Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Visiting Scholar

2024-2025

Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is an animal scientist and a practicing farmer with extensive experience, serving as a policy advisor to numerous African governments and global institutions. 

She was appointed to the CGIAR System Board in April 2021 and became the Chair in January 2023.

She is a member of the Nestlé Board, where she serves on the Sustainability Committee, and is a Board representative on the Creating Shared Value Council. She serves as Chair of the Council at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe and as Extra Ordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a member of Champions 12.3, accelerating progress on UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3, halving global per capita food waste.

She has served in senior leadership positions in various organizations, including Professor, Director, and Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Pretoria, in South Africa; co-chair of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), Vice-President, Country Support, Policy and Partnerships for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and CEO and Head of Mission of the pan-African Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is a visiting scholar with the Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund.