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David Lawson
Country Director
Dave Lawson was born in UK but blames his parents for that as he was young at the time and he is now finally an Australian citizen. His first degree was from London University, then he completed a Masters in Aberdeen (Scotland) and a PhD in South Africa. Dave has always been involved in the conservation of wildlife in South Africa, Botswana, Seychelles, Zaire, Australia and all over south east Asia before becoming Country Director for the Afghanistan program. Along the way, he married a Welsh lady who manages to keep him in check no matter where he goes and he has 3 children all now grown up.
Dave’s current main interest is in convincing people that Afghanistan has great potential for the future and it is not all doom and gloom. The people are wonderful, the scenery spectacular and the wildlife incredibly diverse.
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Peter J. Bowles
Deputy Country Director
After a career as an officer in Special Forces and the Intelligence Service, Peter read for a Law Degree at the University of South Africa. With experience gained in other post-conflict countries such as Iraq and Sierra Leone he enjoys the challenge of managing programs in countries with limited infrastructure and problematic security situations. Since July 2006 he has been Deputy Country Director for the WCS Afghan Program. Peter’s wife and two daughters live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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Abdul Hussain Shohib
Security Guard
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Abdul Malik Twakulzada
Security Guard
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Abdul Razaq
Security Guard
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Abdul Wali
Security Guard
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Ahmad Ahmadi
Community Extension Assistant
Ahmad Ahmadi, was born in Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan in 6/3/1978 and immigrated to Iran with his family in 1982. Ahmad graduated from high school in Iran and then worked in a Dish factory. When the situation in Afghanistan started improving after 2005 his family returned home to Band-e-Amir. Ahmad started working as a teacher for Shahristan School and Deh-e-Surkh high school in yakawlang district. And then Ahmad was selected by the people of Jarubkashan village as a representative in BAPAC and also started part time work with ACC in Band-e-Amir from 2006 up to 2009. Ahmad had an exposure visit to Thailand in 2008 for eight days and visited two national parks in this trip. Ahmad joined WCS in July 2010 as a Community Extension Assistant in Band-e-Amir WCS office. Ahmad is married and has five children.
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Ali Madad Rajabi
WCS Veterinarian
Ali Madad is a qualified veterinarian who graduated from the University of Kabul in 2005. Since 2006, he has been working with WCS Afghanistan across the country on global health issues, ranging from disease risk and wildlife trade to water bird monitoring and avian influenza. Ali’s main field of expertise is disease risk at the livestock/wildlife interface and zoonotic diseases in the Wakhan and Pamirs. He has also received additional training in conservation medicine, wildlife tranquilization, principles of ecosystem health and avian influenza epidemiology. In 2008, Ali participated in the avian influenza water bird monitoring campaign with WCS in Mongolia. He is particularly interested by birdlife and was part of the WCS team who discovered the large-billed reed warbler in Wakhan in 2009.
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