Prof. Hala Abou-Ali (Chair of FODAFO Board of Directors)
Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt. Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum, and a former member of the Egyptian Parliament. Ph.D. in Economics from Gothenburg University, Sweden. Egyptian.
Dean of the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Canadian.
Co-developer of Ecological Footprint accounting. Swiss and American.
Inaugural Director of the Belgium Climate Risk Assessment Center. Through our climate and environment risk assessments we advise the National Security Council, provide recommendations to governmental partners, and explain climate and environment risks and solutions to a wider audience. Former Europe Director for IUCN, and also for Climate Group.
Environmental economist at the University of Cambridge and Professor in Sustainable Finance (Accounting and Finance) at the University of Sussex Business School. He is an economist interested in measuring and delivering sustainability, wellbeing, and productivity.
Former Dean of the then Faculty of Environmental Studies (now Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change), York University, Former Chair of FoDaFo’s Science Advisory Committee. Author of “Escape from Overshoot.” Canadian.
Past Chair of the Ontario Biodiversity Council. Past President and Chair of Forests Canada, a Past President and Chair of Ontario Nature, founding director of the Natural Step Canada and the Canadian Business and Biodiversity Council. A trained biologist, he managed before his retirement the biodiversity programs of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), formerly known as Ontario Hydro. Canadian.
This board of directors is supported by Secretary and Treasurer Eric Miller, at York University.