Participants
Luis Roberto Sanint

Luis Roberto Sanint
Director, Public-Private Partnerships
CIAT
Cali, Colombia

Degree

• PhD in Agricultural Economics, with a major in production and finance, Texas A&M University.

Employment

• Sept. 2005 to date: Deputy Director General at CIAT for Public and Private Partnerships. During 2006, he was also interim Chief Financial Officer at CIAT.
• From 1995 to 2005: Executive Director, Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice, FLAR, located in Cali, Colombia.
• From 1994 to 1997: Leader, Rice program, CIAT.
• From 1992 to 1994: advisor, Minister of Agriculture Dr. José Antonio Ocampo), Colombia.
• From 1985 to 1992: agricultural economist, CIAT.

Board of Directors

• FLAR, 1995 -2005, Ex - oficio.
• FUNDAGRO (Fundación para las investigaciones agroeconómicas), June 1993-94. Santafé de Bogotá, D.C.
• Colombiana de Comercio Exterior (CODECOMEX), Cali, Colombia, 1985 - 1992.
• Roberto Salazar, S.A., Wholesaler of building materials, Manizales, Colombia, since 1990.
• Corporación Forestal de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia, 1984.
• Centro de Entomología Forestal, Manizales, Colombia, 1984.

Honors

• Agricultural Merit (Orden al mérito agrícola José Vicente Unda), Portuguesa , Venezuela, 1997

Publications

• Over a hundred (chapters in books, articles in refereed journals, magazines, etc.). Liquidity management, impact assessment, rice research programs in Latin America, etc.