Mahamadou Tounkara is currently holds the position of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Director.

Mahamadou is an experienced senior manager and strategist in climate actions and sustainable development with more than 30 years of experience in international development with combined living/working experience in over 90 countries – in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Central America, Caribbean, and North America – with both technical and managerial responsibilities. Mahamadou has been working with academia, scientists, educators, policymakers, business leaders, and officials at all levels of government; in the fields of green growth policy and program implementation, research and training, institutional development and reforms, and governance. Mahamadou has extensive experience working in country offices, regional offices and headquarters for several organizations. ​

Prior to joining GGGI in 2016, Mahamadou was Vice-President Global Initiatives of Plan International Inc., covering 72 countries. ​

Mahamadou’s education background includes Civil engineering, Master of Applied Sciences in Environmental Sanitation and a Ph.D. in Applied Structural Engineering.​

​Mahamadou received numerous honorific distinctions/medals for his works, with the recent one being the “Chevalier de l’Ordre National” medal of Burkina Faso. ​