Dr Frank HAWKINS

Policy Advisor, IUCN , IUCN

Frank is a conservation biologist and policy advisor with many years of experience working with governments, finance institutions, civil society and local communities in Africa and around the world.

Between 2013 and August 2021 Frank was the Director of the IUCN North America office.  In September he will become a policy advisor to IUCN. Frank focuses on policy work, particularly in the use of natural capital data in investment decision-making, and on bringing the North American conservation community together to drive changes in international conservation. He was instrumental in creating the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation and in developing the Species Threat Abatement and Restoration biodiversity metric.