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59th Meeting of the CIAT Board of Trustees
Cali, Colombia, 26-28 May 2009
From left to right: Juan Lucas Restrepo,
Laura Trejos (Board Secretary), Anthony Cavalieri,
Arturo E. Vega, Ruben G. Echeverría, Emilia
Boncodin, Fina Opio, Luis Fernando Vieira, Gordon
MacNeil.
Absent: Andrés Fernández,
Pietro Veglio, Moisés Wasserman.
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Board Members
Gordon MacNeil
(Board Chair)
Canada
See bio |
Andrés
Fernández
(ex officio)
Colombia
See bio |
Pietro Veglio
Switzerland
See bio |
Emilia Boncodin
Philippines
See bio |
Fina Opio
Uganda
See bio |
Luis Fernando
Vieira
Brazil
See bio |
Anthony Cavalieri
USA
See bio |
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Colombia
See bio |
Moisés
Wasserman
(ex officio)
Colombia
See bio |
Ruben G. Echeverría
(ex officio)
CIAT Director General
Uruguay
See bio |
Arturo E. Vega
(ex officio)
Colombia
See bio |
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Secretary to the Board
Laura Trejos
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
Apartado Aéreo 6713
Cali, Colombia
Phone: +57 (2) 4450076
Fax: +57 (2) 4450099
E-mail: l.j.trejos@cgiar.org
Gordon MacNeil
 Mr.
Gordon MacNeil, a Canadian citizen, is an international
civil servant with over 35 years of employment in the international
development sector. Starting as an overseas CUSO volunteer
in the early 1970's (the Canadian equivalent of the Peace
Corps) he gained experience in administration and financial
management through employment in Canada's International
Development Research Centre (IDRC)
where he had increasingly senior assignments culminating
as Deputy/Acting Director of the Social Sciences Division.
During the IDRC period (1975-1988), he was based both in
Ottawa and for nearly 5 years in the West African regional
office (Dakar, Senegal). In early 1988 Mr. MacNeil joined
the CGIAR system as the first Director of Finance and Administration
of the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA—now
known as the Africa Rice Center). In late 1992 he moved
to the World
Bank as senior finance officer in the CGIAR Secretariat.
Over the next 6 years he had responsibility for the major
financial management initiatives that are coordinated in
the Secretariat, including participation in reviews and
task forces. He joined the International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI)
in mid-1998, as Treasurer and Director for Finance where,
in addition to the Institute management responsibility,
he conceptualized and then participated in the creation
of the CGIAR Internal Audit Unit (IAU). In mid-2002, he
returned briefly to the CG Secretariat and then moved to
ISNAR in The Hague, with the assignment of helping to coordinate
its legal closure and the program merger/integration with
IFPRI.
Following the ISNAR assignment he was engaged as the interim
resource director of the International Livestock Research
Institute (ILRI)
in Nairobi. His work since the ILRI assignment has been
as an independent consultant and he is now the President
of the XCG International Consulting Group. He has participated
in six CGIAR Board Orientation Programs (2004-2007), responsible
for the fiduciary oversight module. Mr. MacNeil has a BSc
(Loyola College), a diploma in Development Studies (U. of
Ottawa), and an MBA (University of Western Ontario).
Emilia Boncodin
 Ms.
Emilia Boncodin, Filipino, is currently Professor at the
National College of Public Administration and Governance
of the University of the Philippines (UP-NCPAG)
in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; member of the Committee
of Experts in Public Administration, United Nations, New
York; and Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee,
Board of Directors, Petron
Corporation—the largest private oil conglomerate
in the Philippines engaged in oil refining, distribution,
and retail. With a B.S. in Business Administration and Accountancy
from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, a Master's
in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, and coursework for PhD in Fiscal Policy,
Ms. Boncodin has vast experience in public finance, budgeting,
financial management, civil service reform, corporate governance,
development economics, organization and human resource development,
local government finance, and private sector development.
She has worked in the public sector of her home country,
fulfilling different positions in the Philippine Department
of Budget and Management and serving as Secretary and Member
of the Cabinet. She has worked as Project Assistant in the
Business Research Foundation of the University of the Philippines
and as Research Assistant in the Philippine
Cotton Corporation. Ms. Boncodin has served as chairperson
of the Board/Commission/Committee of numerous organizations,
including the Development
Academy of the Philippines, the Technology and Livelihood
Resource Corporation, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission,
the Government Procurement Policy Board, and the Development
Budget Coordination Committee. She has also served as Vice-Chairperson
of the Presidential Committee for Effective Governance and
has been member of numerous boards, councils, committees,
and commissions. In the private sector, Ms. Boncodin has
served as consultant to international multilateral and bilateral
agencies and public sector organizations in public finance,
financial management, organization, human resource development,
change management, development policy, among others. She
has also served as Executive Director of Ramos
Peace and Development Foundation, Partner of Resource
and Measures Associates, and Treasurer of the University
of the Philippines Provident Fund. Ms. Boncodin has
been recipient of numerous professional awards in the fields
of politics, governance, government service, and business
administration, and has been conferred five doctor's degrees
(honoris causa) by prestigious Philippine universities.
Anthony Cavalieri
 Dr.
Anthony Cavalieri, a U.S. citizen, is currently consultant
to IFPRI
and USAID.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Biology in 1979 from the University
of South Carolina, USA. He then joined Pioneer
Hi-Bred International as a Research Plant Physiologist
and, after holding a number of research management positions,
in 1994, became Vice President of Pioneer and Director of
Trait & Technology Development. Following the acquisition
of Pioneer by DuPont in 1999, he headed the combined biotechnology
groups for the company. Since retirement in 2003, he has
worked in several consultancy and advisory capacities, including
as Conservation Agriculture Advisor for The
Nature Conservancy, the world's largest conservation
organization. He served on the board of Chromatin,
Inc., a startup biotechnology company. He is a Fellow
of the Crop
Science Society of America. He first became involved
in the CGIAR system in 2005, when he did a 2-week review
of CIAT's
Agrobiodiversity Program.
Ruben G. Echeverría
 Dr.
Ruben G. Echeverría, a citizen from Uruguay, has
worked on agricultural and rural development issues for
30 years. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Agriculture from the
University of Uruguay and a M.Sc. and a PhD in Agriculture
and Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota,
USA. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, before studying
in Minnesota, Dr. Echeverría worked for the Uruguayan
Land Reform Institute, heading its extension service. In
the mid 1980s, as part of his Ph.D. thesis, he conducted
field research in Mexico and Guatemala, based at the International
Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
in Mexico. He then worked on agricultural research policy
issues and strengthening national research capacities in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America, based at the International
Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
in The Netherlands. In 1992 he joined the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB)
in Washington DC where he worked in the preparation of several
agricultural and rural development projects in Latin America.
From 2000 to 2004 he was Director of agriculture and rural
development at the IDB from where he promoted the development
of a regional rural development strategy for LAC; the creation
of the Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology [(FONTAGRO),
an endowment that funds competitively regional research
programs]; and the creation of the Inter-Agency Group for
Rural Development in LAC. From 2004 to early 2009 he was
the Executive Director of the
Science Council of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR),
based at FAO in Rome. Since 2007 he is the President of
the International Board of the Center for Rural Development
in Latin America (RIMISP).
Since April 2009 Dr. Echeverría is the Director General
of CIAT in Colombia.
Andrés Fernández
 Mr.
Andrés Fernández, a Colombian citizen and
the recently appointed Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development of Colombia, is a business administrator specialized
in agricultural enterprises from the Lasallista University
in Medellín, Colombia, with broad experience in the
private and public sectors. He formerly served as General
Manager of the Colombian Institute for Agriculture and Livestock
(ICA,
its Spanish acronym), where he modernized the work carried
out by this entity responsible for sanitary protection.
As advisor to the previous minister, Mr. Fernández
was responsible for regional programs and for structuring
important production projects. He coordinated the community
councils of the Government in issues related to agriculture
and livestock production and also endorsed credit brigades
in rural areas. He has worked with city mayors and governors
to further agricultural policies in the different regions,
while being responsible for implementing the Fund for the
Promotion of Agriculture and Livestock Production.
Fina
Opio
 Dr.
Fina Opio, a Ugandan citizen, obtained her Ph.D. in Plant
Pathology in 1993 from Sokoine University of Agriculture,
Morogoro, Tanzania. She is currently Manager of ASARECA's
Staple Crops Program. She began her research career in 1980
as Scientific Officer (Plant Pathology) at the Kawanda Research
Station of the Ugandan
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In 1993, she became
Head of NARO's Beans Programme. From 1999 to 2007, she was
Director of the National Crops Research Institute (NACRI),
based at Namulonge, Uganda. On the basis of her outstanding
research, she was accepted as Fellow of the Ugandan Academy
of Science in 2003, and was the Academy's Vice-President
from 2002 to 2005. She has been and is actively involved
in various task forces, working groups, committees, and
councils, including the Uganda
National Council of Science and Technology, ECABREN,
the CGIAR
Gender and Diversity Programme, and the CTA.
She has also participated in numerous specialist training
events in several advanced research centers, including those
of the CGIAR system, and has published widely on bean pathology.
Juan Lucas Restrepo
 Mr.
Juan Lucas Restrepo is a Colombian Civil Engineer with a
M.Sc. degree on Agricultural Economics from Cornell University.
He currently is Commercial Manager of the National
Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. He has managing
experience at the public and private sector where he has
dealt with diverse issues covering policy design, business
development, strategy, planning and project design and implementation.
On the public side he has served in various roles; he has
been Vice Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development, Advisor to the
Colombian Government on Coffee Matters and one of the lead
negotiators of the Colombia-US Trade Promotion Agreement,
among other responsibilities. On the private side he has
worked for TetraTech,
Inc. as Deputy Chief of Party for a large development
program in Colombia, has served as Syngenta's Business Development
Manager for the Andean Countries and the Caribbean, and
has done consulting in food marketing.
Arturo E. Vega
 Mr.
Arturo E. Vega is a Colombian citizen; he holds a B.Sc.
on Animal Sciences from the University of Western Louisiana
and a M.Sc. on Animal Production from the Universidad Pontificia
Católica of Chile. He has ample experience in the
formulation and development of policies, programs, and projects
in the rural and livestock sector. He has ample capacity
for the management of the human resource in public and private
entities. Currently he is the Executive Director of Corpoica.
Other assignments include General Manager of INCODER;
Regional Director 2 of Corpoica; Professor, University of
Córdoba—for pre-graduate students; and Consultant
to the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development in areas related
to livestock research. Mr. Vega has authored and co-authored
several publications in the areas of agriculture and livestock.
Pietro Veglio
 Mr.
Pietro Veglio, an Italian-speaking Swiss, has a Masters
degree in Economics from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland,
and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Latin American and Caribbean
Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES/ECLAC),
Santiago, Chile. He served the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (SDC)
in Switzerland, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador between 1970
and 1992, becoming Chief of the Department for Latin America
in 1989. He joined the World
Bank, Washington, DC, in 1992, as Advisor to the Swiss
Executive Director. From 1998 to 2001 he was the Director
for peer reviews of development policies at OECD,
Paris. In 2002 he was appointed as an Executive Director
to the World Bank for Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic, Poland,
Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
and Uzbekistan. He eventually retired in 2006 as Chairman
of the World Bank's Board Committee on Development Effectiveness
(CODE) in charge of IEG independent evaluations and policy
matters. Currently, he is a Board Member of the Swiss Export
Risk Insurance (SERV),
Zurich, Switzerland, and of IWMI Colombo, Sri Lanka, as
well as Visiting Professor for international economics at
the universities of St. Gallen and Lugano, Switzerland,
as well as IULM and Catholic in Milan, Italy.
Luis Fernando Vieira
 Dr.
Luis Fernando Vieira, a Brazilian citizen, joined the Brazilian
Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA)
in 1982 as a researcher and is currently Coordinator of
Embrapa
Labex Europe in Montpellier, France. He obtained his
Ph.D. in Resource Economics in 1987 from the University
of Rhode Island, USA. Although most of his career has been
with EMBRAPA, he has also been involved in other professional
activities. He has worked on several committees, including
the Scientific Advisory Committees of the Global Environmental
Change and Food Systems (GECAFS),
Oxford, UK, and of the Industrial Transformation project
of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global
Environmental Change (IHDP)
in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has also been involved in
research projects with entities such as IHDP, ISNAR, IFPRI/ISNAR,
PROCISUR, CIRAD, World Bank/PRODETAB and IDB. His publications
are in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Moisés Wasserman
 Dr.
Moisés Wasserman is a Colombian citizen with a degree
in Chemistry from the National University of Colombia and
a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Jerusalem Hebrew University,
where he also conducted extensive studies in biology. He
is currently the Rector of the National
University of Colombia, where he had formerly worked
as Professor and subsequently Dean of the Faculty of Sciences.
Dr. Wasserman has also been Director of Colombia's National
Health Institute and Research Scientist at the Biochemistry
Laboratory of New York State University, New York. He currently
serves as ad honorem President of the Colombian
Academy of Exact Physical and Natural Sciences. He has
published extensively on malaria.
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