Dr. Amy Dickman is a Professor of Wildlife Conservation at Oxford University, and Director of Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU). She has over 25 years of experience in community-based conservation, has published over 100 scientific articles, is an award-winning conservationist and is a National Geographic Explorer.

Dr. Alexandra Zimmermann specializes in conservation conflict and human-wildlife conflict, with over 20 years’ experience in leading biodiversity conflict resolution initiatives around the globe. Having worked with hundreds of practitioners, researchers, students, policy-makers and community members in a vast diversity of conflict situations, she brings uniquely global perspectives and insights to this growing conservation challenge. Alexandra is the founding Chair of the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force, as well as Senior Advisor to The World Bank’s Global Wildlife Program, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and was previously Head of Conservation Science at Chester Zoo. She is an interdisciplinary scientist, whose original training was in zoology and conservation science before she specialised in social sciences and conflict studies for her doctorate at Oxford, after which she trained in non-profit strategic management at Harvard Business School, dispute and conflict negotiation at Harvard Law School and multilateral negotiation at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

Professor Andrew MacLeod is a highly experienced international board director focussing on risk and governance. He currently chairs Griffin Law in the UK and sits on several Australian, UK and Dubai based boards. He is a Visiting Professor at Kings College London and is a former high level official of the UN, former military officer and past senior executive of multi-national companies. He is an Australian/UK dual national.

Ms. Charlotte has over 14 years’ experience investing in the infrastructure and energy private equity space. She currently works at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and has worked at 3i, Barclays Private Equity and Macquarie. Charlotte sits as a non-executive director on the boards of Scotia Gas Networks and ADNOC gas pipelines. Charlotte holds a B.Sc. from the London School of Economics and an MBA from London Business School.

Mr. Paul Latto is an English qualified lawyer with over twenty five years of experience, and has been based principally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over a decade. He is a partner at the international law firm, DLA Piper. He has advised corporations, financial institutions and governmental entities on a wide variety of issues over his career, and assisted with establishment, governance, and compliance matters for a number of not-for-profit organisations.

Mr. Waleed Aldayel is an MBA & PMP professional with broad experience in Project Management, change management, and organization strategy with over 20 years of experience across the public and private sector.

Mr. Waleed has managed, delivered, supported change initiatives and programs, and overseen multi-million contracts in the areas of heritage sites improvement and visitors’ experience including Hegra (UNESCO World Heritage), Conservation for nature and wildlife including protected areas, Flagships’ events within Heritage, Art & Culture.

Mr. Waleed served as the PMO director at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Economy and Planning, overseeing a wide range of government portfolios. He then moved on to become the Chief of Strategy and Digital at the Royal Commission for AlUla overseeing the setup of the organizational strategy in the startup phase and managing widespread organizational restructuring. Waleed holds a master’s in business administration (MBA), University of Newcastle, graduating with distinction.