Board & Partners

Michael is a Co-Founder, Executive Chairman of the Board and Managing Director.
He is a conservationist with over 30 year successful career in Nature conservation to which he remains actively involved as an independent consultant and serves on the Boards of The Hague based Wildlife Justice commission (WJC)

Evans is a Co-Founder, Executive Vice Chairman of the Board and Director of Programs. Dr. Mwangi has wide expertise in both biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, and policy and practice of natural resources management in Africa. He also lectures in ecology, conservation biology and Natural Resources Management at the University

Dr. Ralf P. Sonntag is a Board member. As a passionate advocate for the marine environment Ralf Sonntag worked in different roles to protect both the marine and the terrestrial environment both for the people depending upon it and for the animals living there. After finishing his doctorate at the University of Bremen, he started his career

He has 25 years of experience in conservation projects around the world and, in a parallel professional career, he has been working for over 15 years as an international consultant to companies and governmental agencies on high-end security technologies, homeland security, anti-piracy, and investigations. He now applies this unique knowledge to

Dr. Li Zhang is a professor and principal investigator of Ecology at Beijing Normal University, who is also a member of the National Scientific Committee on Endangered Species (CITES China Scientific Committee), the member of the Steering Committee of the UN Science Policy and Business environment forum of the United Nations Environment Program

Julie is a Board Member. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Administration from Cornell University, a post graduate certificate from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Development Policy and Management and a post-graduate certificate in Asset Management from Cornell University. She started her career in

David is a Board member. He is an unaffiliated biologist living in Ontario, Canada. From 1973-1996 he was a professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. He was also executive director of the International Marine Mammal Association (IMMA), a not-for-profit organization concerned with the global conservation of

Ken Kariuki is a board member. Since 2006, Ken has used his wide experience in brand management, marketing and business strategy to advice organizations define and map out their ambitions. His strengths lie in Insight generation and strategy conceptualization. Ken holds a Master of Business Administration (Marketing Management)

Noud is a Board member, ACF Wildlife Conservation Fund investment committee. He is a Dutch citizen holding a MBA from the University of Groningen. He started his career as a consultant for the Uganda Microfinance Union in Kampala and has been employed by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines since 2005. After living and working for KLM

Wilfred is the Finance officer and Fund Manager of the wildlife Conservation Fund.
He is an MBA Graduate with work experience on Impact Investment and is social investing professional. He is also an experienced banker having worked as Vice President, Citi Bank New York.   He is an Alumni the Washington Campus for public policy education