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Our Board Members are exceptional and impressive human being



DR Ashok Khosla



India



Dr. Ashok Khosla holds a doctorate from Harvard. He has spent most of his life championing sustainable development. He also pioneered the concept of social enterprise, creating business-like approaches for eradicating poverty and conserving the natural resource base. He has won many awards amongst which include the United Nations Sasakawa Environment Prize (also referred to as Nobel Prize for Environmentalism), Zayed International Environment Award, the WWF Duke of Edinburgh Medal, Stockholm Challenge Award and Schwab Foundation Award for Outstanding Social Entrepreneur. He has held many prominent positions including as President, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); President, Club of Rome; co-Chair UN's International Resource Panel and serve as Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the Rio+20 Conference. He was also bestowed by the Queen the prestigious, Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).


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Dr Barbara Pyle



United States of America



Dr. Barbara Pyle is an executive producer, filmmaker, photographer, environmental activist and media innovator who pioneered the use of broadcast programming to inform critical social and environmental issues on a global scale. She co-created with Ted Turner an animated series "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" aim at yielding a generation of environmentally-literate youth. She founded the Captain Planet Foundation to put the messages of the animated show into practice. Her mission for the Foundation was to teach young people to respect the planet through hands-on experiences. Subsequently, she created the Planeteer Movement , a worldwide gathering of young people who work to put the show's messages into practice. She has in 1997 founded the Barbara Pyle Foundation with the mission to harness the power of positive media communication to make a better world. She is the only member of the media to ever receive the United Nations Sasakawa Environment Prize.


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Dr Judin Abdul Karim



Malaysia



A seasoned civil engineer of 40 years, Dr Judin Abdul Karim is a champion for sustainable constructions. Amongst his many accomplishments include leading Malaysia-UNDP Global Environment Facility project on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, establishing the Build Brigade Programme to help narrow the socio economic balance between remote villages and developed rural communities, collaborating with Harvard to develop Sustainability Rating Tool for infrastructure and establishing for Malaysia one of the few Specialised Construction High Court in the world . He was also involved in international trade negotiations at both ASEAN and World Trade Organisation level. He received many awards including Eisenhower Fellowship Award, British High Commissioner's Chevening Award, the Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship Award and was recently voted as Prominent Player by the Malaysia's Construction Industry Board.


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MR. William Kwende



Burkina Faso



A royalty by birth, Mr William Kwende is educated in France and USA. He is now an entrepreneur and developer. He spend most of his life serving civil societies. He specialises in project development and process management. He has work for more than 10 years with United Nations International Organisation for Migration serving under challenging circumstances in countries like Sierra Leone, Senegal, Congo, Cambodia, Philippines and many other developing countries. On his own, he has developed many eco development clusters supporting rural farmers in 4 west african countries covering over 200,000 hectares and 15,000 rural families and has helped bridged rural areas with world markets.


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MDM Christine Hakim



Indonesia



A highly acclaimed actress, film producer and activist, Mdm Christine Hakim has dedicated her life to the film industry and use its success to pursue causes close to her heart. As an actress she has won many awards in Europe and Asia, and had even starred beside the fame Julia Roberts in "Eat Pray Love". She is widely sought after as a film jury and had juried in many countries including the prestigious Cannes Festival. For her dedication to the film industry she was been bestowed many awards including the French Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et Des Lettres and Commandeur dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2004. Now she is the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since 2008.


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MR. Alain Jalladeau



France



A person of strong conviction, Mr. Alain Jalladeau, champions all forms of arts and cultures particularly cinematic arts and is a frequently sought after film critic, advisor ​and judge. He is the co-Founder of the Nantes-based Three Continents Film Festival where many talented filmmakers from Asia, Africa and Latin America like Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan), Jia Zhangke (China), Abbas Kiarostami (Iran), Tsui Hark (Hong Kong and Souleymane Cisse (Mali) were discovered. He was also a founding member of "Fonds Sud" (English: Southern Fund) that has invested almost Euro. 60 million in more than 500 films from more than 70 different countries. For his contributions to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance through cinema he was bestowed the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.


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MDM Meagan Fallone



United Kingdom



Mdm Meagan Fallone is a notable social entrepreneur and consultant. Her commitment for human rights and inclusion are hearts of all the social programs she champions. She has been bestowed many awards amongst which included the Hillary Institute Laureate for Global Leadership in the areas of Climate Change, Poverty Reduction, Social Justice and Economic Empowerment of Women (2018); Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur (2017); Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice (2018) and Wise Award for Education Innovation (2020). She is a Board member of Geneva Committee Human Rights Watch and she also sits on the Advisory Boards of Christensen Global and Karmify.


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Our council members have served and some are still serving many established organisations amongst which include the following.


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