Oliver Hillel is the Team Leader for a 4-year project implemented by the Philippines Department of Tourism, called Sustainable Environmental Management Plan for Northern Palawan. Previously, Mr. Hillel coordinated UNEP's Tourism Programme in the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics based in Paris, France.

He spent 5 years as the Ecotourism Program Director for Conservation International, an environmental NGO based in Washington, DC, and served as Board member for the International Ecotourism Society.

A biologist with a Master's Degree in Environmental Education and MBAs on Managerial Accounting and Hotel Management, Mr. Hillel is a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation's LEAD program, and has over 18 years experience in the tourism sector working in project management, training and development, consulting and auditing, and tourism operations.