Dr. Werner Kiene – Bangladesh Institute of Policy Studies (BIPS)

Dr. Werner Kiene is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Marine Stewardship Council, London (UK). He has decades of experience in eco-management, global development initiatives, multi-stakeholder efforts related to food security, and sustainable resource management. He worked for the Ford Foundation, the German Development Assistance Organization ( GIZ), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). He also served as UN Resident Coordinator at Washington D.C.; Country Director for the UN-WFP (Bangladesh); Chairman, Independent Panels for the World Bank (IBRD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Chair, Board of Fairtrade America; and Vice-Chair, Fairtrade International Certification (FLO–CERT).