Mr. Oli Brown

Mr. Oli Brown

Coordinator, Disasters and Conflicts subprogramme
About Mr. Oli Brown

Oli Brown is the coordinator for UNEP's Disasters and Conflicts subprogramme. In essence this means he helps to plan and monitor UNEP's work to reduce the environmental causes and consequences of natural disasters, industrial accidents and armed conflicts.

Previously Oli worked for Chatham House in the UK, and IISD in Switzerland. From 2010 to 2012 he managed an UNEP country programme in Sierra Leone: working to build the government’s capacity for more effective environmental management. He has first degrees in anthropology and modern history and a Masters in international relations. Oli is based in Nairobi.