About Adam Sweidan
Chair
Adam Sweidan is a founding member and Chief Investment Officer of Aurum Research Ltd. He has been investing in the alternative investment industry for more than 20 years and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Northwestern University. In 1995 Adam formed a partnership with Jessica Sweidan to create a philanthropic foundation, Synchronicity Foundation. In 2007, they began exploring how to have a greater impact within the conservation realm, and decided to start a new charity, Synchronicity Earth, which launched in November 2009.
More recently Adam (along with Jessica Sweidan) has been appointed an IUCN Patron of Nature. Patrons of Nature play a key role in advising IUCN’s top management on a wide range of strategic issues related to IUCN’s work, as well as helping to raise the visibility of IUCN, strengthen their funding base and reach out to decision makers.
In March 2015 Adam and Jessica were appointed as Honorary Conservation Fellows at the Zoological Society of London.