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Dr Marco
Lambertini - Director General Of WWF International
Gland,
Switzerland: WWF announced today February 6,
2014 the appointment of Dr Marco Lambertini as Director General of WWF
International.
Currently Chief Executive of
BirdLife International, Marco will begin his new role with the global
conservation organization on 1 May 2014.
Yolanda Kakabadse, President of
the WWF International Board of Trustees, said: “Dr Marco Lambertini was the
outstanding candidate in a broad field of exceptional applicants. We were
searching for someone with proven global leadership credentials as well as a
global mindset, first-class scientific and political acumen, someone who is an
energetic fundraiser, a campaigner and a natural communicator, who demonstrates
the passion and drive to save life on Earth.
"Marco ticks all of these
boxes and more. On behalf of my colleagues on the WWF International Board of
Trustees, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Marco to WWF.”
With 25 years of global
conservation leadership, Marco Lambertini began his association with WWF as a
youth volunteer growing up in his native Italy. Prior to his current role as
Chief Executive of BirdLife International, Marco was Global Director of Network
and Program for over a decade.
That role saw him broaden
BirdLife’s global reach and relevance, and develop decentralized structures for
more effective global conservation impact.
Dr Marco Lambertini said: “I am
delighted and incredibly excited to serve an organization like WWF – and to
contribute to fully realize its immense potential as a catalyst and agent for
change for the benefit of people and nature.
"WWF’s authority and
visibility, global reach, civil society support and local presence can deliver
what the planet and its people need: real change towards sustainable living
across sectors, cultures and continents – a truly global vision for a planet
where people and nature can thrive in harmony.”
The outgoing Director General of
WWF International, Jim Leape, announced his decision to leave the organization
last year. His last day at WWF will be 31 March 2014. Starting in July, Jim
will be a consulting professor at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the
Environment.
Jim Leape said: “It gives me
great pride and pleasure to hand over the baton as Director General of WWF
International to a conservation leader of such stature and experience as Dr
Marco Lambertini. I congratulate Marco on his appointment and I am confident
that WWF will reach even greater heights under his leadership.”
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CONGRATULATIONS DR MARCO LAMBERTINI - DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WWF INTERNATIONAL
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