Felia Salim
Chair of the GAIN Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the highest decision-making body of GAIN.
Board members consist of unaffiliated individuals who are appointed in their personal capacity and are drawn from leading development and scientific organisations.
The GAIN Board seeks to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in its membership consistent with the provisions of its Statutes and By-Laws. To give effect to this, it will seek to have membership where at least half of the voting members are women.
Board members are volunteers and receive no remuneration.
Laurence Amand-Jules
CEO and Chief Transformation Officer, Non- Executive Board Member, Social Entrepreneur, Inclusion & Diversity Advocate
Tom Arnold
Ireland’s Special Envoy on Food Systems
Cherrie Atilano
Founding Farmer, CEO and President of AGREA Agricultural Systems International, Inc
Elizabeth Kimani-Murage
Senior Research Scientist and Lead, Nutrition and Food Systems Unit, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Andris Piebalgs
Professor, European University Institute, Former EU Development Commissioner
Julie Wynne
Partner, MLL
Mario Herrero
Professor; Cornell Atkinson Scholar; Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, Department of Global Development
Dr. Juan Rivera
Senior Professor-Researcher and former General Director of the National Institute of Public Health
Berry J. Marttin
Former Member of the Managing Board Rabobank Group
Jennifer Blanke
Economic Development and Development Finance Expert
Beatrice Gakuba
Founder & Executive Director - African Women Agribusiness Network Afrika (AWAN-AFRIKA)
Caroline Liew
Private Wealth and Family Legacy Manager, Sustainable Investment Advocate, Co- Founder of Cambodia Care Centre
Lawrence Haddad
Executive Director, GAIN
Ex Officio