Dr. Khama Rogo, Chairman of Kenya Medical Association and Dr. Philip Grubb, Legal Counsel of Novartis, Switezerlad Conferring during GBDI Nairobi, Kenya Training
Mr. John Varley, Director of Yellowstone National Parks,  Wyoming, USA and DR. Claude Fauqet, Director of ILTAB, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Beatrice Chaytor, Field, UK and Komate, Participant from Ivory Coast during GBDI Francophone training Contonou, Benin.
Ms. Rosemary Wolson, South Africa
Mr. Jorge Caberra Medaglia LLP, Costa Rica
Left: Dr. Victor Amoo, Senior Research Scientist with Dupont and Dr. Kilama during the West Africa training
at Ibadan, Nigeria (2000)
Our Professional Consultants

GBDI's unique roster of professional consultants includes world-renowned scientists, lawyers, economists, and experts on institution building from around the world. They come from both the public and private sectors.

The list includes:

Africa

  • Dr. Victor Amoo (Ghana) -- Senior Medicinal Chemist, DuPont Life Science, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
  • Ms. Beatrice Chaytor (Sierra Leone) -- Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development; London, England, U.K.
  • Dr. Marthinus Horak (South Africa) -- Manager, Bioprospecting Programme, CSIR BIO/CHEMTEK; Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Ms. Muffy Koch (South Africa) -- Director and Owner, Innovation Biotechnology; South Africa.
  • Dr. Bankole Sodipo (Sierra Leone) (Nigeria) -- Senior Partner, Chief G. O. Sodipo & Company; Lagos, Nigeria.
  • Ms. Rosemary Wolson (South Africa) -- Manager, Office of Industry Liaison; University of Cape Town; Cape Town, South Africa.

Asia

  • Ms. Tomoko Miyamoto (Japan) -- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Dr. Jan Jiang (China) -- Director, Research and Development; Tianjin Tasly Group Co.; Tianjin, China.
  • Mr. Jianyang Yu (China) -- Partner, Attorney-at-law; Liu, Shen & Associates; Beijing, China.

Europe

  • Dr. C. M. Fauquet (France) -- Director, International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology (ILTAB); St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
  • Dr. Philip Grubb (U.K.) -- Intellectual Property Counsel, Intellectual Property, Novartis; Basle, Switzerland.
  • Dr. Martin Keller (Germany) -- Principal Research Scientists, Diversa Corporation; San Diego, California, U.S.
  • Mr. John Komen (The Netherlands) -- Associate Officer, International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR); The Hague, The Netherlands.
  • Dr. Anatole F. Krattiger (Switzerland) -- Founder, bioDevelopments LLC; Visiting Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.; Distinguished Advisor, Council for Biotechnology Information, Washington. D.C.
  • Dr. Stefano Pagiola (Italy) -- Economist, The World Bank; Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Robert Ridley (U.K.) -- Chief Scientific Officer, Medicines for Malaria Venture; Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Dr. Jan Van Rompaey (Belgium) -- Head of IP, Bioscience Department, Aventis CropScience; Brussels, Belgium.
  • Mr. Franck Tetaz (France) -- Head of IP, Aventis CropScience; Lyon, France.

Latin America

  • Ms. Cristina Maria do Amaral Azevedo (Brazil) -- Ministry of Environment, São Paulo State; São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Mr. Jorge Cabrera Medaglia (Costa Rica) -- Attorney, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Dr. Nicolás Mateo (Costa Rica) -- Biodiversity Consultant; San José, Costa Rica.
  • Dr. Jorge Luis Varela (Chile) -- International Independent Consultant; International Law Consultant & Environment Law; Santiago, Chile.

United States

  • Dr. Anthony Artuso -- Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Food and Resources Economics, Cook College, Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  • Dr. Joel Cohen -- Director, Information and New Technologies, International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR); The Hague, the Netherlands.
  • Dr. Gordon Cragg -- Chief Natural Products Branch, National cancer Institute (NCI); Frederick, Maryland.
  • Dr. Michael A. Gollin -- Partner, Technology Division of Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP; Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Daniel Putterman -- Genetic Resource Consultant; Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Michael J. Roth -- Legal, Monsanto Company; Skokie, Illinois.
  • Mr. Preston Scott -- Legal Director, World Foundation for Environment and development; Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Dr. Dirck Stryker -- Director, Associates for International Resources and Development (AIRD); Cambridge, MA, U.S.
  • Mr. John Varley -- Director, Yellowstone National Parks; Wyoming.
  • Mr. David Weinstein -- David Weinstein at Law, Denver, Colorado.