Raising awareness and funding in the Netherlands and Europe to support critical but unknown and underfinanced conservation projects that help protect wildlife and wilderness around the world.

Address: SDG House – Mauritskade 64, 1092 AD, Amsterdam - Netherlands

Chamber of Commerce number:  74781987

RSIN: 860024222

Christine (Tina) Lain

Title: Managing Director

Date of birth: 17-06-1976

Authority: Jointly authorized (with other director(s))

Bio: Tina has over 15 years of experience collaborating with park management and local communities to protect wildlife and nature in Africa. She also has over 12 years of experience with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-NL) with a focus on communities and resolution of conflicts in and around natural resources; keen interest in the protection of environmental defenders and environmental justice.

 

 

Nigel Barry Muir

Title: Managing Director

Date of birth: 19-09-1946

Authority: Jointly authorized (with other director(s))

Bio: Nigel was born and raised in Kenya and spent 30 years as a British Army Officer, before taking up a position in the UK Foreign Office, where he worked until his retirement in 2018. He has provided security support to Frankfurt Zoological Society and more recently to Forgotten Parks Foundation (FPF).  He has served on the FPF Board as Chairman as well as a Trustee for a London (UK) charity, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.

 

Mathias Seignette

Title: Managing Director

Date of birth: 29-06-1993

Authority: Jointly authorized (with other director(s))

Bio: Mathias is an entrepreneur with a proven track record in the professional security industry. Combined with a heart for nature and wildlife it is Mathias’ long term ambition to help reverse the loss of biodiversity. He is also pre-seed investor in several start-ups and the founder of the International Conservation Fund (another Dutch ANBI-charity).

 

Philippe Pingannaud

Title: Managing Director and Treasurer

Date of birth: 10-06-1953

Authority: Jointly authorized (with other director(s))

Bio: Philippe has more than 30 years of experience in accountability, finance, institutional and financial audits. He worked for many years in Africa, and for several years he worked as the Financial Director of Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN). This earned him extensive knowledge of the ICCN, EU and other funders of wildlife conservation efforts in the region.