All Speakers

Mercy MULENGA

Journalist

BBC MEDIA ACTION

Mercy is a Zambian and seasoned journalist working for Yar FM radio, with over five years of experience. Driven by the passion to uncover untold stories, Mercy is committed to amplifying marginalized…

SONALI GHOSH

IUCN WCPA Regional Vice Chair

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

Regional Vice Chair, South Asia. I bring in more than 15 years of field experience of living and working in some of the critical ecosystems such as Terai grasslands of the Indian subcontinent.…

Michelle BENDER

Legal Counsel and Head of Ocean Rights

Ocean Vision Legal

Michelle is the creator and leading expert in the movement towards "Ocean Rights," the application of Rights of Nature in the ocean policy seascape. She has provided her expertise to Rights of Nature…

Ahmed SALEH AMAN

Unit Head - Infrastructure and Development Inspection

Environment Agency

began my professional journey over ten years ago as an Inspector at the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), where I conducted more than 1,000 field visits covering all industrial and development…

James FITZSIMONS

Senior Advisor, Global Protection Strategies

The Nature Conservancy

Dr James Fitzsimons is the Senior Advisor, Global Protection Strategies with The Nature Conservancy. His work includes policy and implementation of the global 30×30 protection target and other…

Alfredo Vargas Pio

Independiente

Federación Nativa del Río Madre De Dios y Afluentes

Luna MILATOVIC

Policy officer

IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Specialist Group

Luna Milatovic is a biologist with an MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy and expertise in biodiversity policy, human–wildlife conflict, wildlife and protected area management. A Klaus Töpfer…

Émilie LE BEUZE

Senior Advisor, Senior Advisor, Engagement for Sustainable Finance & Biodiversit

Finance Montréal

I work at the intersection of sustainable finance and biodiversity, mobilizing the financial sector around biodiversity and NbS (sustainable and responsible solutions). I believe finance can and…

Jason Dozier

Lead Political Engagement, Secretariat of the HAC for N&P

High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People Secretariat

Florian ROULLE

Vice President, Sustainable Finance

Finance Montréal

Florian Roulle is Vice-President, Sustainable Finance, at Finance Montréal. He leads the company’s sustainable finance efforts and, with his team, is responsible for mobilizing the organization's…

Hamera AISHA

Senior Manager Wildlife Conservation

WWF-Pakistan

Hamera Aisha is a wildlife conservationist with nearly two decades of experience in applied ecology, protected areas management, human–wildlife co-existence, and inclusive conservation. She serves as…

Michael (Mike) HOFFMANN

Head of Wildlife Recovery

Zoological Society of London

Mike Hoffmann, a South African national, is currently based at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) where he heads up the organization’s cross-cutting conservation programmes. He has worked in…

Aurélie SPADONE

Senior Programme Manager, Ocean Governance

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

Aurélie studied oceanography in France from 2000 to 2009. She spent two years in Bordeaux (University of Bordeaux I), three in Marseille (University of the Mediterranean Sea) and four in Paris where…

Florence CURET

Senior Programme Manager

IUCN

Florence joined IUCN in 2018 after a 20-year career in the consumer goods sector. Since September 2023, she has been part of the Business & Nature team, working with global companies to…

Carla DANELUTTI

Mediterranean program coordinator

IUCN

15 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental conservation, project management, and internationalcollaboration, aligning closely with the responsibilities and objectives…

SITI ZURAIDAH ABIDIN

Programme Lead

WWF-Malaysia

Siti Zuraidah Abidin leads the Peninsular Malaysia Terrestrial Conservation Programme at WWF-Malaysia, where she has spent over 17 years advancing forest and protected area conservation. Her work…

Kristen WALKER-PAINEMILLA

Senior Vice President/Managing Director

IUCN/ Conservation International

Kristen Walker Painemilla is Senior Vice President of Inclusive Finance at Conservation International, where she drives global strategies to scale direct access finance for Indigenous Peoples and…

Kinley TENZIN

Executive Director

Royal Society for Protection of Nature

Martina Fleckenstein

Global Policy Director, Food

WWF International

Martina Fleckenstein, Global Policy Director, Food ,WWF InternationalMartina Fleckenstein is the Global Policy Director, Food for WWF International. Martina has more than 25 years of experience in…

Emmanuelle Matras-Swynghedauw

Adjointe de l’Ambassadrice pour l’environnement

Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Jim GUENTER

CEO

Species360

Jim Guenter is the Chief Executive Officer of Species360, a global non-profit that empowers zoos, aquariums, and botanical gardens to advance species conservation through data sharing and…

Florence LAVISSIERE

Responsable Programme Ecosystèmes

Comité français UICN

Florence Lavissière holds a PhD in Biology of Animal Behaviour. After 9 years at the French National Health Security Agency (Anses), she became head of the Biodiversity Protection Unit at the General…

Alexandra HARRINGTON

Chair, Plastic Pollution Task Force

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

Dr. Alexandra R. Harrington is Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Agreement on Plastic Pollution Task Force, a Researcher at the University of Ottawa and a Visiting Scholar…

Binod Chandra CHOUDHURY

Scientist

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Magdalena CYGAN

Junior Professional (Green Status of Species)

IUCN

Avoiding a sixth mass extinction is not enough – wildlife conservation must strive to restore thriving ecosystems and taxa. At IUCN, I am helping to spur this paradigm shift by coordinating a global…

Aziz Abdukhakimov

Aziz Abdukhakimov currently serves as the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a position he has held since December 30, 2022. Born in 1974…

Lucile RICHOMME

Head of Nature

SUEZ

As Nature Head at SUEZ Group's Sustainable Development team, my main responsibilities revolve around the following areas:Rolling out the Nature pillar, a central element of the Group's sustainable…

Oumou DICKO

President

Association des Jeunes pour La Défense des Droits Humains et la Protection de l’Environnement

Ms. Oumou Dicko is a young Malian leader committed to human rights advocacy and environmental protection. As President of AJDHPE, she works to promote education, youth and women’s empowerment,…