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Mohamed T. El-Ashry
Senior Fellow with the UN Foundation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohamed T. El-Ashry was the first Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and subsequently a Senior Fellow with the UN Foundation.
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Education
Mohamed T. El-Ashry obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1959 from the University of Cairo, and a Master of Science in 1963 and Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, in 1966, from the University of Illinois.[1][2]
Career
El-Ashry was a lecturer and researcher at Cairo University, Pan-American-U.A.R. Oil Company, Wilkes University, and the Environmental Defense Fund. After that, he became a Senior Vice President of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and as the Director of Environmental Quality with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).[3]
He later joined World Bank where he held the position of Chief Environmental Advisor (1991–1993), Chief Environmental Advisor to the President (1993–1994), and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (1994–2003).[4] From World Bank, he joined Global Environment Facility (GEF) where he became the CEO and Chairman of the organisation for eleven years (1991-2002).[5][6]
El-Ashry research focused on water resource management,[7][8][9] environmental resource management and development,[10][11][12] and energy policies that promotes renewable energy.[13][14]
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Fellowship and membership
El-Ashry was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America,[15] a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[6] a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 1990,[16] and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2001,[3] and a Senior Fellow with the UN Foundation.[15][17]
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2012 advising on renewable energy,[18] and a board member World Wide Fund for Nature, Resources for the Future, and Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.[15][6]
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