Dejan Jakovljevic

Dejan Jakovljevic

Mr Dejan Jakovljevic is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Director of Digital FAO and Agro-Informatics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), based in Rome, Italy. He has more than 20 years of IT experience and use of technology in International Development. He is a strategic leader in the field, aiming to harness the power of technology towards achieving SDG goals. His work focuses on driving digital transformation in agrifood systems. Mr. Jakovljevic has extensive experiences focusing on strategic aspects of IT, driving organizational modernization and transformation in the International Development domain. He is passionate about bringing digital capabilities and innovation into accelerating impact in support of Sustainable Development Goals. His previous experience includes IT leadership roles in South East Asia and European Region, with UNICEF, WHO, and OSCE. In FAO, he advocates and mainstreams agro-informatics research and application to bring positive impacts in the digital transformation in agrifood systems, including geospatial information technology, big data, and AI. He led the team to get remarkable results with international recognitions, including Geospatial World Excellence Award for FAO Geosptial Platform and World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) Champion for FAO Digital Services Portfolio.