Board of Governors

ICIMOD is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of one representative from each of the eight regional member countries (RMCs) and independent members who are nominated by the ICIMOD Support Group based on their recognized professional expertise and experience. The ICIMOD Support Group is composed of representatives from all the organizations and institutions that provide financial contributions to the Centre, including the regional member countries.

Regional Board Members (as of Feb 2013)
H.E. Raz Mohammad Raz
Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Infrastructure
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock
Government of Afghanistan 		Afghanistan
Mr Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura
Secretary
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Bangladesh Secretariat
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 		Bangladesh
Dasho Sherub Gyaltshen
Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Royal Government of Bhutan		 Bhutan
Prof Ding Zhongli
Vice President, CAS
Chairman of CN-ICIMOD
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)		 China
Dr V. Rajagopalan
Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Government of India		 India
Dr Nyi Nyi Kyaw
Director-General
Forest Department
Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Union of Myanmar 		Myanmar
Mr Deependra B. Kshetry
(Chairperson, ICIMOD Board of Governors)
 Vice-Chairman
National Planning Commission
Government of Nepal		 Nepal
Mr Ahmed Baksh Lehri
Secretary
Ministry of National Food Security and Research
Government of Pakistan
 Pakistan

Independent Board Members (as of Feb 2013)
Dr Amir Muhammed
Rector
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Rohtas Road, Sector G-9/4, Islamabad, Pakistan
 Pakistan
Dr Thomas Labahn
Schlassgartenallee 26
19061 Schwerin
Germany		 Germany
Dr Lars-Erik Liljelund
(Chairperson, PAC and Vice Chairperson, ICIMOD Board of Governors)
Chief Executive
The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra)
Gamla Brogatan 36-38
SE-111 20  STOCKHOLM
Sweden
 Sweden
Dr Linxiu Zhang
Professor and Deputy Director
Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
No. Jia 11, Datun Road, Anwai, Beijing 100101		 P.R.China
Dr Margaret Catley-Carlson
456 Moberly Road No. 714
Vancouver, BC, V5Z4L7 		Canada
Professor Matthias Winiger
Former Vice Chancellor
University of Bonn
Department of Geography
Meckenheimer Allee 166
D-53113 Bonn
Germany		 Germany
Dr Pal Prestrud
Director, CEO
CICERO
Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo
Norway		 Norway
Dr David James Molden
Director General
ICIMOD		 Ex officio

ICIMOD Support Group (Chair)

H.E. Mr Thomas Gass
Ambassador
Embassy of Switzerland in Nepal
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Nepal 		Switzerland