Our Team

My skills and experience are in designing and delivering complex transformation for the Foundation. I have held a number of strategic leadership, programme, project and operational roles for big organisations. I have mainly worked in the public both in profit and not-for-profit sectors, having a deep, long-held belief in the profound impact that mainly not-for-profit sectors have on the lives of the vulnerable and disadvantaged. My focus was to support our wonderful Foundation teams with their mission to raise funds for the Foundation vital work.

As the highest-ranking officer in Unison Environmental Sustainability Foundation (UESF), the CEO is responsible for everything from the paperclip budget through to developing strategies for the Foundation's growth with a clear vision of the objectives of the Foundation and how to achieve it. Highly focused on finding new ways to grow, including new products or services, new business models, deeper customer relationships, pursuing innovation as a long-term strategy, geographic expansion, and deeper ecosystems.

Richard is versed in the issues of Earth Resources, Climate Change, Environmental Science and Policy, with a flair for research, writing reports, articles, lectures, issuing press releases, and lobbying for funds and campaigns to advance knowledge on how we humans can preserve the Earth. The daily routine depends on the specialty. His goal is to help the public and businesses make informed decisions about the use of natural resources in a sustainable manner for the betterment of us all.

The Chief Executive Officer is responsible to Trustees for the management of Unison ES Foundation and is supported by a strategic leadership team. Dr Richard Tiwo possessed functional competencies skills and knowledge a foundation CEO needs to specifically perform the Foundation CEO Functions. He is versed in essential skills and knowledge concerning critical building blocks for the development of functional competencies in areas such as collaboration/partnership, communication, decision making, governance, management, organizational development, personal and professional development, planning and vision setting.