Our Team

A lifetime connection to nature embellished by working for the Alliance since 2022, May coordinates all communications, advocacy and influencing, bridging the pillars of alliance work. Working in communications in the health sector during the pandemic, combined with a BSc in International Management and Languages, taught May key skills in strategy and collaboration in all contexts. Like a spider aligning the threads of her web, May aligns the different subsections of the Alliance and catalyses joint effort. Growing side-by-side with the Alliance is her goal and giving everything she’s got for the great outdoors her passion.

Forward-thinking, impactful and deliberate strategy is Yasmine’s speciality, her experience in freelancing in sustainability & communication marketing starting in 2017. Her visions become reality when blueprinting the Alliance’s website, creating a tangible structure online. Amongst her many talents is her ability to craft a complex message simply and spark dialogue in the team and the alliance. She supports the facilitation of the Global Rewilding Communicators Network and campaigns such as World Rewilding Day, using effective and hopeful communications as a tool to connect with a broader audience. Her objective is deeply embedded in rewilding’s core: a planet where wildlife and people thrive, side-by-side.

With over 15 years of web design experience, a decade in organisational learning & development, and a few other adventures too, Martin has brought a combination of technical craft and strategic thinking to his role since 2022. He collaborates on the design of the GRA website and the related ACC website, and is then responsible for the build, optimisation and updating, helping to position the Alliance as a key catalyst for the rewilding movement globally. His work is an ideal blend of his skills as a web designer and his innate desire to leave the world a better place for future generations.

Strategic planning meets determination to rewild the world! Helping to found and launch the Knowledge Impact Network, Leigh scaled social impact across North America, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, helping organizations to reach their true potential, a virtue first learnt from prior positions as outdoor educator and project management. But Leigh’s passion is pure commitment: supporting and promoting rewilding with a direct focus on the US. At the alliance, she works closely with Partners, onboarding and streamlining collaboration. Her collaborative leadership style is precisely what helps the Alliance grow, consolidating partnerships and committing resources to the cause. Working with Leigh is always a blast.

Growing up across Africa, bathing in the many different cultures and wildness each country offered, set the foundation for Isaline’s drive and passion for the living world and the way we interact with it. A thesis on the effect of artificial waterholes on the migration patterns of the African elephant, a position as outdoors educator for children and a commitment to wildlife rehabbing sealed the deal as a trailblazing networker in the rewilding ecosphere. In the Alliance, Isaline works as the Africa, Europe and South America lead, as well as Rangelands and Animating the Carbon Cycle coordination, and supports onboarding new partners. Here’s to connecting with people over rewilding.

Stemming from Manon’s talent in content creation and engagement, her exceptional creative skills shine throughout all posts, presentations and projects. An MSc in Sustainable Development, combined with a diploma in Communications for Conservation, make her a cornerstone of the Alliance’s collaborative work. Perhaps most notable, in an already notable resumé, is her 8 years of work as a flight attendant for Emirates, where she learnt the art of hospitality and high-altitude coexistence. Pivoting from a career in aviation to a career in rewilding is an absolute inspiration to the rest of the team.

A project manager and network-builder working at the intersection of climate, biodiversity, and community resilience, Bianca has spent the last 7 years building relationships in Asia, bringing this experience to fundraising and catalysing rewilding. She’s quite literally a life-saver – not just for her colleagues in the Alliance – as she used to coordinate emergency responses in Myanmar. Her thesis on human-wildlife coexistence between wolves and farmers helped her identify the key aspect of win-win situations for community and environment: nature-based solutions. Next steps? Exploring the treasure trove of local rewilding practices and spreading it with the team and beyond.

Swathi is a bridge-builder, transforming innovation to actionable strategies and linking research to real impact. Her first outcome at the Alliance was a seamless framework on how to attract corporate sponsors to wildlife corridors. Coupled with a Master’s in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment from University College London, she readily tackled policy interest in rewilding. As a South Asian, she’s keen on expanding our network in the region and the larger Asia-Pacific, and helping spotlight these partners’ uniquely beautiful stories. A long-term vision of hers is a practical policy guide for rewilders far and wide.

Martin’s joint internship between the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Global Rewilding Alliance focuses on climate policy research on fisheries, blue carbon, and climate change impacts on marine systems. The report, due to be published on World Ocean’s Day, June 8th 2026, is bound to make a big splash. His interest in fishing is not pure environmental policy: in his spare time you’ll find him with a sun cap lakeside, practicing catch & release.