Composition
CGIAR System Council
Led by a Chair who is appointed by the System Council for a 4-year term, the System Council is comprised of the following voting members and alternates, ex-officio non-voting members, and active observers.
The Chair of the System Council’s Assurance Oversight Committee, a representative of the host country of the CGIAR System Organization and the trustee of the CGIAR Trust Fund are also invited to System Council meetings.
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 be comprised of one or more governments or organizations.
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 | |||
| Chair of the System Council (Serves for a 4-year term effective from 12 July 2016) Co-Chair | Juergen Voegele Senior Director, Agriculture, World Bank Appointed by the System Council for each meeting from amongst its voting members | ||
20 Voting members, July 2016 – June 2019Denotes one of the five developing country constituencies of the System Council | |||
| 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) | Mellissa Wood General Manager, Global Programs, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
| 3 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Tony Cavalieri Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Development | |
| 4 | Canada | Michel Gagnon Director, Food Security Division, Global Issues and Development Branch, Global Affairs Canada | Christophe Kadji Deputy Director, Global Programs and Initiatives Food Security Division, Global Issues and Development Branch, Global Affairs Canada |
| 5 | East Asia and Pacific* (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) | CHINA (July 2016-June 2019) Gong Xifeng Director of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) | INDONESIA (July 2016-June 2019) Note: Representative tbc |
| 6 | European Commission | Bernard Rey Deputy Head of Unit, Unit C1 – Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition – European Commission, DG International Cooperation and Development | |
| 7 | Germany and Belgium | Stefan Schmitz Head of Directorate 12 – Food, Agriculture and Rural Development Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development | Nathalie Francken Advisor to the Belgian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation |
| 8 | Japan | Satomi Okagaki Senior Deputy Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan | Masashi Takizawa Deputy Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan, Global Issues Cooperation Division |
| 9 | Latin America and Caribbean* (Brazil, Colombia and Peru) | PERU (2018) Juan José Marcelo Risi Carbone Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation COLOMBIA (2017) Note: In 2019 the Member role will rotate to Brazil | BRAZIL (2018) Pedro Luiz Oliveira de Almeida Machado Coordinator, Embrapa Labex Europe, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply PERU (2017) Note: In 2019 the Alternate Member will rotate to Colombia |
| 10 | Mexico | Jorge Rueda Sousa Minister Counselor of Mexico’s Agricultural Office for Europe / SAGARPA Mission of Mexico to the EU | Miguel Narvaez Agricultural Counselor for Mexico’s Agricultural Office for Europe / SAGARPA Mission of Mexico to the EU |
| 11 | Netherlands | Melle Leenstra Senior Policy Officer Food & Nutrition Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 12 | Norway | Daniel van Gilst Senior Adviser, Norad | |
| 13 | South Asia* (Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka) | INDIA (July 2016-June 2019) Shri Chhabilendra Roul AS(D) & Secretary, ICAR, Dept. of Agricultural Research & Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | SRI LANKA (Jan. 2018-June 2019) N.A. Sisira Kumara Secretary, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management BANGLADESH (July 2016-Dec. 2017) |
| 14 | Sub-Saharan Africa* (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda) | NIGERIA (July 2016-June 2019) Yarama D. Ndirpaya Ag. Director Partnership & Linkages Programme, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) | SUDAN (Jan. 2018- June 2019) Adil Omer Salih Abdelrahim Acting Director General, Agricultural Research Corporation KENYA (July 2016-Dec. 2017) |
| 15 | Sweden | Philip Chiverton Senior Consultant to Sida on CGIAR matters, C/O Unit of Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency | |
| 16 | Switzerland | Michel Evéquoz Senior Advisor, Global Program Food Security Swiss Development Cooperation | |
| 17 | United Kingdom | Alan Tollervey Team Leader, Agriculture Research, Research and Evidence Division DFID | Howard Standen Climate Change (Resilience and Inclusion) Adviser, DFID |
| 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 (July 2016-June 2018) H. Gazi Kaya Director of Agricultural Research and Policies, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock | IRAN (July 2016-June 2018) Javad Mozafari Director General, Academic Relations and International Affairs, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization |
| 20 | World Bank | Mark Cackler Practice Manager, Global Practice for Agriculture | |
| 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. | Alternate (optional) | ||
| 21 | Chair of the System Management Board | Marco Ferroni | |
| 22 | Executive Director of the CGIAR System Organization | Elwyn Grainger-Jones Executive Director | |
| 23 | Representative appointed by the Centers – 1 | Nicole Birrell Convener of the Center Board Chairs | |
| 24 | Representative appointed by the Centers – 2 | Matthew Morell Convener of the Center Directors General | |
| 25 | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | Samy Gaiji AGDR, Head Research and Extension |
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| 26 | International Fund for Agricultural Development | Perin Saint Ange Associate Vice President, Programme Management Department | Malu Ndavi Lead Technical Specialist, Programme Management Department |
| 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. | Alternate (optional) | ||
| 27 | Global Forum on Agricultural Research | Bongiwe N. Njobe GFAR Chair | Mark Holderness GFAR Executive Secretary |
| 28 | CGIAR Independent Evaluation Arrangement | Rachel Sauvinet-Bedouin Head, IEA | |
| 29 | CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council | Maggie Gill ISPC Chair | |
| Invited Guests Representatives of each of the following are invited to System Council meetings: | |||
| France, in its capacity as the Host Country of the CGIAR System Organization | |||
| The World Bank, in its capacity as trustee of the CGIAR Trust Fund | |||
| The Chair of the System Council’s Assurance Oversight Committee (if that person is not already a member of the System Council) | |||