Andrew Zaloumis is the founder and CEO of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority. Under his leadership, the 330,000-hectare iSimangaliso Wetland Park, which includes 9% of South Africa's coastline, was proclaimed and listed as South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage site. His work has resulted in the re-wilding and economic turnaround of the park with meaningful empowerment and benefits to local communities, as well as more sustainable conservation practices. He previously conceptualized and managed the development the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative, a regional development corridor and transfrontier conservation area initiative involving South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. As an anti-apartheid activist, his roots are in human rights-based conservation development. He has lived and worked for over 30 years in poverty stricken rural areas with high conservation value. He is keenly interested in indigenous knowledge systems related to the environment and wilderness. Mr. Zaloumis is a recipient of several conservation awards, including the 2015 WWF Living Planet Award. He holds degrees in economics, and town and regional planning, and is currently completing a master's degree in sustainability leadership at Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and the laureate for the 2016 McNulty Prize.