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Corinna Hawkes

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Director, Division of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety at FAO
📍 Italy

Corinna Hawkes is the Director of the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division at the FAO, focused on transforming global food systems. With a PhD from Kings College London, her career includes leadership roles at City, University of London, the World Health Organization, and the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Outside of her official duties, Corinna is dedicated to fostering new leadership and empowering youth. She co-founded the Next Gen(D)eration Leadership Collective to advance womens leadership in food systems and chaired the Board of Bite Back 2030, a youth-led movement working to improve food systems.

She co-founded the youth-led food initiative Bite Back 2030 with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

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Current Role
Director, Division of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety
Location
Italy
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Topics Corinna cares about

Agrifood Systems
As a central part of her role at the FAO, she leads efforts to transform agrifood systems using a systems-based approach to improve global food security.
Food Policy
A long-standing focus of her career, she was formerly the Director of the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London and maintains a blog on the topic.
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Career

Work history

2-2023
Director, Division of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety
FAO
1-2021 - 2-2023
Chair, Board of Trustees
Bite Back 2030
6-2020
Co-Founder
Next Gen(D)eration Leadership Collective
4-2018 - 3-2022
Vice Chair
London's Child Obesity Taskforce
1-2016 - 2-2023
Director, Centre for Food Policy
City, University of London
In the press

Media appearances

Podcast | Corinna Hawkes, FAO. Featured in Donor Platform
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Corinna Hawkes on unlocking impact through a systems approach. Featured in FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Education
1993 - 1998
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
King's College London
1990 - 1993
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Bristol
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