Marco Lambertini became Director General of WWF International in April 2014.

With 35 years of conservation leadership, Marco Lambertini began his association with WWF as a youth volunteer growing up in his native Italy. Prior to joining WWF, he served as Chief Executive of BirdLife International, where he oversaw a global partnership of over 120 civil society organizations.

Highlights from among Marco’s top conservation achievements so far include:

• Large-scale changes of attitudes and practices regarding nature and wildlife in Italy;


• The establishment of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, the largest marine protected area in Europe; and


• The Harapan Rainforest initiative in Sumatra, the world’s first forest restoration concession.

Marco Lambertini has a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Pisa, and has published books ranging from Safari in Africa (Muzzio) to A naturalist’s guide to the Tropics (Chicago University Press).