Josia Razafindramanana

Josia Razafindramanana worked as the Environment Manager of a large mining company, with extensive experience in high-level strategic planning, large team performance management, and operations and compliance management. Early in her career, she founded IMPACT Madagascar, a Malagasy organisation that fosters sustainable environmental change in Madagascar through community-led conservation initiatives. She currently sits on its Board of Directors. In addition to receiving the prestigious Whitley Award for conservation leaders, Josia also received the Nature-based Solutions Award, which supports climate-smart community-based programmes in Madagascar. She completed her PhD in Primatology and Conservation from Oxford Brookes University.

Currently working at Maliasili, specialising in strategic planning, Josia uses her community-driven natural resources management skills and experience to foster Malagasy grassroots conservation organisations’ organisational development and capacities.