The World Large Fund for Nature (WWF) has appointed advertising skilled Vivek Kumar to guide its Singapore operations as chief government.
Kumar strikes into the position after two years as WWF’s head of promoting and fundraising. He was previously assistant director-general on the Nationwide Trades Union Congress, Singapore’s commerce union confederation, and was earlier with oil and fuel firm Shell as its head of retail advertising, based mostly in Kuala Lumpur for greater than 4 years.
He replaces outgoing CEO R Raghunathan, a former monetary guide who strikes on after three and a half years with the conservation group.
In a press release, WWF-Singapore board chairman Hsieh Fu Hua mentioned that below Raghunathan’s management, the organisation “navigated the challenges posed by the pandemic and achieved progress in native conservation efforts and neighborhood engagements.”
“We’re assured that the organisation is poised to attain an excellent better impression below his successor, Vivek, and his crew,” he mentioned.
WWF’s Singapore workplace serves as a fundraising hub for the area and is the worldwide headquarters for Earth Hour, WWF’s annual “Earth Hour” lights-off motion, a mission that Kumar had labored on. WWF-Singapore’s key programmes embrace tackling deforestation, the unlawful wildlife commerce, meals safety, sustainable finance, and sustainable consumption.
