Bruce Scott joined the institute in 1999 as director of Corporate Affairs and was appointed director of Partnerships and Communications in 2003. Before joining ILRI, he served as deputy director general of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), headquartered in Nairobi, where he was responsible for designing and implementing collaborative agroforestry research networks involving 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Scott worked for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) as regional director for West Africa from 1985 to 1988 and as IDRC’s regional director for eastern and southern Africa from 1978 to 1985. His expertise is in strategic and corporate planning, international partnerships and resource mobilization. He holds an MA in international affairs from the School of International Affairs at Carleton University, in Canada.
