Dr. Lintner is also a Visiting Professor of Geography at King’s College London and serves as a member of the Board of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). He is a former President of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).
During his tenure at the World Bank, from 1988 to 2014, Dr. Lintner held leadership roles in a range of environmental and social policy, strategy, technical and capacity building activities at the global, regional and national levels. He served most recently as the Bank’s Senior Technical Advisor, with responsibility for developing, interpreting and overseeing the implementation of the environmental and social safeguard policies of the World Bank. Earlier, he was Advisor for Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Resources Management.
Dr. Lintner holds a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University (USA). He has received numerous awards and medals, and was made an Honorary Professor at Hohai University in China.
