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Prof.dr.ir. Louise O. Fresco

President of the Executive Board at Wageningen University & Research

Major works

  • Member of the Management advisory Group for the Dir.-General - Food and Agriculture Organiz. of the United Nations (FAO). Jan 2020 - Present

  • Lid - Spoedcomm. gezondh. en duurzaamh. onder auspicien van de WHO. Jan 2020 - Present

  • Lid RvT - Stichting Nationale Opera en Ballet. Jan 2020 - Present

  • Vice-voorzitter - Wetenschappelijke begeleidingscommissie. Jan 2020 - Dec 2021. Wetenschappelijke begeleidingscommissie ter voorbereiding van de world summit on food systems |

  • Lid van de Board of Directors - Syngenta. Apr 2019 - Present. Lid van de Board of Directors (non-executive member of the one tier board)|

  • Voorzitter - 4TU.Federatie. Jan 2019 - Present

  • Lid Adviesraad - Artis. Jan 2019 - Present

  • Member advisory committee Regio Brainport Eindhoven - Regio Deal Brainport Eindhoven. Jan 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Lid van de Raad van Ambassadeurs - Nationaal Holocaust Museum i.o. - Jan 2017 - Present

  • Lid - The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts. Jan 2016 - Present

  • Corresponding Member - Belgium's Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences. Jan 2014 - Present

  • Lid Stuurgroep Strategie, Public Affairs & Governance - VSNU. Jan 2014 - Present

  • Lid - Académie dAgriculture de France. Jan 2011 - Present

  • Lid Redactieraad - De Gids. Jan 2010 - Present

  • Lid - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW). Jan 2009 - Present

  • Columnist - NRC. Jan 2008 - Present

  • Lid Adviesraad - Trilateral Commission. Jan 2006 - Present

  • Lid - Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen. Jan 2001 - Present

  • Lid - Spanish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Jan 2000 - Present

  • Lid - The Swedish Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences. Jan 1998 - Present

About me

Prof.dr.ir. Louise O. Fresco is the President of the Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands. Louise combines a long academic career as a professor at Wageningen and other institutions with an extensive involvement in policy and development, with many programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America and teaching in Sweden, Belgium and the US. Louise O. Fresco is a member of eight Scientific Academies and holds three honorary doctorates.