Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Founder & Chairperson
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
Bangladesh
Mr. Tom Arnold
Chief Executive Officer
Concern Worldwide
Ireland
Mr. Sartaj Aziz
Vice-Chancellor
Beaconhouse National University and
Former Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Agriculture Minister
Government of Pakistan
Pakistan
Rev. David Beckmann
Director
Bread for the World
USA
Ms. Catherine Bertini
Co-chair
The Chicago Council Initiative on Global Agricultural Development
USA
Ms. Margaret Biggs
President
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canada
Dr. Margaret Catley-Carlson
Chair
World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water
Canada
Prof. Chen Chunming
Director
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) - Focal Point in China
China
Dr. Timothy Evans
Dean, James P Grant School of Public Health
BRAC University
Bangladesh
Dr. Shenggen Fan (Ex-Officio)
Director General
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
USA
Dr. Michel Griffon
Deputy Managing Director
National Research Agency (ANR)
France
Mrs. Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis
Associate Administrator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
USA
Mr. Carl Hausmann
President and CEO
Bunge North America
USA
Dr. Monty Patrick Jones
Chair
The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and
Executive Secretary
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Ghana
H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor
Former President
Republic of Ghana
Ghana
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
Society for the Elimination of Rural Poverty
India
Dr. Justin Yifu Lin
Senior Vice President
Development Economics & Chief Economist, The World Bank
USA
Mr. David Malone
President
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canada
Mr. Peter McPherson
President
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and
Founding Co-Chair
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
USA
Mr. Harris Mutio Mule
Executive Director
Top Investment and Management Services (TIMS) Limited
Kenya
H.E. Yoweri K. Museveni
President
Republic of Uganda
Uganda
Dr. Namanga Ngongi
President
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Kenya
H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria
Lord Ron Oxburgh of Liverpool
House of Lords
United Kingdom
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Switzerland
Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen
H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy
Cornell University
USA
Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuss
Managing Director
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Germany
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
Director
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
USA
Dr. Ursula Schäfer-Preuss
Former Vice President
Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Philippines
Prof. Amartya Sen
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1998 and
Thomas W. Lamont University Professor
Harvard University
USA
Dr. Ismail Serageldin
Director
Library of Alexandria
Egypt
Ms. Kathy Spahn
President and Chief Executive Officer
Helen Keller International
USA
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
Chairman
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
India
Mr. M. Syeduzzaman
Former Minister of Finance
Bangladesh
Ms. Diane Vincent
Vice Chairperson
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Canada
Prof. Joachim von Braun
Director, Department of Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Germany
Dr. Vo-Tong Xuan
Former Rector
Angiang University
Vietnam
Prof. Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 and
Founder
Grameen Bank
Bangladesh






