High-Level Representatives
During the 12-day event program, high-level representatives from CGIAR, FAO, IFAD, and The Rockefeller Foundation will be present at COP28.
Lindiwe Sibanda
Chair, CGIAR System Board
Ismahane Elouafi
Executive Managing Director
Aly Abousabaa
Regional Director, Central and West Asia and North Africa, CGIAR, and Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Appolinaire Djikeng
Senior Director, Livestock-Based Systems, CGIAR, and Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Essam Yassin Mohammed
Senior Director of Aquatic Food Systems, CGIAR and Director Genera of WorldFish
Jo Swinnen
Managing Director of Systems Transformation, CGIAR, and Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Juan Lucas Restrepo is Global Director of Partnerships and Advocacy, CGIAR, and Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Mark Smith
Senior Director of Water Systems, CGIAR, and Director General of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Simon Heck
Senior Director, CGIAR, and Director General of the International Potato Institute (CIP)
Kaveh Zahedi
Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Enviroment
Zitouni Ould-Dada
Deputy Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Enviroment
Inkar Kadyrzhanova
Senior Natural Resouces Officer, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Enviroment
Martial Bernoux
Senior Natural Resouces Officer, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Enviroment
Julia Wolf
Natural Resouces Officer, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Enviroment
Walid Nasr
Regional Climate and Environment Specialist for for Near East, North Africa and Europe Division
Ricci Symons
Technical Specialist –Environment and Climate Change
Ilaria Firmian
Lead Technical Specialist - Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Issues
Sara Farley
Vice President, Global Food Portfolio; Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
Roy Steiner
Senior Vice President; Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation