Mark Packer (He/Him)

Outreach and Engagement Co-ordinator, The Shark Trust
Flavia Manieri

WildHub Community Advocates Coordinator|Interdisciplinary Researcher, Uppsala University

Since July 2025, I have been serving as the Community Advocates Coordinator at WildHub, where I coordinate initiatives to engage, support, and empower our community advocates in advancing WH’s mission. Beyond WildHub, I wear a few different hats. I work as a researcher and lecturer in Sweden, teaching courses on environmental law, political and historical ecology, and disaster risk management. I also mentor undergraduate and postgraduate students, collaborate with faculty members, and contribute to ongoing research projects. I’m passionate about giving back through volunteer work. I support a few conservation and animal welfare organisations with research and advocacy to help drive positive change. When I’m not working, you’ll find me hiking forest trails with my dog or enjoying a good cup of coffee.
Charley Bird

Senior Bat Advisor, Bat Conservation Trust

Hello there! I am a UK-based bat conservation worker, with seven years experience in bat ecology work and bat care. Work at BCT includes working with roost-owners and contacts to prevent the disturbance and destruction of roosts, and improving negative perceptions of bats within the general public. I currently hold position of Special Point of Contact for the Wildlife Crime Project on the BCT Helpline, and aim to greatly expand my knowledge and experience in Wildlife Crime Prevention in this role. In my role as BCT Bat Care Network Co-ordinator, I have worked to improve the welfare of bats in rehabilitation by creating minimum standards for bat care on the network. I am also working on several smaller projects to improve bat welfare in rehabilitation, such as facilitating CPD training for veterinary professionals in bat care and improving and expanding resources available to bat care volunteers. I am on the committee for Avon Bat Group, regularly taking part in trapping and bat box surveys. I have some experience with African bats, having spent 2 weeks in Zimbabwe trapping bats at Imire Rhino Conservation Reserve as part of a research project. I have recently spent 4 weeks in Queensland, AU, volunteering at the Tolga Bat Hospital, which specializes in rehabilitating flying foxes. From this I have a special interest in flying foxes and would love to work promoting their conservation and changing beliefs about them, as well as working to find solutions to the biggest threats facing spectacled flying foxes in Queensland, including barbed wire fencing and tick paralysis. I have joined WildHub to take part in their Project Management course, to improve my working methods as a project co-ordinator in my current role and in potential future roles. I'm excited to join the community, meet some other conservationists and to utilise the resources that WildHub provide!
Liane Fulford

Training Specialist, WildTeam

I'm Liane, and I am a WildLearning Specialist at WildTeam! I'm looking forward to getting to know you all! For the last few years, I've been working in Seychelles, focusing on island and marine conservation efforts, particularly coral restoration and turtle nesting monitoring. If you ask me questions about coral, be prepared for me to get very nerdy about it! Prior to that, I was managing a project in Northern Thailand, where I worked closely with a local community to set up ethical elephant experiences in their village. In my free time, I love running and hiking, and being anywhere in nature. I have also learnt to freedive in the last few years and enjoy doing that when possible. I'm really interested in talking to different people and learning from them and their unique experiences.