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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

SERVED DURING 2021

  • Margaret Bath (United States)
    Chair, CIMMYT Board of Trustees (since November 2021)
  • Nicole L. Birrell (Australia)
    Chair, Board of Trustees (until November 2021)
  • Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula (Mexico)
    Honorary Chair, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
  • William (Bill) Angus (United Kingdom)
    Deputy Chair, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
  • Martha Delgado Peralta (Mexico)
    Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
  • José Ernesto Cacho Ribeiro (Mexico)
    Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
  • Ramesh Chand (India)
    Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
  • Bram Govaerts (Belgium)
    Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
    Director General a.i., CIMMYT
  • Martin Kropff (Netherlands)
    Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
    Director General, CIMMYT
  • Luis Ángel Rodríguez del Bosque (Mexico)
    Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
  • Patrick Caron (France)
    Member, CGIAR System Board
  • Shenggen Fan (China)
    Member, CGIAR System Board
  • Marco Ferroni (Switzerland)
    Chair, CGIAR System Board
  • Neal Gutterson (United States)
    Member, CGIAR System Board
  • Alyssa Jade McDonald-Baertl (Australia)
    Member, CGIAR System Board
  • Alice Ruhweza (Uganda)
    Member, CGIAR System Board
  • Lindiwe Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
    Member, CGIAR System Board
  • Hilary Wild (Ireland)
    Member, CGIAR System Board

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

SERVED DURING 2021

  • Monika Altmaier
    Director, Human Resources
  • Alison Bentley
    Director, Global Wheat Program
    Director, WHEAT
  • Esther Carrillo
    Head, Legal
  • Olaf Erenstein
    Director, Socioeconomics Program
  • Richard Fulss
    Head, Knowledge Management and Information Technology
  • Kick Geels
    Director, Finance
  • Bruno Gérard
    Director, Sustainable Intensification Program
  • Bram Govaerts
    Director General a.i. (Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer) (since July 2021)
  • Michelle Guertin
    Director, Project Management and Regional Corporate Services Coordination
  • Arun Kumar Joshi
    Asia Regional Representative
  • Martin Kropff
    Director General (until July 2021)
  • Marcia MacNeil
    Head, Communications
  • Kevin Pixley
    Deputy Director General, Research (Breeding and Genetics), a.i.
    Director, Genetic Resources Program
  • B.M. Prasanna
    Director, Global Maize Program
    Director, MAIZE
  • Geneviève Renard
    Director, Communications
  • Sieglinde Snapp
    Director, Sustainable Agrifood Systems program