New Head for Greenpeace International

Well-known South African activist Kumi Naidoo and former secretary-general of CIVICUS, will take over from Gerd Leipold as executive director of Greenpeace International on 15 November 2009.

Naidoo was one of the founders of Global Call to Action Against Poverty, in 2005, and is now servicing as co-chairperson.

Currently chairperson of the Global Campaign for Climate Action, of which Greenpeace is a member, in the coming months Naidoo will continue to work in this voluntary role, generating civil society pressure and cooperation to demand a strong deal at the United Nations Climate Summit to be held in Copenhagen this December.

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