Wade Davis

Independent Director | Author & Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society at Simbi

Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named by the NGS as one of the Explorers for the Millennium, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.” In recent years his work has taken him to East Africa, Borneo, Nepal, Peru, Polynesia, Tibet, Mali, Benin, Togo, New Guinea, Australia, Colombia, Vanuatu, Mongolia and the high Arctic of Nunuvut and Greenland.

Professor, Author of 40+ books, multiple films, Aaron’s doctoral supervisor, and a great deal more.

Timeline

  • Independent Director | Author & Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society

    Current role