Kumi Naidoo Kumi Naidoo Kumi Naidoo (born 1965) is a South African-born human rights activist of Indian descent who is the current Secretary-General of Amnesty International. Naidoo was the first African head of Greenpeace, an international environmentalist group, serving as its International Executive Director from 2009 to 2015. After battling apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s through the Helping Hands Youth Organisation, Naidoo led global campaigns to end poverty and protect human rights. He has served as the Secretary-General of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and of Civicus, an international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to
Euvin Naidoo channels). In February 2009 Naidoo was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF). At the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, the final plenary session chose to profile five 'Rising Stars of Africa', drawn from across the continent- Euvin Naidoo was chosen to be a part of this group, honoured with helping close the event highlighting the views of the next generation of leaders. In August 2012 Euvin was also recruited onto the Global Agenda Council (GAC) USA, for the World Economic Forum. Per the description of the World Economic Forum, 'Global Agenda Councils...[are]