Research funding statutory body the National Research Foundation (NRF) has appointed Dr Ashley Naidoo as MD of the South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), with effect from October 1.
He joins the NRF from provincial conservation body CapeNature, where he served as CEO. He has almost three decades of leadership and experience in the environmental science and policy sectors, the NRF says.
Prior to joining CapeNature, Naidoo served as Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Oceans and Coasts Research chief director.
He started his academic career as an associate lecturer at the then University of Durban-Westville, which is now the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Naidoo has contributed to the design of large multistakeholder data systems, policy briefs and scientific publications.
