Katherine Custodio took the position of Executive Director of WWF-Philippines in late 2020 after having spent a decade with the WWF Network. Prior to taking on her new role with WWF-Philippines, she was the director of the WWF Asia Pacific Growth Strategy (APGS), a growth and investments program that seeks to expand the reach of the WWF Network within the region.

As director of the WWF-APGS, Custodio was able to secure new partnerships for the network while steadily growing the supporter base for the conservation organization. In her time as director, she was able to more than double the amount of funds being channelled into the various conservation programs being rolled out by WWF offices across the Asia Pacific region.

Custodio’s time with WWF began in 2008, with WWF-Philippines. Her new role as Executive Director for the countries’ national office is, for her, a return to her roots.

As Executive Director of WWF-Philippines, Custodio commits to scaling up the organization’s impact within the country. Through WWF-Philippines she looks to engage millions of Filipinos and to help set the natural environment of the Philippines on track toward recovery. Deeply inspired by the ocean, she is committed to finding solutions for people to work with nature and not against it, for the sake of the shared future of all who call the islands home.