Overstories like, 

The Overview Effect, a cognitive shift astronauts experience when they look down at the Earth from space and all concepts of human-made divides disappear.

The uppermost canopy layer of a forest, formed by the tallest trees, the overstorey.

The power of the big-picture storytelling to change the world.

Team

Founder & Executive Director

  • Senior Director of Global Business Development at Publicis Groupe. Award-winning business development specialist with a background in media, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Led social purpose campaigns, data products, and fashion partnerships for some of the world’s most recognisable brands across NYC and London. Recognized by Campaign Media Week and Forbes 30 Under 30, and named a top 100 UK Business Developers.

Strategic Development Director

  • Project manager with 10+ years of interdisciplinary experience in operations, communications, events, and strategy across the creative and aid sectors. She has delivered projects for UNICEF, Interpeace, and the Ethical Fashion Initiative across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. A former collaborator to Suzy Menkes at the Intl New York Times, she has also worked with luxury houses including Chloé, emerging African designers, and craft communities reaching new markets.

FOA Project Director

  • Former journalist published by Bloomberg and The Washington Post. US education policy & strategy consultant with a background in climate, conservation, and finance. Wharton graduate with a mission to push forward conservation and development-focused business ventures. A musician and singer-songwriter, combines creativity and hands-on business strategy to develop successful campaigns for nature. Youth Council member of Reserva, the Youth Land Trust.

Strategy Manager

FOA Campaign Manager

  • Social media & content narrative strategist based in London, blending storytelling, visual design and behavioural insight to craft emotionally resonant online campaigns. She approaches her digital work through a human lens - focusing on what drives people to change and act. Alongside this, she is a screen actor, as well as the creator of a mental health journal.

Social Media Manager

  • Director of Natural History at On the Edge, a science communicator, and veterinary anthropologist working with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UNICEF, and CDC. As Science Communications Ambassador for UN Project Halo, he leads behaviour change initiatives and manages conservation projects in Uganda, DRC, Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia, and Guinea.

Impact Advisor

  • Award-winning wildlife and documentary filmmaker with a focus on creating stories about the natural world. Originally from Borneo, witnessing the rapid degradation of one of the most biodiverse places on earth, Myles was compelled to create stories that target audiences who wouldn’t normally consume natural history content and thus create measurable impact. Myles read Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and obtained a Master’s in Wildlife Filmmaking at the University of the West of England in partnership with the BBC. 

Creative Lead

  • Journalist and producer with a predominant focus on our changing relationship with the natural world. Produced content for Al Jazeera English, The Economist Films, and Earthrise Studio, with written work published in The Guardian, Mongabay and others. Working in remote locations, from investigating the impact of trophy hunting on communities in the Kalahari, to reporting on the illegal gold mining industry in the Peruvian Amazon, Izzy’s series for Earth Rise on the climate crisis amassed millions of views. Recipient of a first-class degree in Anthropology and English Literature from Durham University.

Creative Lead

Foundation Board

Founder of Reserva Youth Land Trust

  • Serial social entrepreneur and community organizer from Tahiti mobilizing citizens and technology for good. Co-founder of Makesense, a global network of 100,000 citizens driving social and environmental impact across 45 countries, and Chilli, an app connecting individuals to activist campaigns at scale. Obama Foundation Scholar 2020; Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs; advisor to the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Initiative; member of the French Government's Digital Council.

Co-Founder of Chilli

Advisory Board

  • Swedish entrepreneur and conservationist who founded Milkywire, a tech platform connecting corporate capital to frontline climate and nature action. Inspired by years supporting wild lion conservation in Africa — including her acclaimed photography project Book of Leon — she built Milkywire to bridge companies and real-world impact at scale. Co-founder of publicly listed investment company Flat Capital, and board member of Rewilding Sweden, with advisory roles at Panthera and Human Rights Watch.

  • Global leader in conservation and climate action, serving as President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature — the first from West Asia and only the second woman to lead the organisation. Founding director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, which has backed over 3,000 species conservation projects across nearly every country, and Managing Director of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi. Previously UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28.

  • Franco-American entrepreneur, conservationist, and collector who co-founded Panthera, the world's leading organisation dedicated to protecting all 40 species of wild cats. A DPhil from Oxford, he chairs natural resources investment firm The Electrum Group, and founded The Leiden Collection — the world's largest private grouping of Rembrandt and Dutch Golden Age art. Appointed Officier in France's Légion d'Honneur and Commandeur in the Order of Arts and Letters.

  • Diplomat, advocate, and conservationist serving as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States — the first woman in the country's history to hold the role. A member of the International Olympic Committee and board member of Panthera's Conservation Council, she founded Catmosphere, a global initiative linking big cat conservation to human wellbeing. Her career spans luxury retail leadership, public service, and pioneering women's inclusion across Saudi Arabia.

  • Global luxury communications strategist and CEO & Partner of Karla Otto, one of the world's leading agencies shaping brand narratives across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle. With over 30 years in the industry, he founded AWvi, a science-driven wellness brand built around an evidence-based inside-out approach to health. A member of Panthera's Conservation Council, he brings the power of cultural storytelling to the cause of wild cat conservation.