Islam Siddiqui
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has named Ambassador Islam Siddiqui a senior adviser for the Global Food Security Project.

Most recently, Siddiqui was the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, with responsibility for negotiations and policy coordination for agricultural trade issues.

In that position, Siddiqui was a leading official in the 2013 WTO ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, and was a lead negotiator in the Brazil cotton case. He also spearheaded negotiations with trading partners in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

Before joining the Obama administration, Siddiqui was vice president for science and regulatory affairs at CropLife America.

From 2004-2009, he was on the Commerce Department’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee. In 2001, he was a senior associate at CSIS, focusing on agricultural biotechnology and food security issues.

Siddiqui earned his master of science and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in plant pathology. He received his bachelor of science degree in plant protection from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in Pantnagar, India. In 2011, his alma mater awarded him an honorary doctor of science degree.