IRRI Annual Report 2016 | Leading innovations

My first full year as Director General of IRRI has been a time of transition and the implementation of a change agenda to position IRRI as a vibrant and dynamic leader in the research for development sphere. We have been fortunate to welcome a series of new faces to our organization. Most notably has been the arrival in March 2016 of Dr. Jacqueline Hughes as Deputy Director General for Research. Dr. Hughes brings to IRRI a wealth of experience in leadership in research for development in Africa and Asia, along with personal expertise in plant pathology. Among our many other new team members, each of them is bringing an impressive skill set and capacities to drive IRRI’s programs forward as well as new energy and ideas from which I know IRRI will benefit!