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I have 20 years experience in the conservation sector in south-east Asia, developing, funding and executing projects that positively impact biodiversity. With a background in ecological research and natural resource management, I bring a credible and multi-disciplinary approach to strategy development for conservation and development harmonisation through real-world on-the-ground conservation solutions. Backed by extensive fundraising in the public and private sector I ensure strategy becomes reality through program development and securing finance in the right place at the right time. In my role as Country Director at FFI, I tripled annual budget and doubled the number of staff by accessing new financing streams from the Vietnamese private sector. At WWF-Vietnam I have grown the program from $4M to $15M annually, including early identification of opportunities in the plastics space and moving from unfunded vision to securing USD$12M in under two years. I successfully led the development of a USAID USD$38M grant for PA management and species conservation. I manage technical and fundraising staff through listening deeply, building trust, and giving responsibility while ensuring timely support and intervention.

Listed skills include Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Ecology, and 11 others.