Dr Leslie Simpson is employed as a Natural Resources Management Specialist with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and is a former CARDI Representative in Jamaica.
He holds a PhD in Agriculture, majoring in Soil Science, from the University of the West Indies.
He is a professional agriculturist and project manager with over 30 years experience in agricultural research, teaching, administration and production in several Caribbean countries.
He has held senior positions at the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) in Guyana, Faculties of Agriculture at the University of Guyana (UG) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
In 2001, he attended the first Beahrs Environmental Leadership Programme at the University of California, Berkeley and was exposed to all aspects environment management including global climate change and its possible effects on the physical environment. Since that time he has been representing CARDI on all discussions related to climate change and agriculture in the Caribbean.
He is the author of several publications in international, regional and national journals.