Mr Gerard BOS

Director - Global Business and Biodiversity Programme, IUCN

Gerard Bos is Director of the IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme since 2012. He is passionate for driving Transformational Change through multi-sector collaborative platforms with the aim to challenge current and future business models of the corporate sector. In order to get to a sustainable world that values and conserves nature, decision makers in business, civil and government need to systematically explore how to avoid or mitigate any negative impact and optimize the opportunities to scale up the positive impact on people and nature. This is at the heart of the Business engagement strategy at IUCN.

Gerard’s career started in the banking world followed by many years in finance, procurement and supply chain roles in the building materials sector. He has working experience on all continents, lived in many countries and speaks fluently five languages.