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Who We Are

We’re BirdLife International, the only global Partnership
conserving birds and all life on our planet.

We carry out conservation rooted in regional knowledge, working alongside Indigenous Peoples and local communities to create sustainable change.

We’re made up of over 123 worldwide conservation organisations, and together we’re the global authority on birds.

For over a century, we’ve been uniting and strengthening conservation across borders, so birds and all life can thrive. Here’s our story:

What we do

We work in Partnership to unite and strengthen conservation across borders. We organise our work around four key pillars: Species, Sites, Society and Systems.


Our teams

Honorary President

Leadership

Martin Harper
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Mike Rands
Chairman
Martin Birch
Treasurer

The BirdLife International Global Council

Sheku Kamara
Sierra Leone
Dr. Vikash Tatayah
Mauritius
Khadija Bourass
Morocco
Rodrigo. W. Soria-Auza
Bolivia
Ted Cheskey
Canada
Dian Agista
Indonesia
Ishana Thapa
Nepal
Kjetil Aadne Solbakken
Norway
Lieven De Schamphelaere
Belgium
Mika Asikainen, Finaland, BirdLife Council
Mika Asikainen
Finland
Fadi Naim Naser
Jordan
Imad F. Atrash
State of Palestine
Nunia Thomas
Fiji
Kate Millar
Australia

Co-opted Officials

John Gregory
UK
Beccy Speight
UK
Christie Constantine
US

BirdLife International Advisory Group

Chair

John S. Adams (Co-Chair)
Piyush Gupta (Co-Chair)

Members

Margaret Atwood
Geoff Ball
Nick Butcher
Alfred D. Chandler III
Christie Constantine
Sean Dennis
Scott Dresser
Peter Eerdmans
Joe Ellis
Warren Evans

Dale Forbes
John Gregory
Kirsten Hines
Richard Jaffe
Lynette Jaffe
James Kushlan
Tasso Leventis
His Excellency Mr. Majid Al Mansouri
Gonzalo Saenz de Miera
Hector Morales

Benjamin Olewine IV
Susan Orr (former Chair)
Adam Riley
Deb Rivel
Mahima Sukhdev
Barry Sullivan
Terry Townshend
Kurt Vogt


Honorary Vice Presidents

Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone (UK)
Dr Gerard A Bertrand (USA)
Miss Jane Fenton (UK)
Mr A P Leventis (UK)
Mr Ben Olewine IV (USA)


Our Executive Team

Dr Stuart Butchart
Chief Scientist
Helen Bull
Chief Operating Officer
Christopher Sands
Director of Global Communications
E.J. McAdams
Chief Development Officer
Nina Mikander
Global Director of Policy and Business
Dr Lesley Dickie
Executive Vice President for Conservation and the Regions
Laura Formoy
Director of Human Resources

Our Regional Directors

Margaret West
Director, BirdLife Pacific
Paul Kariuki Ndang’ang’a
Director, BirdLife Africa
Ibrahim Al-Khader
Director, BirdLife Middle East
Ariel Brunner
Director, BirdLife Europe and Central Asia
Vinayagan Dharmarajah
Director, BirdLife Asia
Ian Davidson
Director, BirdLife Americas
Keiko Suzue
Director, BirdLife Tokyo