Fahd Al-Guthmy

Dr Fahd currently works with the Wildlife Conservation Society as Programme Director of the Miamba Yetu: Sustainable Reef Investments programme in Kenya and Tanzania, an investment vehicle funded by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs. He has spent most of his career in the financial services sector during which he successfully managed portfolios of public and corporate clientele. He was also appointed far-east liaison after moving to Japan courtesy of the World Bank. Whilst in Japan, he worked for the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center and supported the Ministry of Environment's carbon market-based Joint Crediting Mechanism. Thereafter, he managed and coordinated a US$13M Global Environment Facility and UNDP Wildlife Conservation project for the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife in Kenya.

Fahd holds 4 university degrees: a PhD specializing in Environmental Policy, a master’s degree in Media and Governance, an MBA in Strategic Management and a bachelor’s degree in International Business Administration.