Our Team
Adam Sweidan
Chair of Trustees
Adam has a deep love for the natural world and is an advocate for the intrinsic value of all species. He applies his knowledge of, and experience with, global markets to design and support organisations that work at the nexus of environmental health, human health, and social justice. He is passionat
Anna Heath
Programme and Partner Manager
Anna joined Synchronicity Earth in September 2016 as a Junior Research Analyst. She had an international upbringing, spending most of her life in Thailand before moving back to the UK for university. She managed to stay in one place long enough to gain an MSci in Environmental Biology from Universit
Aya Sakamoto
Programme Officer
Aya is a dedicated conservationist with a passion for Southeast Asia. Growing up between Europe and Asia, she developed a love for nature and learned the importance of the cultural and social contexts in tackling complex issues such as biodiversity decline. This led her to pursue a Bachelor’s degr
Bihini Won wa Musiti
Congo Basin Affiliate
Bihini is one of the Congo Basin Programme affiliates based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He is a trained vet with a degree in applied environment and biology and a certificate in elephant capture and domestication from Wildlife School of India. He has over 30 years of experience in Afr
Catherine Bryan
Trustee
Catherine uses her experience in organisational development, markets and risk, alongside her fascination with the natural world to support a wide range of work that promotes the protection and regeneration of nature. She embraced her growing interest in the environment in 2014, taking on pro-bono wo
Claire Adler
Communications Assistant
Claire specialises in content writing and digital copyediting. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she spent much of her childhood hiking and camping in the beautiful Wasatch mountains. Living near exceptionally biodiverse wilderness, ranging from high alpine tundra, to lush aspen forest, to
EJ Milner-Gulland
Adviser
EJ Milner-Gulland is the Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford. Her research group works at the interface of social and ecological systems, using a range of methodological approaches to address key issues in current conservation, including fieldwork and modelling in th
Félix Feider
Programme Officer
Félix joined Synchronicity Earth in October 2020 as Programme Officer. He gathered extensive knowledge of conservation science and environmental policy and governance during his time at the Secretariats of the UN Convention on Migratory Species and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, where h
Frank Hawkins
Adviser
Frank is a conservation biologist and policy advisor with many years of experience working with governments, finance institutions, civil society and local communities in Africa and around the world. He is currently a policy and finance advisor to IUCN. Frank focuses on the use of natural capital dat
Gemma Goodman
Head of Conservation Programmes (Senior Leadership Team) (Maternity leave)
Gemma joined Synchronicity Earth in January 2012. She was previously working for TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network; working on issues relating to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), collection of species specific data regarding hu
Grace Iara Souza
Latin America Affiliate
Dr Grace Iara Souza is a professional learner who has dedicated the past 18 years to learning about socio-environmental conservation related to Brazil from a global perspective, while also engaging with knowledge sharing with multiple stakeholders. She started her career implementing carbon credit p
Ian Harrison
Adviser
Ian Harrison obtained his Ph.D. in systematic ichthyology at the University of Bristol, UK. He has conducted research on marine and freshwater fishes from several parts of the world, including fieldwork in Europe, Central and South America, West and Western Central Africa, the Philippines, and the C