Our Founder

Environmentalist combining her background in wildlife conservation, award-winning photojournalism, and creative storytelling to generate impact for Nature.

  • Member of the Board of Directors of Panthera, and more.

  • Youth Council of Reserva : The Youth Land Trust

  • Recognised by Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Diversify Photo; and exhibited by Dolce&Gabbana, the Natural History Museum of London, World Press Photo and more.

  • Speaker at TEDx 2015, the Paris Peace Forum 2023, Kunming Montreal COP15, Dubai COP28, and more.

  • Holds a BSC in Biological Sciences and MRes in Tropical Forest Ecology from Imperial College London.

Celina Chien

Core Team

  • Derek Dewosky

    STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Award-winning business development specialist with a background in media, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Led social purpose campaigns, data products, and fashion partnerships across NYC and London. Recognised by Campaign Media Week and Forbes 30 Under 30, and named a top 100 UK Business Developer.

  • Caroline Good Markides, PhD

    CULTURAL INNOVATION DIRECTOR

    Cultural expert in innovative fundraising strategies linking nature with commerce. proposed the wildlife royalty concept in 2017 and led a key fashion study on leopards in 2021. Recanati Kaplan Fellow at Oxford and recipient of the Yale Visiting Scholar Award, with work featured in The New Yorker. The Economist, and Vogue Business.

Advisory Board

  • Thomas Kaplan, PhD

    Director & Co-Chair | Project Pardus

    Founder & Global Alliance Chair | Panthera

    Chairman | Electrum Group

  • Fred Launay, PhD

    CEO | Panthera

    Advisor | IUCN

    President& Board Member| The MBZ Species Conservation Fund

  • Jonathan Ayers

    Board Chair & Global Alliance Member | Panthera

    Founder | The Ayers Wildcat Conservation Trust