Crawford Fund Series: Maree Bouterakos
Maree Bouterakos is a Dietitian from Melbourne, Australia with eight years’ experience in international development, academic and clinical settings across the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, Maree is the Head of Nutrition for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Laos. Prior to joining WFP Laos, Maree worked in Italy at WFP Headquarters, and previously with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Italy and Sri Lanka. Maree has been involved in several nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes, focused on improving the nutrition status of women of reproductive age (15-49 years), children and adolescents. Maree has a keen interest to explore the gaps in evidence on agriculture’s contribution to nutrition and food security through nutrition programmes in the Asia-Pacific region.