Gerard Sylvester is currently positioned as Knowledge and Information Management Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO, http://www.fao.org/) at its regional office for the Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok.

He is responsible for initiating and managing collaborations with partners around the region to improve sustainable development through the application of modern information and communication technology (ICT). Also, responsible for the establishment of new partnerships and new communities of practice, conducted information assessments, formulated knowledge strategies, increasing the impact of good practices, and expanded the dissemination of the Organization's regional information and for promoting efficient and effective methodologies in ICT4D among member countries in the region through FAO's activities.

Gerard has worked extensively on ICT related development projects in Africa and Asia. -