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Board of Trustees

Bioversity is governed by a Board of Trustees. The Board’s duties include approving Bioversity’s broad organization framework. It also defines the organization’s objectives and approves and monitors plans to reach these goals.

The Board appoints the Director General to act as Bioversity’s chief executive officer. The Director General is responsible to the Board for Bioversity’s operations and management and for assuring that its programmes and objectives are properly developed and carried out.

The Board also appoints an external auditor and approves an annual audit plan.

The functions and powers of the Board and the Director General are laid out in Bioversity’s Constitution.

Board chair

GREGSON, Dr Anthony K.
Oakview East
Warracknabeal Victoria 3393
Australia

Vice-chair

SITTENFELD, Prof Dr Ana
Director
Universidad de Costa Rica
Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio
San Jose
Costa Rica

Members

BALACHANDER, Dr Ganesan
The Ford Foundation
55 Lodi Estate
New Delhi 1100003
India

FRISON, Dr Emile A.
Director General
Bioversity
Via dei Tre Denari 472/a
00057 Maccarese (Fiumicino)
Italy

HAZELL, Dr. Peter
Imperial College
Wye Campus
Wye
Ashford
Kent TN25 5DG
United Kingdom

LA VIÑA, Dr Antonio
Ateneo School of Government
4F, Ateneo Professional Schools
Rockwell Drive, Rockwell Center
Makati City 1200
Metro Manila
Philippines

LINARES, Dr Olga F.
Senior Staff Scientist
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
Unit 0948
Balboa
Panama

LUKHELE-OLORUNJU, Dr Phindile E.
Group Executive: Grain and Industrial Crops
Agricultural Research Council
P.O. Box 8783,
Pretoria
0001
South Africa

MONTI, Prof Luigi
Università di Napoli, Federico II
Via dell’Università 100
80055 Portici Napoli
Italy

PANDEY, Dr Shivaji
Director, Plant Production & Protection Division
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome
Italy

SMITH, Dr Stephen
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
7300 NW 62nd Ave
P.O. Box 1004
Johnston, IA 50131
United States

ZUCKERMAN, Dr Paul
Zuckerman & Associates LLC
105 Grosvenor Road
London SW1V 3LG
United Kingdom

 

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