Creative thinking and leadership

I am the director and co-founder of Zoï Environment Network in Geneva, Switzerland. Zoï’s mission is making complex scientific and environmental issues understandable to decision-makers in politics, business and the media. I am a geographer by training with a PhD from the University of Zürich, Switzerland, with 30 years of working experience in the science – policy interface with UN organisations, GRID-Arendal and Zoï Environment Network. Geographical focus of my work is Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and the mountain regions of the world. I am is broadly acknowledged as a creative thinker and a manager with a unique ability to motivate people.