He has a particular passion for marine management at the seascape scale, incorporating small-scale fisheries, and for conservation and sustainable development of islands. He has held leadership positions in the Latin American and Caribbean region for two international NGOs, first Conservation International, covering the Andean region and Eastern Tropical Pacific, then Fauna & Flora International, focused mainly on Central America and the Eastern Caribbean. He has also served as an advisor to governmental organisations, notably in Kenya, Zanzibar and Belize. His six years as Director of the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands combined almost all of these elements, as the work involved leading a big team of staff and volunteers, overseeing applied research for ecosystem management and restoration, and developing new conservation and sustainable development strategies through a combination of scientific evidence and stakeholder participation. He served as advisor to the governing body of the Galapagos Islands and was heavily involved in the establishment of a new legal and institutional framework for the archipelago, including creation of the Galapagos Marine Reserve under a participatory governance regime.

Before his 15 years based in South America, Robert spent 10 years in eastern Africa, including extended periods as Policy and Planning Advisor to the Kenya Wildlife Service and as Chief Advisor to the Department of Environment. He also undertook a variety of consultancies, both in Africa and further afield, including Cuba and the Seychelles.

Robert is a member of the Global Leadership Academy Community, a pool of leaders and innovators in diverse fields of sustainable development, participating primarily on sustainable oceans. In the UK Honours list of 2003, he was awarded the OBE for services to environmental conservation.

Her greatest strengths lie in conveying complex technical concepts to broad audiences, developing and implementing effective project-based strategic plans, and building consensus among a diverse range of stakeholders in multicultural and multisectoral settings. She has strong qualitative and quantitative analysis knowledge, excellent communication and facilitation skills as well as proven ability and experience in project management, governance, inter-culturality, gender, facilitation, conflict resolution and climate change diplomacy.

With over 12 years of professional experience, Carolina believes she have a holistic, inclusive and current understanding of what conservation is both in theory and practice, as well as where future developments may lead. She envisions conservation solutions that are well articulated with other sectors, other disciplines so that the whole impact of conservation is more than the sum of parts.

She began her career at Fundacion Futuro Latinomaericano, coordinating a three-year project, which promoted youth participation in local policy making. She later served as Director for Organizational Development, where she worked along with Project Officers for project planning, fundraising and M&E. She has served as a consultant for the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation and World Wildlife Fund.

With over 25 years of professional experience in the region and a clear option for humanist values, Enrique develops an autonomous practice, selecting those projects that have a better potential to create change. He provides consulting and training services to private companies (multinational, national and SMEs); Cooperatives; non-governmental organizations; cooperation in international organizations and public and government agencies. He has participated directly in about 100 consultancy projects and management trainings related to leadership for sustainability and organizational change. He has identified and accompanied leaders in more than 120 projects aiming to achieve sustainable development in Latin America. He works as an independent consultant.

Tiene amplia experiencia en proyectos de desarrollo apoyados por agencias multilaterales, cooperación internacional y organizaciones no gubernamentales, consolidando su experiencia de trabajo y capacitación sobre diálogo, transformación de conflictos, gobernanza y política pública con diferentes grupos de interés en varios países de Latinoamérica, entre estos: Ecuador, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia, Brasil, El Salvador, Uruguay, Panamá, Honduras, Costa Rica y Argentina.