Mohamed T. El-Ashry

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Professor
Mohamed T. El-Ashry
Water resource management
Environmental resource management and development
Energy policies
Institutions

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.

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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Transcript of oral history interview with Mohamed T. el-Ashry held on May 29 and 30, 2003" (PDF).
  2. ^ "United Nations Secretariat to the High Level Panel on System-wide Coherence". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  3. ^ a b "El-Ashry Mohamed T. | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  4. ^ "el-Ashry, Mohamed T. | Archives". oralhistory.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  5. ^ Environment, U. N. (2019-08-22). "Dr. Mohamed El-Ashry". Champions of the Earth (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  6. ^ a b c "Mohamed T. El-Ashry". unfoundation.org. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  7. ^ Pollution, United States Congress Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Environmental (1977). Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977: Fort Collins, Colo. U.S. Government Printing Office.
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  9. ^ https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19901942106. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ISBN 978-0-8213-4265-7
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  11. ^ Notification to EPA of Hazardous Waste Activities: Region 4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1980.
  12. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  13. ^ "The Renewable Energy Era Has Already Started". New Security Beat. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  14. S2CID 57563534
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  15. ^ a b c "Mohamed T. El-Ashry | Leaders | WWF". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  16. ^ "El-Ashry, Mohamed Taha". TWAS. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  17. ^ "United Nations Secretariat to the High Level Panel on System-wide Coherence". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  18. ^ "Mohamed T. El-Ashry". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
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