Ruben G. Echeverria
Principal Officer Agriculture Development @Gates Foundation
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Officer Agriculture Development @Gates Foundation
Washington, DC, US
Senior advisor to the Office of the Director, Agricultural Development. Focusing on Gates Foundation -CGIAR partnership and on how commercial small scale producers and small and medium size enterprises can be the engine of rural transformation in the global south.
EDUCATION
Harvard Business School
Senior Leadership
IMD
Senior Leadership
Harvard Business School
Senior Leadership
University of Minnesota
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Agricultural Economics
University of Minnesota
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agricultural Economics
Universidad de la República
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Ingeniero Agronomo, Five years of agriculture course work and two year thesis on soil fertility
SKILLS
ABOUT RUBEN G. ECHEVERRIA
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).
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