Ngwa Elvis S. A is the CEO of M&E Company, with over 15 years of experience in climate, forests and sustainable land use across the Congo Basin and beyond.
As Regional Manager for Central Africa on the FCDO-funded Partnerships for Forests programme at Palladium, he led the regional strategy for the Congo Basin and built investment pipelines for forest-friendly enterprises. As Programme Manager at IDH, he established Cameroon's National Sustainable Cocoa Platform and led the adoption of the Joint Framework for Action for Deforestation-Free Cocoa in Cameroon, uniting government, multilateral organisations, industry and civil society behind a deforestation-free roadmap.
He has led Green Climate Fund studies and grant mobilisation, and has worked with the World Bank, United Nations agencies, COMIFAC and the African Forest Forum. He holds an MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from the University of Buea.