Two major deals drive TNC’s 7% senior workforce growth

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The Nature Conservancy expanded senior African staff by 7% in the past year, a total of 42 new hires, according to LinkedIn data. This growth, which has increased the total number of senior staff to 334, is likely due to the organisation’s increasing engagement in large-scale conservation finance across the continent.

• In November 2025, TNC supported the launch of Gabon’s $180 million Project Finance for Permanence deal, a long-term conservation financing plan that runs for decades.

• The organisation is also leading the revival of the debt-for-nature swaps funding model, with three undisclosed countries in talks to secure up to $500 million in financing. These deals could be a cause for the organisation’s steady hiring.

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