Ahmed Boug is a senior wildlife conservation and protected-area management expert and Deputy CEO for National Center for Wildlife with more than 35 years of experience in biodiversity conservation in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. His work spans threatened-species conservation, reintroduction, protected-area management, wildlife research, and national conservation strategy development, with particular expertise in Arabian ungulates, Arabian leopard, and hamadryas baboons. He has held senior leadership roles at the Prince Saud Al Faisal Wildlife Research Center and the National Center for Wildlife and has authored numerous scientific publications and conservation guidelines.