Distinguished Global Leader Francisco Sagasti

Francisco Sagasti is a professor at the Graduate School of the Universidad del Pacífico and an affiliated senior researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies. He has been President of the Republic in the Transition and Emergency Government, a member of the Congress of the Republic, spokesperson for the Purple Party caucus, and president of the Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology. He has been the founder and executive director of the think-tank FORO Nacional Internacional, and advisor to international organizations, government agencies, and private entities on strategic issues. He has been President of the Board of Directors of the Science and Technology Program (FINCyT/InnóvatePerú) in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru, member of the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Center (Canada), member of the Advisory Council of the Lemelson Foundation, member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Environment and Development, director of the Agenda: PERU program in FORO Nacional/International, Head of Strategic Planning at the World Bank, and President of the Advisory Council on Science and Technology for Development at the United Nations.