Our Team
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
Félix Feider
Programme Officer - Research Team
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
Gemma Goodman
Head of Conservation Programmes (Senior Leadership Team)
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
Jim Pettiward
Head of Communications (Senior Leadership Team)
Jim’s background is in education and training, a field in which he has held a number of roles including designing and writing resources for the web, developing teacher training resources and workshops, teaching effective research and writing skills and providing online learning support for student
Judith Hartley
Due Diligence Officer
Judith joined the staff team at Synchronicity Earth in April 2021 as Due Diligence Officer, having previously been contracted as a consultant to carry out organisational health assessments on Synchronicity Earth’s potential and current partner organisations. Judith is an experienced charity financ
Judith Twentyman
Head of Finance and Risk (Senior Leadership Team)
Judith joined Synchronicity Earth in October 2018. She is a Chartered Accountant with 25 years’ experience in finance having held senior roles in both the commercial sector at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Laporte plc and in the charitable sector as Chief Financial Officer of Impetus – The Private
Julie Langevin
Philanthropy Manager
Julie joined Synchronicity Earth as Philanthropy Manager in September 2020, after 10 years working as a fundraiser for environmental law organisation, ClientEarth. During her time at ClientEarth, she has grown from Development assistant to manager overseeing the management of the organisation’s po
Laura Tyley
Communications Lead, Flourishing Diversity
Laura is dedicated to utilising her 9 years of marketing experience to strengthen global movements bringing about systemic change benefiting Mother Earth and all those within her. Laura started her marketing career as an apprentice and went on to work for several international companies, before deci
Manisa Jain
Finance and Risk Officer
Manisa joined Synchronicity Earth in January 2021 as Finance and Risk Officer following a volunteer role with the organisation from March 2020. She is a Charity Accountant with previous experience in finance having held roles in both banking and in the charitable sector. Manisa is also Treasurer and
Meg Chatterton
Philanthropy Officer
Meg joined Synchronicity Earth in January 2022 as Philanthropy Officer. She has completed her master’s in International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability, where she spent time on placement with the Gaia Foundation. Meg is passionate about addressing the social injustices related to en
Michael Edmondstone
Communications Lead, SHOAL
Michael has more than 10 years experience working in various marketing and communications positions. He started out as a journalist in Tanzania in 2009, and subsequently worked in the corporate sector in digital marketing and online PR, before moving over to work in environmental communications in 2
Mike Baltzer
Executive Director, SHOAL
Mike is a conservation biologist with over 30 years of experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. He started his career undertaking and leading biological inventory expeditions in Uganda, Vietnam and Indonesia. He has since specialised in leading large, complex, multi-country focused conservation progra
Miriam Supuma
Programme Manager, Biocultural Diversity
Miriam joined Synchronicity Earth in April 2021. She has been working with conservation organisations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for over 10 years; the Wildlife Conservation Society-PNG Program and later the Papua New Guinea Institute of Biological Research Inc (IBR). Her experience includes fundrais
Nina Seale
Communications and Engagement Officer
Nina joined Synchronicity Earth in May 2019 as Engagement Assistant after three years of working for wildlife conservation charity World Land Trust. She was introduced to field conservation in South Africa, where she was a safari guide, and this inspired her to study Zoology at the University of Edi
Owandji-Virji Okutu
Operations Officer
Owandji-Virji joined Synchronicity Earth in June 2018 as our Finance and Operations Assistant and has since taken on a new role as Operations Officer. Previously at Mosaiqe, a wooden watch organisation helping to plant trees in impoverished African lands, his background has seen him operate in vario
Pria Ghosh
Programme Officer - Research Team
Pria joined Synchronicity Earth in October 2020. Before this she was researching amphibian chytridiomycosis, a disease that has caused unprecedented species declines globally. She developed cost-effective molecular diagnostics for Bd, the fungal pathogen which causes chytridiomycosis. These diagnost
Reefah Chowdhury
Communications Assistant
Reefah’s academic background is in law, and she graduated from the University of Westminster with a Law degree. Reefah has spent the previous two years at a law clinic providing pro bono legal advice. She interned in the Policy and Implementation Unit at the Ministry of Justice in 2021. She is pas
Sophie Grange-Chamfray
Knowledge & Learning Manager
Sophie Grange-Chamfray joined Synchronicity Earth in November 2018 as our Programme Manager. She has been working in wildlife conservation since 2002 and has expertise in project design and management, fundraising, statistical and spatial analysis, and innovative conservation tools. She has worked f
Tamara Korur
Grant Administrator
Tamara brings over seven years of experience in grant and programme management in the charity sector, having most recently worked with the WILD Foundation setting up and managing grant systems for an elephant conservation project. Previously she worked with the Gaia Foundation, first as a programme
Victoria Steele
Head of Relationships and Operations (Senior Leadership Team)
Victoria joined Synchronicity Earth in October 2012 following an internship with the organisation from August 2012. Prior to this she travelled to New Zealand to complete her Masters in Marine Conservation at Victoria, University of Wellington. She is particularly interested in the way that science