Hugo Campos
Deputy Director General at CIP
Hugo Campos is Deputy Director General for Science and Innovation at the International Potato Center (CIP), bringing over thirty years of international experience spanning industry and the CGIAR system.
Prior to joining CIP, he held positions of progressively wider responsibility and geographic scope in the private sector. He holds a Ph.D. from the John Innes Centre, United Kingdom, and a Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Stanford University, United States.
An internationally recognised authority on modern crop improvement, Hugo has worked across potato, sweetpotato, sugarcane, and maize in multiple markets and geographies — combining deep scientific expertise with practical experience in delivering impact at scale.
His books published with Springer Nature and Wiley have been downloaded or sold more than one million times, placing them within the top 0.001% of academic publications globally by reach and impact. The Potato Crop alone accounts for over 640,000 downloads, more than seventy times the average first-year download figure for a Springer Nature Open Access book.
