Topic: Innovative Financing Mechanisms
Hours: 16:00-17:00 (Mozambique Time)
Day: Thursday, October 07, 2021
Panelist: Joris van Pul

Position: Consultant, Wolfs Company

Joris van Pul, works as a Conservation Finance and Strategy Consultant at Wolfs Company.  Joris works to define strategies and (financial) planning for (and together with) Nature Protected Areas (ZNPs), Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs), local governments and NGOs with the ultimate goal of ensuring long-term – and effective – nature conservation. In addition, Joris’ consulting experience includes identifying and analyzing new and innovative funding opportunities for protected area sites.

Joris is an experienced management consultant with an interdisciplinary background (Bsc. degree Science, Business and Innovation degree from VU University in Amsterdam, and Msc. degree Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology from Bocconi University in Milan). This background allows Joris to combine an understanding of scientific knowledge and complexities on the one hand, with finance, economics, and organizational management on the other