Jim Leape

• Director-General, WWF International, World Wide Fund for Nature, Switzerland

Graduate, Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Over 30 years' experience in nature conservation. Formerly: Environmental Lawyer, working on environmental protection cases in US; advised UN Environment Programme, co-authored text on environmental law. Since 1989 with WWF, US including: Director, worldwide conservation programmes, Executive Vice-President; 2001-05, Director, conservation and science initiatives, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a funder of conservation. Since 2005, current position.