Mongolian Nature Legacy Foundation (MNLF) Appoints Nomindari Enkhtur as CEO

The Mongolian Nature Legacy Foundation (MNLF) has appointed Nomindari Enkhtur as its CEO, effective from 7th October 2024. Nomindari brings extensive experience in sustainable finance and environmental leadership to the MNLF, which was established to support and fund long-term biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management practices in Mongolia.

 

With over a decade of leadership in sustainable finance and public-private partnerships, Nomindari has been a driving force behind many key sustainability initiatives in Mongolia and internationally. Her career has been marked by the successful founding and operations of the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association (MSFA), a globally recognized platform that unites close to 60 financial institutions and corporates in advancing the sustainability agenda. She also contributed to the design of critical sustainable finance policy documents including the Mongolia Green and SDG Taxonomy, National Sustainable Finance Roadmap, and financing vehicles such as the Mongolia Green Finance Corporation and Billion Tree Fund.

Nomindari’s expertise extends beyond national borders. She held advisory roles with organizations such as the United Nations Joint SDG Fund, UNEP, IFC, ADB, and EBRD, among others, on a number of projects related to portfolio emissions calculation, taxonomy development and piloting, green loan portfolio assessment, green bonds, gender finance, ESG integration, sustainability reporting and capacity building. These achievements earned her a spot on Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen List of Honour in 2022, recognition as an EU Young Leader for Development, and One Young World Ambassador in 2017. She holds a Master’s in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and is a certified Adaptation Finance Expert from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

MNLF will announce call for proposals in mid-2025 and is designed to support sustainable conservation efforts through a range of grants, including to government and non-government organizations. Under Nomindari’s leadership, the Foundation will oversee the distribution and monitoring of international donor funding for innovative and impactful initiatives that address key environmental challenges in Mongolia, such as overgrazing, sustainable resource management and tourism, and community-based conservation.

The MNLF Board of Directors is confident that under Nomindari’s leadership, the Foundation will mobilize and effectively manage various funding sources to foster innovative solutions for climate action and biodiversity protection, safeguarding Mongolia’s natural legacy for future generations.

MNLF is Mongolia’s first Conservation Trust Fund registered as a private independent entity in the United States in March 2024. MNLF will independently manage a portfolio of different conservation projects and programs, funded by various donors and funders. The “Eternal Mongolia” Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) initiative is the first program to be managed by MNLF as part of a partnership between the Government of Mongolia and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).