NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Piet has more than 26 years’ experience working on a wide range of natural resource management and social development projects in southern Africa. His key skills and expertise are in setting up effective partnerships between governments, the private sector, and NGOs for planning, managing, and implementing large, conservation and rural development projects. Piet has played […]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - PANGOLIN VETERINARY SCIENCE, REHABILITATION AND RELEASE PORTFOLIO
Kelsey promotes wildlife rehabilitation and conservation through veterinary intervention and education. Kelsey has specialised in pangolin veterinary care in South Africa and Vietnam, working hands on with Temminck’s, Sunda and Chinese pangolins, while also actively consulting for Indian, White-bellied and Phillipine pangolins remotely. Her work involves assessing patients, determining medical treatment plans, and with oversight […]
NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER - SCIENCE AND RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Sean’s role involves building on the APWG’s Science and Research portfolio for contributing to evidence-based decision making and management for pangolin conservation. Sean is a passionate young scientist and conservationist, whose greatest desire is to use groundbreaking research techniques for the conservation of wildlife. Sean has spent a large part of his research career on […]
NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER – SECRETARY
Amanda has a background in wildlife TV, producing programmes for the SABC weekly programme 50/50, along with commissions for National Geographic, Animal Planet and Discovery HD. In 2011, Amanda joined her family in their wine production company, Painted Wolf Wines, which has been a generous supporter of conservation projects. Amanda was invited to join the […]
CO-CHAIRPERSON AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nicci is the APWG’s Co-Chairperson and Executive Director. She brings many years of experience to her role in governing the APWG in the fields of pangolin rehabilitation, behaviour, husbandry, and the release of pangolins that have been confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade back into suitable wild environments. Nicci rehabilitated her first pangolin in 2008 […]
CO-CHAIRPERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND TREASURER
Alexis is the APWG’s Co-Chairperson, Executive Director, and Treasurer. She comes from a media background as a journalist and filmmaker. Alexis started working with pangolins in 2014 with the rehabilitation of pangolin pups in the Central African Republic. She brings production and interpersonal skills to the organisation, is proficient at grant-writing and fundraising, and remains […]