Prior to establishing the ACF, Saliem Fakir served as the Head of the Policy & Futures Unit of WWF South Africa for 11 years. Saliem has worked as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Planning and an Associate Director for the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy at Stellenbosch University. Prior to that he served as Director of the World Conservation Union, South Africa (IUCN-SA) for eight years. Saliem is a prolific writer and contributes regularly to leading South African publications like Engineering News, Business Day and the Daily Maverick.
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