Thomas Hou

Attorney, Markets & Forests and Climate Change Teams

Thomas Hou is the primary WCS attorney supporting the Markets and Forests/Climate Change teams. He leverages his extensive corporate and business legal experience as well as his passion for conservation to structure, negotiate and oversee innovative projects and investments, including REDD+, sustainable commodities and other conservation finance projects. Before joining WCS, Thomas worked in several U.S. national law firms on international transactions and at Iveric Bio, a biotechnology company. He has a B.A. in Health & Societies from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

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