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Kumi Naidoo
Senior Advisor / Director
Kumi Naidoo is a prominent South African human rights and environmental justice activist.
He has held a number of notable international roles, including being the first person from the global South to lead Greenpeace International as Executive Director from 2009 to 2016, and Secretary General of Amnesty International from 2018 to 2020. Currently, Kumi serves as a Senior Advisor for the Community Arts Network (CAN). He is a Distinguished visiting lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and represents global interests as a Global Ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity.
