Nathaniel Blama brings to Ivanhoe Liberia 23 years of experience in operations, administration and public policy. From March 2018 to August 2020, he served as the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA). He also worked with the EPA from 2008 to 2014, serving in a number of roles, including: Deputy Executive Director, Chief Technical Advisor, and Programme Coordinator, UNDP/Government of Liberia, Energy and Environment Programme. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Blama worked with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), serving in several capacities. He is an Environmentalist, Public Policy Specialist, and an Administrator.

Mr. Blama holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Liberia and has earned certificates on public policy courses from the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), and further certificates in the environmental field from technical agencies in the USA, Liberia, Kenya and South Africa.