Dr Abungu is a Cambridge-trained archaeologist and former Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya. He is the founder Chairman of Africa 2009, ISCOTIA (the International Standing Committee on the Traffic in Illicit Antiquities), and CHDA, the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (ex-PMDA), among others. Dr. Abungu is a visiting lecturer at a number of universities, including Gothenburg University, in Sweden, and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. In addition to his work in the conservation of African heritage, he has over 60 publications in the disciplines of archaeology, heritage management, and museology, as well as on the subject of culture and development. Dr Abungu is an advisor to the Aluka project of the Mellon Foundation, and to the Global Heritage Fund. He is a member of the ICOM Executive Council and Board member for TARA, the Trust for African Rock Art, among others. Dr Abungu currently sits on the World Monuments Watch panel. He is Kenya’s Representative to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, and recently elected Vice-President of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee.

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