Sean Southey

New York

Sean is now in his second term as Chair of the IUCN CEC and is also President of Zamia Media. He is deeply committed to community empowerment and using creative media to facilitate powerful social change. A resourceful manager with over 30 years of experience in the development and communications field, he has a multi-sector background; Sean spent 12 years with the United Nations Development Programme, 5 years with the Canadian government and 13 years working with other international non-government organizations such as ICLEI (Secretary General), Rare (Vice-President) and PCI Media (President). Sean is a dual Canadian and South African citizen and has lived, worked and travelled in over 100 countries. He holds a MSC from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from University of British Columbia, and has a wonderful daughter, Safia.