The 16-member Advisory Panel
1. Individuals invited to be members on their personal capacity
Co-Chairs
Louise Fresco
President of the Executive Board, Wageningen UR (University & Research centre), The Netherlands
Shadrack Moephuli
President and Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
Members
Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India
Appolinaire Djikeng
Director, Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA) Hub, Kenya
Gebisa Ejeta
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, United States of America
Sergio Feingold
Coordinator of the National Biotechnology Program, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina
Olivier Le Gall
Deputy General Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
Margaret Gill
Chair of the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council.
Dominic Glover
Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom
Paulo Kageyama
Professor, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Magdy Madkour
Head of Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI=), Ain Shams University, Egypt
Thuy Nguyen
Research Scientist, BioSciences Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources, Australia
David Spielman
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States of America
Kongming Wu
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China
2. Individuals invited to be members from civil society and the private sector (identified through a process managed by FAO’s Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development)
Adrianne Massey
Managing Director, Science and Regulatory Affairs, Biotechnology Industry Organization, United States of America
Eric Meunier
Journalist (writer) and general delegate, Inf'OGM,France