Digital Agriculture Transformation Seminar

Enrica Porcari

Enrica Porcari is the Chief Information Officer and Director of Technology of the World Food Programme (WFP), and Chair of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC). Enrica is leading the digital transformation of WFP by fostering the use of technologies, particularly by facilitating the digital relationships between humanitarian operators and the people they support. Internally, her efforts focus on turning WFP into a data-driven organization, while establishing peer-based relationships with the private sector towards the common goal of eradicating hunger worldwide. Prior to her present appointment, Enrica was the first CIO at the CGIAR Consortium, then the Director of Shared Services, which included ICT, procurement and support services. In her assignment with WFP before that, she coordinated ICT global activities and created WFP’s IT Emergency Response Team, which is now the recognized humanitarian emergency technology lead.