Adil Najam

Adil Najam serves as the President of WWF International since July 2023, working towards global environmental sustainability. Adil holds the position of Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and Earth and Environment at Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, where Najam was the inaugural Dean. Additional roles include serving as a De Jánosi Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, a Mahatir Mohamad Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. Najam is a board member of The Citizens Foundation, USA, and was a Trustee for the Asia Foundation. Previously, Najam held leadership positions at significant organizations such as the Luc Hoffmann Institute and WWF. Education includes a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, alongside earlier degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.