Hina West’s two-decade career spans the NGO, public and private sectors across multiple countries, by connecting stakeholders, to drive forward truly sustainable impact and forge transformational partnerships that create global systems change for the benefit of both people and nature. Focused on scaling high-impact innovative market-based solutions, that foster inclusivity, equity and regenerative growth at both at a community and global level, to ultimately shift us towards a new climate-resilient and equitable economic structure, recognising the current system is broken and is destroying lives and our home.
A former Green Party UK parliamentary candidate advocating for a fairer future for us all whilst combating the climate crisis and safeguarding nature. Whilst at WWF, she steered a global Nature-based Solution called Nature Pays that created market access opportunities for Indigenous People and local community-led enterprises within WWF’s conservation work globally. Hina also worked in a number of programmatic and partnership roles at IRC and Oxfam, including leading Oxfam’s Global WaSH innovation Fund to support the most climate-vulnerable communities through gap-analysis innovation. Additionally, guest lectured for Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership and is a thought leader on female leadership, social and environmental impact, market-based approaches, social economy, climate justice and much more. Along with time spent working for New Zealand’s Green Party in Parliament combating social and environmental issues; within communications for the iconic MINI; and raising youth’s awareness of HIV/AIDS with The British Red Cross.