Johan Eliasch
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Johan Eliasch (born February 1962, Stockholm, Sweden) is a businessman based in London. He has served as Chairman and CEO of Head N.V., a sporting goods manufacturing company, since 1995.[1]
Eliasch is a prominent environmentalist. He promoted green conservatism as an adviser to Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague.[2] In 2007 he was appointed to be Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Special Representative on Deforestation and Clean Energy.[3]
Eliasch is a founder and co-chairman of Cool Earth.
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Rainforest conservation
In 2006, Eliasch reportedly purchased 400,000 acres (1,600 km²) of land in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest from Gethal, a defunct logging company in Brazil; the land is estimated to have cost £8m. The plot is located just north of the Madeira River and 1,600 miles (2600 km) northwest of São Paulo.[4]
Eliasch cited environmental reasons as his motivation, saying "The Amazon is the lung of the world". He has also invited scientists to explore his land in search of undiscovered species.
Other interests
Eliasch is a board member of the Centre for Social Justice; a member of the Advisory Boards of Brasilinvest[5], Societe du Louvre and the British Olympic Association; Chairman of Starr Underwriting Agents; President of the Global Strategy Forum;[6] and a Patron of Stockholm University.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Biographies - Johan Eliasch: Chairman, The HEAD Group". HEAD.com. http://www.head.com/corporate/biographies.php?id=1. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ O’Neill, Sean (7 September 2007). "Green campaigner and businessman who despaired of ineffective politics". The Times: p. T7. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2374043.ece. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ Peel, Lilly (16 October 2008). "Business big shot". The Times: p. T43. Factiva T000000020081016e4ag0003r. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article4951432.ece. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ Maurice Chittenden, "It's my rainforest now. No logging", The Sunday Times (13/09/2006).
- ^ "The Brasilinvest Group, created in 1975 by the businessman Mario Garnero, is the first private development agency installed in Brazil (...)", Brazilivest
- ^ "Staff & Advisory Board member Biographies". globalstrategyforum.org. http://www.globalstrategyforum.org/gsfbiography.asp. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
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