Founder & Chair
Our President
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been credited as ‘The World’s Greatest Living Explorer’ by the Guinness Book of World Records, and ‘one of the world’s top ten speakers’ by the Daily Telegraph.
Learn MoreOur Team
Our work would not be possible without our incredible team.
Board of Trustees
Vice Chair
Chief Operations Officer
Trustee & Co-Founder
Tony Noble
Trustee & Fundraising Committee Chair
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Trustee, Honorary Treasurer & Honorary Secretary
Trustee
Ambassadors
Ambassador
Ambassador
Ambassador
Chief Scientific Officer of the Care Fertility Group, Ambassador & Scientific Advisor to Nature's SAFE
Ambassador & Africa Advisor
Youth Ambassador
Zookeeper Ambassador
Staff members & Advisors
Scientific Advisor & Chair of Scientific Committee
Communications Manager & Conservation Scientist
Chief Scientific Officer of the Care Fertility Group, Ambassador & Scientific Advisor to Nature's SAFE
Zoo Liaison & Charity Administrator
Ambassador & Africa Advisor
Director & Veterinary Surgeon at Tyndale Farm Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Advisor to Nature's SAFE
Director & Veterinary Surgeon at Tyndale Farm Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Advisor to Nature's SAFE
Laboratory Manager at Stallion AI Services
Scientific Committee
Our work is guided by experts in the fields of wildlife conservation, reproduction, and biotechnology.
Scientific Advisor & Chair of Scientific Committee
Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, Honorary Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, Honorary Research Associate at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Institute of Zoology (IOZ)
Group Leader of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge
Chief Scientific Officer of the Care Fertility Group, Ambassador & Scientific Advisor to Nature's SAFE
Research Professor in Veterinary Sciences at the University of Antwerp
Dr Anna Mekarska
EAZA Biobank Coordinator, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)
Dr Jamie Craggs
Principal Aquarium Curator at the Horniman Museum and Gardens
Professor of Bioengineering at University College London
Biobank Manager at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Institute of Zoology (IOZ)
Communications Manager & Conservation Scientist
Dr Imogen Harris
PhD researcher in environmental toxicology and reproduction at the University of the West of England (UWE)
Group Leader at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
Senior Biobank Technician for Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) WildGenes
Professor in Animal Reproduction at the Institute of Veterinary Medicine at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Amphibian reproduction expert
Laura Sivess
Molecular Collections Coordinator at the Natural History Museum
Trustee
Laboratory Manager at Stallion AI Services
Asian short-clawed otter
Total Population: Unknown
Mandarin duck
Total Population: Around 65,000 in the wild
Bar-headed goose
Total Population: 97,000 - 118,000 in the wild
Black tree monitor
Total Population: Unknown
Red-footed tortoise
Total Population: Unknown
White naped mangabey
Total Population: Around 1,000 in the wild
Collared peccary
Total Population: More than 2,000,000 in the wild
Senegal galago
Total Population: Unknown
Sloth bear
Total Population: Less than 20,000 in the wild
Fea’s tree frog
Total Population: Unknown
Guianan Squirrel Monkey
Total Population: Around 150,000 in the wild
Arctic wolf
Total Population: Around 200,000 in the wild
Macaroni Penguin
Total Population: Around 12 million
Spix’s night monkey
Total Population: Unknown
Parma Wallaby
Total Population: 1,000 - 10,000 in the wild
Lesser Madagascan tenrec
Total Population: Unknown
Black Hornbill
Total Population: Unknown
Common Hippo
Total Population: Less than 150,000 in the wild