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Sanjayan Muttulingam

Chief Executive Officer · Conservation International Foundation

Chief Executive Officer at Conservation International Foundation. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.1M

Who this is

Profile

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✓ Verified from filings
Reported as Chief Executive Officer of Conservation International Foundation, based in Arlington, VA.
Received $1.1M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

M. Sanjayan (Sanjayan Muttulingam) is a conservation scientist who served as Chief Executive Officer of Conservation International Foundation from 2017 until August 2025, overseeing capital campaigns raising $2.7 billion.

He holds a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology and has contributed significantly to conservation science through peer-reviewed publications in Science, Nature, and Conservation Biology.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
CEO of Conservation International 2017-2025 (8 years)
Education
  • MS Ecology) · University of Oregon (BS Biology
  • 1997) · University of California, Santa Cruz (PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology1997

Body of work

Publications

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Connectivity Conservation (Cambridge University Press, 2006, co-editor)
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Planet Earth: The Future (BBC Books, 2006, co-contributor)

Affiliations

Organizations

Conservation International Foundation Chief Executive Officer · $308.7M revenue · Arlington, VASEE SCHEDULE Opay $645K → $1.1MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.1Mreported comp

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Chief Operating Officer · FY2024
$682K
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EVP Conservation Partnership · FY2024
$558K
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EVP, Field Programs · FY2024
$481K
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Gen. Counsel & Chief Compliance · FY2024
$478K
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Chief Conservation Strat & Field Ofc. · FY2024
$448K
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VP, Ecuador · FY2023
$445K
S
EVP & Chief Partnerships Officer · FY2024
$407K
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Chief Global Resource Mobilization · FY2024
$391K
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Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$372K
M
VP, Aotearoa · FY2024
$366K
W
Senior Impact Advisor · FY2024
$355K
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Chief Development Officer · FY2024
$351K

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