Experienced Executive Administrative Professional holding a globally recognized Advanced Certificate in Executive Assistance from BMTG (UK) Ltd. My extensive skills come from immersive executive-level training, making me well-prepared to excel as a reliable Executive Administrative and Business Partner. Possess strong history of providing consistent support to Executive Leadership Teams (ELT) and Senior Leadership Teams (SLT) in various industries such as Product Development, Identity & Access Management, Technology Application Security, Multi-Cloud Management, Management Education and more. I'm known for delivering exceptional performance in Business & Office Administrative Functions, including Corporate Communications, Internal Writing, and Business Correspondence. I'm also skilled in organizing Onsite, Offsite & Virtual Events and managing Travel, Expense, Immigration, Visa & Hospitality arrangements. My competencies include Program & Project Management, Procurement & Supply Chain Management, Site Management, and Global Workplace & Wellness Solutions. I have a track record of making impactful contributions that have earned recognition from business leaders, colleagues, and a vast professional network. I'm a passionate advocate for Animal Rights & Welfare and Wildlife Conservation, committed to creating a more compassionate world for all living beings. I'm eager to utilize my skills, experience, and passion to drive excellence and positive change. I'm a lifelong learner, continuously improving my talents, competencies, and knowledge, including technical tools, to excel in a fast-paced work environment. I'm open to new challenges, willing to undergo training for new tasks, and always maintain a positive can-do attitude focused on delivering results, creating value, and making a positive impact.

Hello! I'm Léa and I'm a WildLearning Specialist with WildTeam UK. I help create, design and deliver training courses. I love getting to know all the participants and learning from them :) Previously, I was working with BirdLife International on forest governance issues and in my previous life I worked in the development sector in the United States. Education-wise, I have studied economic development, international relations as well as tropical forestry in the past.  Hope to catch you in a WildHub social!

Jim Barborak is Senior Adviser of the Center for Protected Area Management at Colorado State University, an outreach arm of the Warner College of Natural Resources at CSU. His B.S. and M.S. in natural resources are from Ohio State University, and he took additional coursework mid-career at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. His specialties include protected areas and corridor planning and management; wildlife management; conservation finance, policy and governance; capacity building; and ecotourism. He began his career working for county government in his native Ohio, and then joined the US Peace Corps as a Volunteer and was assigned to work with the Honduran Wildlife Department. That began an international career now spanning more than 40 years. He has worked for US, Costa Rican and Honduran government conservation agencies, as a consultant to several UN organizations including UNESCO, the UN Development Program and FAO, as a private consultant, and for universities. He has worked in nearly 30 countries, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, but also in Africa and Asia. He is an active member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and serves on several of its specialist groups, including those on Tourism, Conservation Finance, Capacity Building, and Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Equity. He is a native English speaker, fluent in Spanish, and speaks conversational Portuguese. Throughout his career, Jim has worked on efforts to plan and develop increased opportunities for public enjoyment of protected areas, through tourism, recreation, and environmental education programs. At the same time, he has been actively involved in efforts to increase the stream of benefits to local communities and indigenous populations living in and around protected areas, through their direct involvement in tourism and through other mechanisms to create employment and improve livelihoods in conservation units, the buffer zones that ring them, and the corridors that connect them.

José Luiz Esteves works professionally through EXPONENTIALIS Learning and Education Projects and INTELIBUSINESS, a Social Responsibility and Corporate Sustainability Consulting venture, created in Belo Horizonte in 2006. He has relevant experience in different Triple Helix organizations in Brazil, in management positions. Professional with knowledge of the business environment, social responsibility / third sector, and education in Brazil and Latin America, especially in the aspects of institutional management, market intelligence, network development, has a degree in social communication and public administration. He obtained his specialization, masters, and a doctorate in these areas, and the international diploma GUDS / Urban Management and Sustainable Development (by the World Bank / UN-ECLAC / MINURVI / Italian Coop) In 2001. Has a solid background in Social Program Management, Strategic Planning, BSC, Participatory Appraisal, Project Logical Framework, Resource Mobilization, and Fundraising (by The Resource Alliance) held in Brazil and abroad.

Digital Entrepreneurship/ Project Management / Forest Resources Analyst/ Forest Policy and Capacity Building Expert/ Biodiversity Specialist/ Climate Change Expert/ Forest Management Specialist

Master in Animal Biology, with a deep interest in biodiversity conservation, restoration and climate change. Former collaborator of CoalitionWILD and the Global Rewilding Alliance. Former Coordinator of Actions and Partnerships at Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil and Co-Director at Youth Climate Leaders, currently working as a Climate Change Specialist at WWF-Brazil.

I am a problem solving and executive life coach accredited with the World Institute for Action Learning and the International Coach Federation. I have over 25 years of workplace experience in environmental science and management. I coach for the beauty of life, wonder of diversity and rewards of exploring.

I work for WildTeam UK, helping to deliver training workshops, write conservation best practice manuals and share them as widely as possible. Previously a Writing Fellow working with various conservation organisations across India. Background in research, particularly behavioural ecology. Bird nerd.

Interdisciplinary conservation professional. Consultant at the European Forest Institute and coordinator for CoalitionWILD 2022 Global Mentorship Programme. Passionate about the social dimensions of natural resource management, community-based conservation, participatory methodologies and human-wildlife conflicts.

I am a marine biology graduate with an MSc in conservation from Plymouth Uni. I use to be the assistant community manager of WildHub but am now the training and events coordinator for the Marine Biological Association as well as community manager for our Membership. I have a passion for science communication and bringing people together. 🦇 In my spare time I have a blog as well as a Redbubble shop where I sell my artwork. Check it out under my website link :) 🦇 Other interests include the use of technology (specifically cameras) to study animals as well as animal husbandry and advocacy. 

Hello! I'm Katie and I'm a WildLearning Specialist with WildTeam. I help to deliver a number of workshops with WildTeam, including the Project Management for Wildlife Conservation course. I love meeting course participants from all over the world, and learning about the amazing projects that they are working on or would like to in the future.  I am also working as a postdoctoral researcher at Bournemouth University, as a continuation of my PhD project which focussed on African elephant conservation. I've been lucky enough to travel to lots of places for my work and engage with a range of stakeholders. I also love science communication which has lead me to meet and work with lots of amazing people through public engagement, outreach events and social media.   Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-thompson-8664128b/ and Instagram: @drkatet

My conservation career started in 1992 when I helped set up and joined a University expedition to the Bolivian Amazon. What started out as a 3-month experience ended up being a life-changing inflection point that set my professional and personal course to the present day. My conservation experience was built bottom-up and hands-on, and includes field data collection and logistics, grassroots organization leadership and project management, community engagement and capacity building, M&E, training and behavior change, and lately climate education through authorship of graphic novels and other resources. 

I'm a WildLearning Specialist with WildTeam, a bit of an odd job title. My main role is to design, deliver and organise both our online and class-based training courses. One of the best parts of my job is meeting other conservationists and learning about the work that they do. Before working for WildTeam I did a PhD in invasive plants and human-wildlife interactions. I find it really interesting to learn about the ways people interact with nature, both when nature is being wonderful, but also when it is being a bit annoying!

I help run a UK charity that builds the capacity of conservationists to plan, implement, monitor, and report on their work. I also have a fair bit of experience in tiger and sea turtle conservation.

I have had a few major changes in my life the past few years. I worked as a train conductor with Scotrail for 8 years. The hours were hard, the pay reasonable but no time to enjoy what I was earning. So when the window of voluntary redundancy appeared and after some consideration, I accepted. Fortunately, I was able to find a temporary job quickly assisting Applied Ecology LTD for a few months as an independent contractor, assisting with dawn and dusk bat surveys. During that time, I applied and was accepted for a wildlife rehabilitator position at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue trust. (HWRT) In Hessilhead, I worked with various species of wildlife over 2 busy spring and summer seasons. After working alongside inspiring workmates who came and went over the years, I realised there was a lot more in the wildlife care sector to experience and learn and I had learned everything I could at HWRT. With a heavy heart, I decided to leave HWRT and look to expand the variety of animals I could care for. It was then that one of my old workmates suggested applying to Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) in Bolivia. This was a voluntary role and I was in charge of a team of volunteers. My payment would be a roof over my head and breakfast and lunch provided. Due to a corrupt election, civil unrest and road blockades started to occur across Bolivia. A lot of the volunteers had left the wildlife refuge so my arrival was a happy sight for the CIWY Machia team. I worked at the site for two months over Christmas and new year. Sadly, I received the news that a member of my close family had passed away suddenly. I made the hard decision to leave to return to Scotland, and to this day, I believe it was the right decision. I used my time wisely during the Covid 19 lockdown after I arrived back home in the UK. I have attended free online courses to expand my natural history and zoology knowledge and applied for highly competitive jobs (due to the increased unemployment rate currently) between my study time. I also returned to volunteering with a local adult volunteer group at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park (CMRP). I applied for a Seasonal Countryside Ranger post at CMRP and through recognition of my knowledge and work within the park I was accepted for this position. I was offered two seasonal contract extensions and a transfer to Gleniffer Braes country Park through CMRP’s association with Renfrewshire Council. Currently I am working as a Seasonal Countryside Ranger, funded by Scottish Water in partnership with Mugdock Country Park, located on the boundary between East Dunbartonshire and Stirling. Based mainly at the Milngavie Reservoirs (Mugdock and Craigmaddie), I have been given the exciting opportunity to establish the reservoir site’s first ever ranger presence, to work with local stakeholders, encourage fair use of the site in accordance with the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC) and enhancing visitor experience, using my previous ranger skills and experience.