FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Mr. Sioni Iikela have over 14 years combined experience in the field of Natural Resources Management. He is currently working at the International University of Management (IUM) as Dean for Faculty of Environment and Sustainable Tourism. He served as a Director of Centre for Environmental Studies, as well as a Director of Research and Consultancy in IUM. Before that, he worked at the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource as a Senior Fisheries Research Technician until March 2020. Furthermore, Mr. Iikela served in the Sustainable Development Advisory Council from 2012 to 2019, which is a body responsible for advising the minister of Environment and Tourism by then. He spent many years in public space as a young political leader and headed the department that deal with environmental, population and health issues. In addition, he is serving as a voluntary director of Namibia Environmental Protection Trust, an NGO advocating for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of natural resources.

Mr. Iikela is a holder of a Master of Integrated Water Resources Management from Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). Furthermore, he hold a Bachelor of Technology in Nature Conservation from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, and a Diploma in Natural Resources Management (Nature Conservation) from NUST. He is currently reading towards Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Natural Resource Management, with research topic: “Assessment of impacts, regulations and rehabilitation of sand and gravel mining pits in the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia”. Mr. Iikela is a firm believer in continuous growth and transformation both for organizations and on an individual level!