Petter Granli is Co-Founder and Director of ElephantVoices and has been working for the interest of elephants since 2001. Petter Granli has broad experience from corporate level management and communication. He worked for many years as a management consultant - with special focus on leadership, teambuilding, marketing and communication, and has extensive experience in different trades as board Chairman or member. Mr. Granli's venture into wildlife conservation began in 1998 as he was one of the founders of the Norwegian eco-travel company, Basecamp Explorer, which he directed for three years. In this capacity he initiated the Maasai Mara Cheetah Conservation Project and several collaborative eco-projects involving the Maasai.In 2001 Petter Granli joined partner Joyce Poole's study on elephant communication, cognition and social behavior, in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Affiliated with the Amboseli Elephant Research Project this study continued until 2010. In 2004, on behalf of Amboseli Trust for Elephants and ElephantVoices, Mr. Granli initiated the project "Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya"​. The project was executed in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service and School for Field Service. In 2011 Petter Granli and Joyce Poole founded elephant conservation projects in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, and in Gorongosa, Mozambique.The activities of ElephantVoices cover a broad range of issues from studies of elephant behavior and communication, to efforts related to their welfare and conservation. In partnership with Dr. Poole Mr. Granli works consistently for the better treatment and protection of individuals, influencing management policies for wild and captive elephants. Together they initiated The Elephant Charter, and in late 2011, Elephants in Sanctuary - Overall Principles.http://www.elephantvoices.org/multimedia-resources/document-download-center/doc_download/97-petter-granli-cv.html