Johan Kuylenstierna

Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute
Professional background

Besides being an adjunct professorship in international water resources issues at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Sciences at the Stockholm University, he is also the Executive Director at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Johan has previously worked as the Chief Technical Advisor to the Chair of UN-Water, based at FAO in Rome. Before joining the United Nations, he served as Project Director at the Stockholm International Water Institute with the overall responsibility for the World Water Week in Stockholm. He also established the Swedish Water House initiative and served as its first manager. Johan Has also worked as a consultant for many years where he focussed on environmental management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), communication, core-value development, stakeholder participation processes and capacity development.