Alice Ruhweza
Africa Region Director
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Alyssa Jade McDonald-Baertl
Policy and programs,
European Commission

Christian Borgemeister – Chair
Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
University of Bonn

Felix Kolawole Salako
Vice-Chancellor
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)

Hilary Wild
Trustee and Audit Committee Chair
WaterAid UK

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Professor, Director, and Chair
African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)
Centre of Excellence in Food Systems at the University of Pretoria, in South Africa. 

Patrick Caron
Vice President
International Affairs, University of Montpellier

Rhoda Tumusiime
Former African Union Commissioner for
Rural Economy and Agriculture
Chairperson HOPE
P.O Box 383
Entebbe, Uganda

Shenggen Fan
Chair Professor
College of Economics and Management
China Agricultural University, Beijing

Bernard Vanlauwe
Director General (a.i.)
Deputy Director General (Research for Development) and Lead for the CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative