Future For Nature Office Members

I’m the director of the Future For Nature Foundation. As such, I am responsible for developing our mission and goals, and monitoring our compliance and progress towards them. To this end, I am working on a daily basis to improve our relationships with partners, and to look for opportunities to further support our winners. All in close cooperation with the FFN Board and FFN Office.

From an early age I have been fascinated by nature, and never missed an opportunity to learn more about it. While studying biology and during several projects abroad, I also started to realize that nature is very much under pressure. And often by our own actions! With this understanding, there grew a passion in me to try and do something about it.

I am a strong believer in conservation optimism, and am confident that positive and optimistic stories will help increase awareness and create a feeling of hope and empowerment that we can turn this around. The growing Future For Nature Family has many of these stories, and together we can lead by example.

The Future For Nature winners dedicate themselves to safeguard species and ecosystems by mobilizing communities, governments and the public at large. They inspire me to give my best every day, for them and for nature.

As Future For Nature’s communication and project manager, my goal is to support the FFN community by fostering connections in the network and sharing content that highlights the message and initiatives of Future For Nature. The winners of the Future For Nature (FFN) Award constitute a growing Family of dedicated conservationists and it is a privilege to contribute to sharing their stories and generating awareness about their inspiring and essential work.

My professional background is rooted in communications for non-profit organisations, and my lifelong passion for animals and nature has driven my commitment to this cause. I am a keen bushwalker and lived in Australia where I relished the opportunity to see some unique landscapes and plant and animal species. On my travels, I learned to scuba dive and witnessed how coral reef ecosystems are affected by human impact.

This experience reinforced the profound responsibility we hold to care for our planet and cohabit with other species. In my quest to contribute to nature conservation, the message of Future For Nature resonated with me. It is a message of optimism and the power of collaboration.

I am excited to be part of this impactful movement dedicated to nature conservation. Together, we can make a positive change and contribute to the well-being of our planet and its diverse inhabitants.

At Future for Nature (FFN), I work as a coordinator. Here I work behind the scenes, arranging, organising, and helping where necessary so everything runs smoothly for the annual award event. I am in charge of internal and external communications, onboarding and guiding FFN’s interns and volunteers as well as performing daily tasks of the FFN’s office.

My academic background and work experiences are rooted in nature conservation. I studied Natural Resource Engineering for my bachelor’s degree and to extend my knowledge in the marine realm, I attended a Marine Science master’s program. I worked in different nature conservation NGOs and projects as a Coordinator, Event Manager, Facilitator, Trainer, and Researcher in the field of wildlife and ecosystem conservation.

In 2017, I was working on one of the projects of Future for Leopards in Iran. Here I got the opportunity to attend the 10th Future for Nature’s award ceremony. I was really impressed with their work and mission and now it is my honour to be part of the FFN team. I admire passionate conservationists and I believed in the impacts of their endeavours in ecosystem conservation; it is my pleasure to support and help the FFN family with their impressive works.