International Network for Bamboo and Rattan Governance- INBAR

The Board of Trustees ensures that the objectives, programmes and plans of INBAR are consistent with its mission and purposes. Board Members are selected based on their membership of bamboo- and rattan-producing countries, or because of their specific expertise.

Board of trustees

Prof. Lucie Edwards (Chair)
Nationality:Canadian
Profession:Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario

Prof. Jiang Zehui (Co-Chair)
Nationality:Chinese
Profession:Vice-Chair, Committee of Population, Resources & Environment, the 9th to 12th CPPCC National Committee, China

Jan McAlpine
Nationality:American
Profession:Former Director, United Nations Forum on Forests

H. E. Mr. Sileshi Getahun Hailu
Nationality:Ethiopian
Profession:Deputy President, Oromia region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams
Nationality:Jamaican
Profession:Attorney at Law, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Mark Halle
Nationality:Swiss, Italian and American
Profession:Executive Director, IISD-Europe

H. E. Ms. Carmenza Jaramillo Gutierrez
Nationality:Colombian
Profession:Ambassador of Colombia to Portugal

Preeti Sinha
Nationality:Indian
Profession:CEO, Financing for Development, LLC Geneva

Liu Shirong
Nationality:Chinese
Profession:President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF)

Dr. Hans Friederich
Nationality:Dutch
Profession:Director General, INBAR