Kobie Brand

Deputy Secretary General - ICLEI


Ms Kobie Brand is ICLEI Deputy Secretary General and has more than 25 years of practical and managerial experience in Environmental Management and Urban Development. Her expertise ranges from biodiversity, climate change, coastal management, to urban sustainability and planning. Kobie also leads ICLEI’s biodiversity and nature-based solutions work globally in her capacity as Director of ICLEI’s global Cities Biodiversity Center, which is embedded in ICLEI Africa. In her capacity as Regional Director ICLEI Africa Secretariat, she is responsible for the strategic direction, growth, partnerships, programmes and scope of work for ICLEI in Africa.