Principal Project Director
Stephen Battle is an architect with 20 years of professional experience managing conservation projects in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. He started on his professional path in Zanzibar, where he lived for five years working on a variety of projects in the historic Stone Town. He worked for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture for over 10 years, based in Geneva, where he was project manager for conservation and urban rehabilitation projects in Aleppo, Zanzibar, and the Northern Areas of Pakistan. He joined WMF in 2009 and is responsible for managing all of WMF’s projects in sub-Saharan Africa.