The Director and Head of Planning Department of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Dr. Lelia Dongo, has been appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN), Iyanomo, Benin City. The new ED RRIN, who is an erudite Plant Pathologist with in-depth knowledge in Virology, has taken up the mantle of leadership from the outgoing ED RRIN, Dr. Aireguamen I. Aigbodion.