Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/GPI-Executive-Director-Kumi-Naidoo-27MZIFL4Q6F8.htmlConceptually similarGPI Executive Director Kumi NaidooGP01S3ACompleted★★★★★★GPI Executive Director Kumi NaidooGP01S64Completed★★★★GPI Executive Director Kumi NaidooGP01S65Completed★★★★GPI Executive Director Kumi NaidooGP01S66Completed★★★★Portrait of Kumi NaidooGP04BM3Completed★★★★Portrait of Kumi NaidooGP04BM4Completed★★★★Portrait of Kumi NaidooGP04BM5Completed★★★★Portrait of Kumi NaidooGP04BM6Completed★★★★Portrait Kumi Naidoo in AmsterdamGP0STPEY1Completed★★★★View AllGP01S63GPI Executive Director Kumi NaidooKumi Naidoo is Greenpeace International Executive Director. Born in 1965, Kumi is a well-known activist, involved with the anti-apartheid struggle from the age of 15. As he continued to have a strong involvement in South African politics, in 1986 he was arrested and forced into exile in the UK in 1989. He is a Rhodes Scholar and earned a doctorate in political sociology at Magdalen College Oxford. For 10 years preceding his appointment as GPI's Executive Director, he was the Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. He also sat on the board of Greenpeace Africa.Locations:Amsterdam-Europe-Greenpeace International Office-NetherlandsDate:11 Jun, 2009Credit:© Marco Okhuizen / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4082px X 4108pxKeywords:Greenpeace staff-Indoors-Men-One person-PortraitsShoot:Kumi Naidoo Announcement Kumi Naidoo is announced as the new Greenpeace International Executive Director.Kumi Naidoo will take over from Gerd Leipold on 15th November 2009. Born in 1965, Kumi is a well-known activist, involved with the anti-apartheid struggle from the age of 15. As he continued to have a strong involvement in South African politics, in 1986 was arrested and forced into exile in the UK in 1989. He is a Rhodes Scholar and earned a doctorate in political sociology at Magdalen College Oxford. For the last ten years he has been the Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and has also sat on the board of Greenpeace Africa. As announced earlier this year, Greenpeace's current serving ED, Gerd Leipold steps down after nearly nine years leading Greenpeace.Related Collections:Kumi Naidoo Announcement (Photos & Video)Emergency Oceans Rescue Plan (All Photographers)
