

Laurens Gomes, Suriname Country Representative -Responsible for accomplishing WWF’s conservation agenda in Suriname and the Guianas and providing vision and leadership for the program in Suriname. Laurens started in this position in March 2015, having previously worked as country manager at the Suriname office since March 2012. Before his work at WWF in Suriname, he worked at the International Union on the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and supported work in the region through the Guiana Shield Initiative. Laurens holds an MSc in Biological Sciences with specializations in Tropical Ecology and Experimental Economics from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.