Mr. Ruben Echeverria has International experience in agricultural technical and institutional change, strengthening agricultural research capacities in the global south and management of public agricultural research for development. Currently a member of the Gates Foundation Ag Development Team. Previously: Member High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-CFS-FAO-Rome) | Resident Fellow Bellagio Center, Rockefeller Foundation, Italy | Director General (Emeritus), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT-Colombia) | Sr. Advisor, FAO-LATAM (Washington DC) | Sr. Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI-Washington DC) | Executive Secretary of the Science Council of the CGIAR (FAO-Rome) | Head of Agriculture and Rural Development, Inter-American Development Bank (Washington DC) | Chair of the Latin-American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP-Chile) | Chair Scientific Advisory Board Catalan Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA-Barcelona) | Chair, Global Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (COSAI).