Winston Rudder

Winston Rudder is currently the Chairman of the Cocoa Research Advisory Board (of The University of the West Indies’ Cocoa Research Unit), and the Chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank. He has approximately forty years’ experience in development policy, programming and operations at national, regional and international levels. At the local, regional and international levels, his responsibilities and assignments over that period include developing and directing agricultural planning systems, and advising on agricultural development policy. His work also involves providing strategic leadership, guidance and management to selected government ministries, and negotiating with and undertaking international development-oriented assignments for multilateral institutions. He has served as Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in South Asia and the Caribbean.