On 27 July 2018, Secretary-General ad interim Professor Anna Veneziano delivered a lecture on “UNIDROIT’s work on sustainable development – the UNIDROIT-FAO-IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming” at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, at a seminar hosted by Professor Hiroo Sono. The lecture was followed by a discussion with faculty members and graduate students.
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| Professor Anna Veneziano delivering her lecture | From left to right: Ms Akane Kido (Toyama University), Professor Hiroo Sono (Hokkaido University), Professor Anna Veneziano (UNIDROIT), and Professor Souichirou Kozuka (Gakushuin University) |
rofessor Ignacio Tirado was appointed Secretary-General by the Governing Council at its 97th session, and officially took office on 27 August 2018. A national of Spain, Professor Tirado (Commercial, Corporate and Insolvency Law, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain) holds a PhD from the Universities of Bologna and Autónoma de Madrid and an LLM from the University of London. Professor Tirado has been a Senior Legal Consultant at the World Bank’s Legal Vice-Presidency and Financial Sector Practice for more than nine years, having also consulted for the IMF on insolvency related matters as well as for the Asian Development Bank on commercial legal reform.