Emmanuel de Mérode - Anthropologist, conservationist, pilot, Emmanuel worked to control the bushmeat trade and protect endangered wildlife in Central and Eastern Africa. His main focus has been support for African wildlife rangers in remote and difficult national parks and reserves. His work was primarily in the parks of eastern DRC, working to sustain the national parks through the DRC’s 15-year…
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Cosma Wilungula has been the Director General of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN), a semi-government authority in charge of the management of the protected areas in the DRC, since 2005. He is also a professor at the University of Kinshasa and a reverend with the English evangelical church. Previously, he was the President of the Board of Directors of the Ashanti Gold Kilo…
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Mr. Niasse leads all operational activities of the tax administration in Senegal. In particular, he is responsible for all activities which relate to the management of the tax base, audits, collection and litigation. He also participates in the design of tax legislation as well as the oversight strategy of the tax administration. Previously, he was the chief of staff of the Budget Ministry and…
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Joseph R. Blumberg has been with Grupo M in the Dominican Republic/Haiti since 1987. He is a Partner and Member of the Board of Directors. Over the past 30 years he has held various executive positions from General Manager to SVP Operations including Product Research & Development, Compliance, Sustainability and CSR responsibilities. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial…
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He is a strong finance professional with a wide and renowned experience in financial management within the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Since 2016, he serves as financial manager in the private office of Juan B. Vicini Ll. an individual investor and institutional partner at INICIA, a private Asset Management firm in the North of Latin America. From 2003 to 2016, he held different key…
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In May 2017, Mr. Mark Lowcock of the United Kingdom was appointed as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Emergency Relief Coordinator. With over 30 years of humanitarian and development experience, Mr. Lowcock serves as the chief coordinator of the world’s humanitarian response in times of urgent crisis. In his…
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Jorge Arbache has a degree in Law and a Ph.D. in Economics. He is the Secretary of International Affairs of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Management. Previous to that he was the Head of the Ministry’s Economic Advisory Board. Arbache has experience in the public and private sectors, and in international organizations. He is also a professor of economics at the University of Brasília.…
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