CIFOR-ICRAF announces Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro as CEO
Eliane Ubalijoro (B.Sc.(Agr)鈥�92, M.Sc.鈥�95, Ph.D.鈥�01) has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Director General of ICRAF -the world鈥檚 leading research and development centre on trees, forests and landscapes. Dr. Ubalijoro will be the first African woman Director General of a CGIAR Research Center and CEO of two Centers in CGIAR鈥檚 52-year history.
Born in Rwanda, Ubalijoro is the Executive Director of , and Professor of Practice for public-private sector partnerships at 平特五不中鈥檚 Institute for the Study of International Development. Over the past two decades, her research has focused on innovation, gender, and sustainable development.
the CIFOR-ICRAF News Release.