubutu Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) |
KENYA (Jan 2020 – Jun 2021) Eliud Kireger Director General, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization SUDAN (Jan 2018 – end-2019) Adil Omer Salih Abdelrahim Acting Director General, Agricultural Research Corporation |
| 15 | Sweden | AnnaMaria Oltorp Head, Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) |
AnnaKarin Norling Senior Research Advisor, Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) |
| 16 | Switzerland | Michel Evéquoz Senior Advisor, Global Program Food Security Swiss Development Cooperation |
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| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Alan Tollervey FCDO, UK |
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| 18 | United States | Robert Bertram Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security, USAID |
Eric Witte Senior International Affairs Specialist, USAID |
| 19 | West Asia & North Africa** (Turkey and Iran; Member and Alternate rotates each 2 years) |
TURKEY (From July 1, 2020) Nevzat Birişik Director General, TAGEM Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
IRAN (From July 1, 2020) Rasoul Zare Vice President, Agricultural Research, Education & Extension Organization (AREEO) (Note: previously member from July 2018-June 2020) |
| 20 | The World Bank | Mark Cackler Practice Manager, Global Practice for Agriculture |
Michael Morris Lead Agriculture Economist |
Ex-officio non-voting members |
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| 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) |
| 21 | Chair of the CGIAR System Board | Marco Ferroni | |
| 22 | Executive Director of the CGIAR System Organization | Elwyn Grainger-Jones Executive Director |
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| 23 | Representative appointed by the Centers – 1 | Nicole Birrell Convener of the Center Board Chairs |
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| 24 | Representative appointed by the Centers – 2 | Gareth Johnstone Convener of the Center Directors General |
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| 25 | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | Bukar Tijani Assistant Director-General, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department (AG) |
Selvaraju Ramasamy Head, Research and Extension Unit (AGDR) |
| 26 | International Fund for Agricultural Development | Malu Ndavi Lead Technical Specialist, Programme Management Department |
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Active Observers |
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| 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 Agricultural Research | Raffaele Maiorano GFAR Chair |
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| 28 | CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council | Holger Meinke ISDC Chair Strategic Research Professor for Global Food Sustainability, University of Tasmania |
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Invited Guests |
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Representatives of each of the following are invited to System Council meetings:
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