MACS - Key Persons


Dr. Brian T. Gray

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada ( AAFC )

Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young

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  • Chief Scientist and under Secretary Research, Education and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Dr. Esther Esteban Rodrigo

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  • Director, National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology ( INIA )

Dr. Fadjry Djufry

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  • Director General of IAARD ( Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development )

Dr. Ho-sun Lee

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, International Technology Cooperation Center, Rural Development Administration

Dr. Ke Jin

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  • Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Kim Ritman

Job Titles:
  • Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer and Chief Scientist, Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Dr. Kongming Wu

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Martin Irurueta

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Research and Development, National Institute of Agricultural Technology ( INTA )

Dr. Masa Iwanaga - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Chair of the G20 MACS 2019 Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on International Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) (President, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)

Dr. Mike Collins

Job Titles:
  • Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra )

Dr. Raul Brens Jr

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  • Advisor for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Scientist

Dr. Suntay Choi

Job Titles:
  • Director, International Technology Cooperation Center, Rural Development Administration / Republic of Korea

Dr. Taek-Ryoun Kwon - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Director General

Dr. Yannik Melanco

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  • Deputy Director International Engagement, Science and Technology Branch Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada

Dr. Yiseul Kim

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  • Deputy Director, International Technology Cooperation Center, Rural Development Administration

Mr Tim Willis

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  • Associate Director International / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Mr. Hiroshi Honjo

Job Titles:
  • Director, International Research, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Director, International Research, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat (AFFRCS), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)

Mr. Yoshihisa Hishinuma

Job Titles:
  • Director - General, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat ( AFFRCS ), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ( MAFF )

Mrs Nathalie Sauze-Vandevyver

Job Titles:
  • Director "Quality, Research & Innovation, Outreach

Ms. Jaime Adams

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  • Senior Advisor for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Scientist

Ms. Lin Zhai

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  • Division Chief, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Department of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Gideon Henderson

Job Titles:
  • Chief Scientific Adviser / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra )