Karna Sakya, an entrepreneur, environmentalist and conservationist, is chairman of KGH Group of Hotels, Resorts and Travels and Sakya Corporate Holdings. He has, in the past, been president of the Nepal Cancer Relief Society as well as the Nepal Heritage Society. He is advisor to the WWF Nepal programme and member of the IUCN Conservation Education Commission. He is also a writer with several books, articles and reports to his credit. Karna Sakya lives and works in Kathmandu.