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Jimmiel Mandima

Deputy Vice President, Conservation, IFAW

Jimmiel Mandima has worked in wildlife conservation for close to 30 years, the majority of which were spent in the field working with governments, civil society, local communities and private sector stakeholders at national, regional and continental levels in sub-Saharan Africa to implement landscape conservation programs. He then worked on the nexus of government relations and strategic partnerships in Washington DC with the African Wildlife Foundation.

Jimmiel currently serves as IFAW’s Deputy Vice President for Conservation, where he leads the organization’s conservation efforts by engaging diverse stakeholders and partners around the world. Jimmiel is an alumnus of the University of Eastern Finland where he completed his Masters and Doctoral studies.