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CIFOR-ICRAF announces Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro as CEO

Published: 25 January 2023

Eliane Ubalijoro (B.Sc.(Agr)’92, M.Sc.’95, Ph.D.’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’s 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’s 52-year history.

Born in Rwanda, Ubalijoro is the Executive Director of , and Professor of Practice for public-private sector partnerships at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University’s 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.

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