Nicolas HEARD

Nicolas Heard is currently the Acting Director General of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. This is a philanthropic organisation established in Abu Dhabi in 2008 to support species conservation activities worldwide through small grants. He has been with the Fund since it first began to accept grant applications in early 2009. He is a member of the UAE IUCN National Committee and the IUCN Species Monitoring Specialist Group. Since 2010 he has also been a member of the award selection committee of the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) – a conservation grants and capacity building partnership of Fauna and Flora, Wildlife Conservation Society and BirdLife International.