José Joaquín Campos Arce

José has 40 years of international experience in academic, scientific and technical organizations in sustainable forestry, agriculture and natural resources management. He has strong technical expertise in sustainable management of forests, agriculture and rural development and is passionate about collective impact to address the environmental global challenges. He is the CEO of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), a global impact network of organizations that orchestrates multistakeholder partnerships with corporate, academic, and civil society sectors.

He was director general of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) and has served in the boards of international organizations, including the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) as chair, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (UFRO) and sustainability task forces for The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

José obtained a doctorate degree in forestry from the University of Oxford, a master in natural resources management from CATIE/University of Costa Rica and B. Sc. in forestry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has published +100 technical and scientific papers.