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