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Adil Najam | |
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عادل نجم | |
11th President of WWF | |
In office 2023 – to date | |
Preceded by | Neville Isdell |
1st (Founding) Dean of Pardee School, Boston University | |
In office 2014–2022 | |
Succeeded by | Scott Taylor |
3rd Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) | |
In office 2011–2014 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Durrani |
Succeeded by | Sohail H. Naqvi |
Personal details | |
Born | Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
Alma mater | University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S. |
Known for | HigherEd Leadership Environmental Leadership |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | International Relations Climate Change Environmental Policy Development Policy South Asia Politics |
Institutions | |
Doctoral advisor | Larry Susskind |
Adil Najam (Urdu: عادل نجم) is a Pakistani academic who also serves as the global President of WWF, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (starting July 2023),[1] and is Dean Emerıtus and Professor of International Relations and Earth and Environment at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He was the founding Dean of the Pardee School from its creation in 2014 until 2022, when he was awarded the status of Dean Emeritus by Boston University. Previously he had served as vice-chancellor of the LUMS in Lahore, Pakistan.[2]