WWF International Board

Yolanda Kakabadse Navarro

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Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International
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President
Yolanda Kakabadse is WWF’s International President and the former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment. 

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André Hoffmann

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André Hoffmann
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Vice President
André Hoffmann is the Vice President of WWF International. He is also non-executive Vice President of Roche Holdings Ltd and of Givaudan SA. He chairs the board of Massellaz SA as well as Nemadi Advisors Ltd.

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Markus Joytak Shaw

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Markus Shaw
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Treasurer
Markus Shaw is President and Trustee (and former Chairman) of WWF Hong Kong.

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Antony Burgmans

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Antony Burgmans
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Trustee
Antony Burgmans is currently a non-executive board member of BP and a member of the Supervisory Boards of Akzo-Nobel, Aegon and SHV.

He is chairman of the supervisory boards of WWF-Netherlands, Mauritshuis (The Hague) and the Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam).

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Cheryl Carolus

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Cheryl Carolus
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Trustee
Cheryl Carolus is Executive Chair, Peotona Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a wholly women-owned company with assets in resources and infrastructure feeder industries.

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Nitin Desai

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Nitin Desai
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Trustee
Nitin Desai is one of the world leaders in policy making experience in the realm of sustainable development and is at the forefront of the global fight against climate change.

He is a member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change.

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Doctor Adil Najam

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Dr Adil Najam
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Trustee
Adil Najam is a leading global authority on environmental policy, global governance and international development. He was appointed Vice Chancellor (equivalent to University President in the US system) of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in June 2011.

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Alvaro De Souza

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Alvaro de Souza
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Trustee
Alvaro de Souza is currently the Director of AdS – Gestão, Consultoria & Investimentos Ltda.

He is also Board Chairman of GOL Airlines, Board Chairman of WWF-Brazil, Board Member of FUNBIO (National Biodiversity Fund), Board Member of Unidas Fleet Management, Board Member of Triangulo Bank S/A (TRIBANCO) and Member of the Audit Committee of AMBEV.

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Professor Calestous Juma

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Calestous Juma
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Trustee
Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

He is also editor of the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation and the International Journal of Biotechnology. 

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Vincent S. Perez

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Vince Perez
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Trustee
Mr Pérez is founder and CEO of Alternergy Partners, a power company focused on developing renewable power projects in emerging countries in Asia.

He is also Chairman of Merritt Partners, an energy advisory firm to companies doing business in Asia, and Chairman of WWF-Philippines.

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Professor Alison Richard

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Alison Richard
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Trustee
Professor Alison Richard, who was installed as the 344th Vice- Chancellor of the University of Cambridge on 1 October 2003, is the first woman to hold the position full-time.

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Roger W. Sant

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Roger Sant
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Trustee
Roger W. Sant is Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus of the AES Corporation.

He is also Chairman of The Summit Foundation and the Summit Fund of Washington, Vice Chairman of the National Symphony Orchestra Board, and a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Ed Smith

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Ed Smith
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Trustee
Ed Smith is Chairman of WWF International’s Audit Committee and Chair of WWF-UK.

He is Pro-Chancellor and Chairman elect of the University of Birmingham, a Board member and Deputy Chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, Chair of British Universities & Colleges Sport, Trustee and Treasurer of The Work Foundation and a Member of Council & Treasurer of The Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House).

He is also a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Department for Transport and a member of the UK Competition Commission.

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James P. Leape

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James Leape, Director General, WWF International, giving an openning address at the WWF Annual Conference 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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WWF's International Director General
James Leape is Director General of WWF's International Secretariat.

He has worked in conservation for more than 3 decades

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