Dr Penelope Jane SMART

Global Director - Biodiversity Conservation Group, IUCN

Jane Smart leads IUCN’s Biodiversity Conservation Group, including the Global Species Programme, Global Protected Areas Programme and the World Heritage Programme. Jane is also takes a lead role in IUCN’s work on knowledge products. She is focal point for the Species Survival Commission.

Jane is currently leading the development of the IUCN position on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Prior to joining the IUCN Secretariat she was Founder and first Chief Executive of Plantlife International. She was also Chair of the IUCN UK National Committee, as well as a long standing member of the IUCN SSC Plant Conservation Committee. In 2003 she was awarded the OBE for services to international conservation.