Secretariat Operations
Governing Council
The dedicated operational, scientific, and administrative team driving AFF programs across Africa.
Executive Secretary – CEO, AFF, (Ex-Officio AFF Board)
Labode Popoola
Executive Secretary – CEO, AFF, (Ex-Officio AFF Board)
Prof. Labode Popoola is an accomplished scholar with more than 20 years of senior management experience working in various institutions across Africa. He holds a PhD in Forest Econ...
Chair, AFF Governing Council
Larwanou Mahamane
Chair, AFF Governing Council
After his graduation from University of Ibadan, Prof. Larwanou Mahamane was recruited by the National Institute for Agricultural Research of Niger (INRAN) in 1994 as a research sci...
Chairperson of the AFF Members Forum
Suzana Augustino
Chairperson of the AFF Members Forum
Suzana Augustino is a Member of the Governing Council of the African Forest Forum (AFF) and the Chairperson of the AFF Members Forum. She is a Forester by profession and an associa...
Director, Africa CIFOR-ICRAF
Peter A Minang
Director, Africa CIFOR-ICRAF
Dr. Peter A. Minang is Director, Africa for Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Global Coordinator, ASB Partnership for the Tropical...
Executive Director, , International Tropical Timber Council (ITTO)
Sheam Satkuru
Executive Director, , International Tropical Timber Council (ITTO)
Ms Satkuru was appointed as ITTO’s first female Executive Director at the 57th session of the International Tropical Timber Council in December 2021.
Ms Satkuru has nearly 30 ye...
Research Project Coordinator - Seed Source for CIFOR-ICRAF
Wubalem Tadesse
Research Project Coordinator - Seed Source for CIFOR-ICRAF
Dr. Wubalem Tadesse is a Research Project Coordinator - Seed Source for CIFOR-ICRAF, Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia (PATSPO) project, financed by the Norwegi...
REFACOF President and Founder
Cécile Ndjebet
REFACOF President and Founder
Cécile Ndjebet is one of the well-known leaders of CSO in Africa, an international women’s rights advocate and gender specialist. With 35 years of field experience, Cécile started ...
Kwame Asamoah Adam
Dr. Kwame Asamoah Adam is a Ghanaian and a professional forester with 45 years working experience. He was nominated and elected to serve on the AFF Governing Council in 2022 repres...
Daniel A. Ofori
Prof. Daniel A. Ofori is a Chief Research Scientist, working for CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana. His research interest is Forest Genetics and Conservation Biology. He is...
Ibro Adamou
Mr. Ibro Adamou is the Acting Technical Director of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) since December 1, 2023. He is from Niger and has more than 30 years of work experience in the fi...
Alima Issufo Taquidir
Ms Issufo Taquidir is a Senior Officer at Forest Department, Ministry of Land and Environment in Mozambique and a Member AFF Governing Council. She is a Mozambican citizen with mor...
Member
Jean Nduwamungu
Member
Prof Jean Nduwamungu is a member of the Governing Council of the African Forest Forum (AFF). He is a full Professor of Forestry and has been Deputy Dean of the School of Forestry, ...
Oluwaseyi Adewale Olawuyi
Oluwaseyi Adewale Olawuyi (Prince) is a member of the African Forest Forum's Governing Council and has been working as an environmental consultant for the past fifteen years. He ho...
Ntungwe Ngalame
Mr. Ntungwe Ngalame Elias is a journalist and member of the AFF Governing Council. He holds a Bsc in Mass Communication and diploma in Sociology from the University of Buea, 1997 C...