Johan "Jo" Swinnen is the Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),[1] a post he took up in January 2020. From July 2022 onwards, he also became the Managing Director of the Systems Transformation Science Group of CGIAR[2].
He is known for his work on agricultural and food policies, political economy, institutional reforms, trade, and global value chains within the context of international development.