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Tom Arnold
Chair of Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee (IARDC); board member of the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN); member, Global Panel for Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (GLOPAN); member, Malabo Montpellier Panel; board member, John and Pat Hume Foundation; board member, Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. |
Tom currently serves as Chair, Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee (IARDC);
board member of the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN); member, Global Panel for Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (GLOPAN); member, Malabo Montpellier Panel; board member, John and Pat Hume Foundation; board member, Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. His previous roles include serving as Ireland’s Special Envoy for Food Systems; Chair, Food Vision 2030 Strategy Committee; Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement; Director-General, Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA); Chair, Irish Constitutional Convention; board member, Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice; member, Irish Hunger Task Force; CEO, Concern Worldwide; Chair, Irish Times Trust; Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary General, Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM); Chair, OECD Committee of of Agriculture; Administrator, EU Commission. Tom has a degree in agricultural economics from University College Dublin (UCD) and master’s degrees from the Catholic University of Leuven and Trinity College, Dublin. |
