Éliane Ubalijoro
About
Éliane Ubalijoro, PhD is Chief Executive Officer of the Center for International Forestry Research and
World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Director General of ICRAF. An accomplished leader with a
background in agriculture and molecular genetics, she serves on several boards and has been recognized
for outstanding contributions to innovation, gender equity and sustainable prosperity creation.
Dr Ubalijoro has been a Professor of Practice for public-private sector partnerships at McGill University
since 2008, with research interests focusing on innovation, gender and sustainable development for
prosperity creation. From 2021 to March 2023, she was the Executive Director of Sustainability in the
Digital Age and the Canada Hub Director for Future Earth. She is a member of Rwanda’s National Science
and Technology Council and Presidential Advisory Council, the Impact Advisory Board of the Global
Alliance for a Sustainable Planet, the Science for Africa Foundation and the Capitals Coalition
Supervisory Board, among others. She is also a fellow of the International Science Council.