Areeba Hamid

Areeba Hamid is the Co-Executive Director of Greenpeace UK. From 2006-2020, Areeba worked at senior levels in Greenpeace offices around the world, campaigning on issues including marine conservation, coal expansion in India, rainforest destruction in Indonesia, and tar sands in Canada and North America. Areeba re-joined Greenpeace in 2022 from The Sunrise Project, where she led their global finance program.

She was a board member of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants for four years. Born in India, Areeba is the first woman and first person of colour to lead Greenpeace in the UK.