Amin Abaza, Former Minister of Agriculture, Egypt and former Chair, Arabia Cotton Company
Ayman Abou-Hadid, Former Minister of Agriculture, Egypt
Yoginder Alagh, Former Minister of Planning, Government of India, Professor Emeritus, SPIESR, Ahmedabad, India
Guram Aleksidze, President, Georgian Academy of Agriculture Sciences (GAAS) and Chairman, Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI)
Rashid Alimov, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization 2016-2018
Mario Allegri, Former Chairman, FORAGRO and Executive Member of GFAR, Rome
Abdulaziz Altwaijri, former Director General ISESCO
Ayyappan, Former Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Chancellor, Central Agricultural University, Imphal
Sayed Azam-Ali, CEO, Crops for the Future, Malaysia
Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan 2004-2007
Lennart Båge, former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World and Alliance to End Hunger
Andrew Bennett, President, The Tropical Agricultural Association, UK
Sali Berisha, President of Albania 1992-1997, Prime Minister 2005-2013
Jean Omer Beriziky, Prime Minister of Madagascar 2011-2014
Wided Bouchamaoui, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015
Geoffrey Boulton, University of Edinburgh and International Science Council
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the UK, 2007-2010
Derek Byerlee, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC
Peter Carberry, Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer
Fernando Chaparro, Honorary Member, Colombian Academy of Physical and Natural Sciences, Bogotá and former Executive Secretary, Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR)
Eric Chinje, Senior Advisor, African Media Initiative, Kenya
Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1999-2008, Administrator of UNDP 2009- 2017
Ronnie Coffman, Andrew H. & James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor, International Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Director of International Programs, Department of Global Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania 1996-2000
Gordon R Conway, President, Rockefeller Foundation, 1998-2004
Mirko Cvetkovic, Prime Minister of Serbia 2008-2012
Malavika Dadlani, President, Indian Society of Seed Technology, New Delhi, India and former Joint Director (Research), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
William D. Dar, Secretary, Philippines Department of Agriculture and former, Director General, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Herman De Croo, Minister of State of Belgium, Honorary Speaker of the House
Mahendra Dev, Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai and former Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, IFPRI
John Dixon, Professor, University of Queensland, Australia
Mahmud Duwayri, Professor of Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Former Minister of Agriculture, Jordan
Adel El-Beltagy, Former Minister of Agriculture, Egypt, former Director General, ICARDA and Head of IDCC
Susan Elliot, CEO, President Committee on American Foreign Policy
Ismahane Elouafi, Director General, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE
Mahmoud El-Solh, Former Director General, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria and Member, High Level Panel of Experts of the Committee of World Food Security, FAO, Rome
Shenggen Fan, Former Director General, IFPRI, Washington and Chair Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Nina Fedoroff, U. S. National Medal of Science Laureate 2006, former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Marco Ferroni, Chair, CGIAR System Management Board
Tony Fischer, Honorary Fellow and Crawford Fund Coordinator, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australia
Jan Fisher, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 2009-2010
Jerome I. Friedman, Nobel Laureate (Physics), 1990; Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nathalie de Gaulle, Founder of Societer & NG-INOV
Prem Lal Gautam, Former Vice Chancellor, GBPUAT, Pantnagar Uttarakhand, India
María Beatriz Pilu Giraudo, Honorary President, La Asociación Argentina de Productoresen Siembra Directa (AAPRESID), Argentina
Peter Gluckman, Chair, International Network for Government Science Advice, New Zealand
Herath Gunasena, Emeritus Professor, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Anil Gupta, Former Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad, and Chair, Honey Bee Network, India
Hari Shanker Gupta, Former Director General, Borlaug Institute for South Asia & Former Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius 2015-2018
Heidi Hackmann, CEO, International Science Council, Paris, France
Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, 2000-2012
Ibrahim Hamdan, Former Executive Secretary, AARINENA and FAO Senior Regional Officer
HRH Prince Hasan bin Talal, Jordan
Mohamed Hasan, President, The World Academy of Sciences and President, Sudanese Academy of Sciences
Charlotte Hebebrand, Former Director General, International Fertilizer Association (IFA), Paris and Chief Scientific Officer, Nutrien, Canada
Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of UN 2007-2015, Member of the UN Secretary- General’s High Level Advisory Board on Mediation
Alvin Hubscher, President and CEO, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Sir Richard Timothy Hunt, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Sarwat Hussain, former Head of Agriculture Communications, The World Bank
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 2004- 2014
Mladen Ivanic, Member of the Presidency of the Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012-2017
Gjorge Ivanov, President of North Macedonia 2009-2019
Albert van Jaarsveld, Director General and CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
Elwyn Grainger Jones, Executive Director, CGIAR System Organization
Pramod K Joshi, President, Agricultural Economics Research Association, New Delhi
Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia 2010-2015
Kundhavi Kadiresan, Former Assistant Director General, FAO, Bangkok
Mats Karlsson, former Vice President of the World Bank 1999-2011
Shigeo Katsu, President, Nazarbayev University and former Vice President of the World Bank
Jagdish C Katyal, Former Deputy Director General (Education), ICAR and former Vice Chancellor, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Abbas Keshavarz, Former Minister of Agriculture, Iran
Gurdev Khush, World Food Prize Laureate, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Davis
Ivo Komsic, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993-1996
Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister of Croatia 2009-2011
Martin Kropff, Director General, International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico and Professor and Emeritus Rector Magnificus, Wageningen University
Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka 1994-2005
Jagdish Ladha, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Davis
Zlatko Lagumdzija, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2002, deputy Prime Minister 2012-2015
Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University
Ronald LaPorte, Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh
Yuan T. Lee, 1986 Nobel Laureate (Chemistry), President Emeritus Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Uma Lele, International Policy Expert, President Elect, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of Belgium 2008, 2009-2011
Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank 2008-2012
Tzipi Livni, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel 2006-2009, Minister of Justice 2013-2014
Budimir Loncar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of SFR Yugoslavia (1987-1991)
Adam Lorch, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide, Australia
Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova 1997-2001
Thomas Lumpkin, Director General Emeritus, CIMMYT, Mexico
Magdy Madkour, Former President of the Agricultural Research Centre, Founding Director, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Cairo, Egypt
Mahadevappa, Director (Rural Development), JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysore; former Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB)
Bhag Mal, Former South Asia Coordinator, Bioversity International and former, Director, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi, India
Shantanu Mathur, Lead Adviser, Global Engagement, IFAD, Rome
Charudatta Mayee, President, South Asia Biotechnology Centre and Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, Mumbai and former Chairman, ASRB, India
Peter Medgyessy, Prime Minister of Hungary 2002-2004
Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania 1997-2002, Member of the Academy of Sciences
Stjepan Mesic, President of Croatia 2000-2010
David Molden, Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal
Amre Moussa, Secretary General Arab League 2001-2011, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt 1991-2001
Rovshan Muradov, Secretary General, NGIC
Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta 2013-2020
Trevor Nicholls, CEO, CABI, UK
Bujar Nishani, President of Albania 2012-2017
Alexander von der Osten, former Executive Secretary, CGIAR and Director General, ISNAR
Djoomart Otorbayev, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan 2014-2015
Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyzstan 2010-2011
Suresh Pal, Secretary, Agricultural Economics Research Association, India
Ana Palacio, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain 2002-2004
David Pan, Executive Dean, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece 2009-2011
Rajendra S. Paroda, Former Director General, ICAR and Secretary, DARE, Govt. of India, New Delhi and Former, Chairman, GFAR, FAO, Rome
Michel Petit, Professor, CIHEAM-IAM Montpellier; former Director, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University and former Director General, IFPRI
Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria 2012-2017
Rudy Rabbinge, University Professor, Sustainable Development and Food Security, Wageningen University
Aliaa R Rafea, Professor of Anthropology, Women’s College, Ain Shams University
Jai C. Rana, Country Representative, India Office, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and National Coordinator, UN Environment-GEF Project, New Delhi, India
Chandra Ranade, Agricultural Development Specialist, formerly with The World Bank
Praveen Rao, Vice Chancellor, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
Daya Reddy, President, International Science Council, France
Martin Rees, Former President of Royal Society, Member, UK House of Lords
Timothy Reeves, Professor in Residence, Dookie College Campus, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia and former, Director General, CIMMYT, Mexico
Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Headquarters, Rome
Sir Richard Roberts, 1993 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Mary Robinson, Patron, International Science Council, France; President of Ireland (1990- 1997) and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR 1997-2002)
Petre Roman, Prime Minister of Romania 1989-1991, Speaker of Parliament 1996-2000
Mohammad H. Roozitalab, Former Chair, Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), 2002-2006
Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General for SDGs
Claudia Sadoff, Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka
J.S. Sandhu, Vice Chancellor, SKN Agriculture University, Jaipur, India
Mohan Saxena, Executive Secretary, International Dryland Development Commission and former DDG, ICARDA, Syria
Kelemu Segenet, Director General and CEO, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
Ismail Serageldin, Co-Chair NGIC, Vice President of the World Bank 1992-2000, former Chairman, CGIAR
Shashi Sharma, Independent Consultant, Global Food Security, Biosecurity and Planetary Health, Perth, Australia
Tomio Shichiri, FAO Representative in India, New Delhi
Kadambot Siddique, Hackett Professor of Agriculture, Chair and Director, Institute of Agriculture, UN FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016, The University of Western Australia
Tony Simons, Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF, Director General, ICRAF and Honorary Professor of Tropical Forestry, University of Copenhagen
Brahma Singh, Founder Chairman, Prof. Brahma Singh Horticulture Foundation, New Delhi
R.B. Singh, Former Chancellor, Central Agricultural University and past President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi, India
Jitendra Srivastava, Former Lead Agriculturist, Agriculture Global Practice, The World Bank and former Deputy Director General, ICARDA, Syria
Umesh Srivastava, Former Assistant Director General (Horticulture), ICAR and Global Forum for Farmers, India
Barbara Stinson, President, World Food Prize Foundation
Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria 1997-2002
Laimdota Straujuma, Prime Minister of Latvia 2014-2016
M.S. Swaminathan, World Food Prize Laureate, former Director General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
Prabhakar Tamboli, Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia 2010-2012
Ann Tutwiler, Chair, Independent Steering Committee for the Water, Land and Ecosystems Research Program, CGIAR
Rishi Kumar Tyagi, Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology and Bioresources (APCoAB), Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), Thailand
Wendy J. Umberger, Executive Director, Centre for Global Food and Resources and Professor, Agricultural and Food Economics, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Marianna V Vardinoyannis, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO
Anupam Varma, Ex-ICAR National Professor, INSA Emeritus Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Surinder K Vasal, World Food Prize Laureate, 2000
Venkateshwarlu, Former Vice Chancellor, V.N. Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, Maharashtra and Director, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, India
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Co-Chair NGIC, President of Latvia 1999-2007
Sant S Virmani, Former Principal Scientist, IRRI, Philippines
Joachim Von Braun, Professor for Economic and Technological Change and Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn University, President, Pontifical Academy of Sciences and former Director General, IFPRI
Filip Vujanovic, President of Montenegro 2003-2018
Youssef Wally, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt
Carlos Westendorp, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain 199501996
Mellissa Wood, One CGIAR TAG2 (Research) Co-Convener
Marco Wopereis, Director General, World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
M.P. Yadav, Former Director & Vice Chancellor, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar and former VC, S.V. Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, India
Yashar Yakish, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 2002-2003
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006
Kateryna Yushchenko, First Lady of Ukraine 2005-2010, President Ukraine3000 Foundation
Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine 2005-2010
Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia 2007-2011