REPLANET - Key Persons
Alejandra is a Socioeconomic Development and Environmental Engineer with a Master's degree in Watershed Management. She has more than 10 years of experience in the environmental sector in Honduras, focusing on developing projects that strengthen the livelihoods of rural communities. At rePLANET, Alejandra is responsible for identifying and evaluating new projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, ensuring their effective and sustainable implementation, and collaborating closely with government authorities, non-governmental organizations, and local stakeholders to maximize the positive impact of each initiative.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operations Officer
- COO
- Director
- Member of the RePLANET Board
Alex's background is in expedition and conservation project management, with 20 years of experience overseeing the operations for large teams in multiple countries. He has extensive experience of working with international partners and stakeholders in developing countries. Alex also directs the budgetary and financial management for rePLANET, specialising in resource allocation and project appraisal.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the RePLANET Board
Angelo is a graduate of the University of Bologna, Italy and began his career as an agro-meteorologist. In 1994, he joined the staff of the European Commission, and has focused there on the conservation of nature, environment and climate for the past 29 years. He has been associated with the EC's LIFE program since the start of his career, and has deep experience in the financing of environmental programmes across the European Union. Angelo retired in October 2022 from his position as Head of the department " Natural resources, climate, sustainable blue economy and clean energy" in the European Commission executive agency.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the RePLANET Board
- Corporate Strategist
Bernard is a corporate strategist and a solicitor with experience in engaging policy and driving growth especially in emerging markets. With a public sector background in international law at the United Nations, UN-HABITAT and as APAC strategy lead for RICS, a global professional body and think tank for the built environment sector, and in private sector as a capital markets lawyer with US law firm Baker & McKenzie and as the Asia Pacific business strategist for Amazon Web Services in Singapore, Bernard is passionate about driving the highest impact for environment leveraging his experiences straddling policy and business. Bernard has worked across the US, UK, Asia, and Africa and holds a Master of Laws from the Australian National University, and an MBA from INSEAD.
Callum James joined rePLANET to support the investment team, assisting the commercial product offering and business development. Academically, Callum trained as a medical doctor at the University of Plymouth with a iBsc from King's College London. Prior to joining rePLANET, Callum worked for 2 years in investment banking for goetzpartners and Rothschild & Co in the healthcare teams on M&A and capital raises.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Consultancy Team
- Nature Project Officer
Dearbhla is a member of the consultancy team at RePLANET, supporting the design and implementation of biodiversity monitoring projects for clients seeking to quantify biodiversity change, achieving targeted environmental and socioeconomic benefits in the project region. Prior to joining rePLANET, Dearbhla completed an MSc in wildlife health and conservation, and has worked on biodiversity action projects such as captive breeding, species reintroduction, and wild population monitoring.
Job Titles:
- Forest Engineer, Specialist
- Forestry Operations Manager
Diana is a Forest Engineer, specialist in Geographic Information Systems, and holds a Master's degree in Forest Management, Use, and Conservation. She has over 15 years of experience leading projects across Latin America focused on forest management, climate change, sustainability, and conservation. Throughout her career, she has designed, planned, and coordinated forestry projects, integrating geoinformation tools for land management, zoning, and territorial planning. Her expertise includes biodiversity monitoring, ecosystem restoration, forest plantation management, and natural resource planning. Additionally, she works on Nature-Based Solutions projects with a focus on carbon and biodiversity, effectively bridging technical aspects with the social, economic, and political realities of the communities she serves.
Job Titles:
- Carbon and Nature Analyst
- Member of RePLANET 's Nature
Adam is a member of rePLANET's Nature-based Consultancy team, specializing in the analytical aspects of biodiversity monitoring and restoration planning. His work focuses on integrating scientific research and client priorities into modeling and estimates for carbon sequestration and biodiversity restoration. Adam holds a PhD in Environmental Science, where his research explored how biodiversity restoration can strengthen ecosystem stability under climate extremes. This research, conducted at a long-term restoration site in the Yorkshire Dales, deepened his understanding of ecosystem dynamics and the impacts of restoration efforts.
Job Titles:
- Nature Project Manager
- Nature Project Manager / Professional Services
Job Titles:
- Chief of Staff
- Member of the Executive Team
Dan leads on rePLANET's long-term strategy, including the development of our pipeline of projects and more broadly how we engage with the certification process and maintain our triple focus of climate, nature and society. He is heavily involved with our partner organisations the Wallacea Trust and Biodiversity Futures Initiative, and also co-led a working group for the UNDP's Biodiversity Credit Alliance. Dan has over 15 years' experience working in biodiversity research and conservation, with a particular focus on tropical marine ecology for which he is published in high impact international journals. He also has extensive experience planning and delivering large-scale biodiversity research projects alongside local stakeholders worldwide.
Dr Eduardo Batista has an academic background in the Biology and Ecology of Global Changes. Over the last few years, Eduardo was responsible for designing and implementing different ecological sampling methods (digital and non-digital) in Mediterranean, temperate, and tropical ecosystems. With a strong analytical and computer-based background, Eduardo analyses, models and scales-up biological, ecological, and environmental data. At rePLANET, Eduardo is responsible for the development of several analytical pipelines for carbon and biodiversity projects.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Director of Project Development & Analytics
has an academic background in Wildlife Research and Biodiversity Monitoring in the tropics, fuelled by an unexplainable fondness for crocodilians, swamps, and tropical forests. Over the last decade, he co-authored several scientific publications and his professional interests grew into applying remote sensing tools (GIS) and semi-citizen science to biodiversity monitoring and wildlife research, management and conservation. At rePLANET, Joto is responsible for overall management of the Project Development team, and overseeing development and implementation of workflows, processes, systems and documentation for streamlining data management, collaborative work and overall design of Nature Based Solutions projects (Carbon and Biodiversity). Together with his team they are continuously looking to improve rePLANET's MRV standards to stay at the forefront of current R&D and adapting to match the current best practice requirements in this rapidly changing environment. Joto also leads the technical team, which focus on innovation, problem solving, streamlining and improving systems and procedures to overcome challenges and limitations in biodiversity monitoring and wildlife research, management and conservation.
Job Titles:
- Director of Mexico Projects
Kathy has a background in applied ecological and behavioural studies of terrestrial and marine fauna for the purpose of developing and evaluating sustainable management plans for protected areas. She has lived and worked in Mexico for over 20 years focusing on biodiversity monitoring and management of protected areas in conjunction with indigenous communities. As she has long standing working relationships with conservation NGO's and government departments in Mexico, Kathy is responsible for identifying possible new rePLANET sites in Mexico for ecosystem conservation or restoration funded by carbon and biodiversity credits, developing these projects and ensuring that, once implemented each project achieves its objectives. Kathy is also involved in drafting the community development plans and conservation management sections of PDD's for other rePLANET projects.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the RePLANET Board
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel created the footprint concept in the early 1990s (with Prof. William E. Rees) to compare human demand against planetary or regional ecosystem regeneration. This tool allows researchers to track global overshoot and countries' ecological deficit. The carbon footprint portion has become the most popular footprint variant. In 2003, he co-founded Global Footprint Network, a sustainability think-tank, making planetary constraints relevant to decision-making. Its largest engagement campaign is its annual Earth Overshoot Day. Mathis's main interest is finding ways to turn overshoot into a magnet that motivates, rather than an "inconvenient truth" that triggers resistance. Mathis's honours include the 2018 World Sustainability Award, the 2015 IAIA Global Environment Award, and the 2012 Blue Planet Prize as well as honorary degrees.
Job Titles:
- Head of Nature - Based Consultancy
Max is a member of the Project Development and Strategy teams with responsibility for overseeing rePLANET's portfolio of biodiversity credit funded projects and developing consultancy services. He works closely with local implementation partners to help design project interventions and monitoring strategies that will allow biodiversity gains at conservation and restoration sites to be maximised and quantified to generate biodiversity credits. He also works with organisations to help them quantify the impacts of their nature positive strategies for ESG reporting. Max has a PhD in coral reef ecology and before joining rePLANET he was a lecturer and educator across a variety of settings including the Universities of Lincoln and Cambridge, and the Field Studies Council in Epping.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director
- Member of the RePLANET Board
- Chairman of Operation Wallacea
Tim is CEO of rePLANET, which funds ecosystem restoration and protection using carbon and biodiversity credits in 5 main markets: mangrove restoration, restoration of native forest by payments to small-scale farmers to reforest unprofitable areas of their farms, increasing biodiversity in new marine reserves, protecting under threat high value nature reserves and quantifying biodiversity uplift achieved from investment in supply chains. rePLANET currently works in Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Transylvania, UK, Spain and Indonesia and is aiming to demonstrate how biodiversity credits can remove some of the distortions that occur if only carbon crediting is used to fund ecosystem restoration.
Tim helped coordinate development of the Wallacea Trust biodiversity credit methodology and rePLANET has now gathered a number of data sets that show how this system works. Tim has also helped encourage formation of the Biodiversity Futures Initiative, an international team of academics who can peer review biodiversity claims using the definition of a unit of biodiversity change as a 1% uplift or avoided loss per hectare in the median value of a basket of taxa that reflect the conservation objectives for the site.
Tim is also Chair of Operation Wallacea which provides a method for funding long term biodiversity research using tuition fees paid by students. Opwall has operated as a commercial business for 25 years and have published over 650 papers in peer reviewed journals from their research programmes. Tim also founded the Wallacea Trust, a UK based charity. Before Opwall, Tim founded and ran the Institute of Environmental Assessment which became IEMA. Tim trained as a fisheries scientist and at the start of his career worked for the forerunners of the Environment Agency as a Fisheries and Conservation Scientist, pioneering new survey methods and river corridor wildlife surveys.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Project Development Team
- Nature Project Officer
Eimear is a member of the Project Development team at rePLANET, collaborating with external partners to develop high quality carbon credit projects that deliver specific and targeted biodiversity, climate and socioeconomic benefits relevant to the project region. Eimear has a background in ecology and conservation, having completed her MSc dissertation on the changes that occur to biodiversity as rewilding progresses. Before joining rePLANET, Eimear worked as an environmental consultant in Dublin and volunteered with various climate and biodiversity action initiatives.
Job Titles:
- Climate, Biodiversity and Community Project Manager
- Member of the Project Development Team
Freddie is a member of the Project Development team and works closely with local partners to develop and implement high quality project concepts that deliver biodiversity and climate gains, which are protected by a robust community development strategy that supports transitions to sustainable livelihoods and natural resource governance, to build the resilience and well-being of communities. Freddie has an academic background in socio-ecological systems and comes from a consulting background in the ecology and sustainable development sectors. Prior to joining rePLANET Freddie worked as a consultant for the International Fund for Agricultural Development in the Environment, Climate and Social Inclusion division.
Georgina is responsible for rePLANET's social media presence, website, blog creation and news updates.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Consultancy Team
- Senior Nature Project Manager
Hannah is a member of the consultancy team at rePLANET, collaborating closely with clients to devise and execute effective biodiversity monitoring strategies that enable clients to track progress and measure the impact of their conservation efforts accurately. Her primary focus is on ensuring that monitoring methods are robust and tailored to meet the rigorous standards necessary for high-quality biodiversity credit projects. Hannah has a background in molecular ecology and before joining rePLANET, was actively involved in developing cutting-edge environmental DNA (eDNA) based monitoring methods.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager Indonesia
Job Titles:
- Member of the Consultancy Team
- Nature Project Manager
Indy is a member of the consultancy team, collaborating closely with our clients to plan and execute effective biodiversity monitoring strategies that enable them to track progress and measure the impact of their conservation efforts accurately. She ensures that monitoring methods are robust and tailored to meet the rigorous standards necessary for high-quality biodiversity credit projects. Indy has a background in marine ecology and before joining rePLANET worked in environmental policy.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the RePLANET Board
Isabel Hoffmann has a background in ecology and corporate sustainability. Cofounder and equity investor at rePLANET, Isabel is committed to optimizing the role of business for the benefit of people and planet. She is an active board member of the Tour du Valat wetland research institute, and is a member of the scientific and technical committee of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Project Director of GANBOS
Javier leads the implementation of GANBOS, which is a large-scale initiative aimed at restoring degraded pastures through reforestation and rotational grazing practices across 30,000 hectares in Costa. He collaborates with local implementation partners, "ganaderos", government agencies, and private landowners to enhance ecosystem services, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
Javier is an agronomist with an MBA in project management who has spent over a decade working on sustainable agriculture initiatives, rural innovation, and climate-resilient development across Latin America. Prior to joining rePLANET, he served as Director of Solution Development at EARTH University, where he designed and led regional initiatives to empower youth and smallholder farmers. Earlier in his career, he worked in the public sector, managing irrigation and infrastructure projects focused on enhancing agricultural productivity and water resource management in rural areas.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the RePLANET Board
Job Titles:
- Head of Strategic Finance
Max joined rePLANET to assist on the commercial product offered and currently he leads business development for rePLANET. Previously, Max worked as in Renewable Energy advisory, having completed an MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance at Imperial College. Prior to his Masters, Max worked in a variety of roles from business strategy to TCFD reporting at Associated British Foods, having completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley.
Mo has a background is community development work and has lived and worked in Indonesia for over 10 years. For rePLANET Mo is responsible for developing projects in Indonesia.
Job Titles:
- Agricultural Science Engineer and Expert
- Agronomy Operations Manager
Obed Azofeifa is an Agricultural Science Engineer and expert in regenerative management, serving as Agronomy Operations Manager for Latin America. With over five years of experience leading and consulting on projects in regenerative agriculture & livestock systems, ecotourism, and sustainable business development, he takes a holistic approach to transforming agrifood systems. Obed holds a degree from EARTH University and is currently pursuing a Master's in Agribusiness and Sustainable Markets at CATIE. His work is grounded in hands-on field experience and international consulting, including projects in the U.S. and Bermuda Island. Passionate about regeneration, he is committed to creating systems that restore ecosystems, empower communities, and drive meaningful change from the ground up.
Ogechi is the Finance Officer for rePLANET, where she plays a key role in supporting the Finance team in managing and developing financial procedures and systems. Ogechi works with the various teams across rePLANET to ensure that financial processes support the rePLANET's mission and long-term sustainability. Ogechi has an educational and professional background in Finance, and she applies her knowledge to help ensure financial accuracy and compliance, contributing to rePLANET's strategic goals.
Job Titles:
- Budget Development Officer
Oliver brings over 10 years' experience in environmental entrepreneurship, project operations, and stakeholder engagement, with a particular focus on Central America. Before joining rePLANET, he co-founded and led an impact-driven circular economy business in Costa Rica overseeing operations, administration, and product development. He also brings experience from the NGO sector, where he coordinated large-scale programmes focused on natural resource management, WASH, and sustainable livelihoods in rural communities. At rePLANET, Oliver works across project operations and budget development, working closely with teams and partners to design, manage and monitor budgets that support the delivery of our projects.
Job Titles:
- GANBOS Project Development Manager
- Project Coordinator for Costa Rica
Paola is rePLANET's Project coordinator for Costa Rica, managing the relationship with project implementation partners and other stakeholders in the country. As an entrepreneur, she has worked developing, managing and supporting regenerative agriculture projects in Costa Rica for more than 10 years. She is involved in land-use sector activities in the country comprising agriculture, cattle management, forestry and biodiversity conservation. From her involvement in the land-use sector and academic training in economics, she has been passionate about the potential that payments for ecosystem services have for developing nations to achieve development via the conservation of their natural resources and traditional livelihoods. She has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Edinburgh and focused her research thesis on the potential that the VCM has to generate nature positive impact in land-use activities in tropical countries. Specifically, she analysed the price at which a carbon credit would incentivize land-use conversion from extensive grazing to silvopastoral system scenarios in Costa Rica.
Paul has a background in satellite imagery analysis and coastal zone management. For rePLANET, he will be working on the GIS, Remote Sensing and Marine aspects of Biodiversity Measurement Reports.
Job Titles:
- Senior Operations Manager
Phoenix has a degree in Biology and almost a decade of experience in operational management. From the operational management of international scientific expeditions to remote areas in Central America, corporate sustainability and recycling services in the UK, and the development of carbon and biodiversity projects, Phoenix has built a wealth of operational and practical experience working with NGOs, academics, suppliers, industry and communities. Throughout his career, Phoenix has spent significant time working in remote and challenging environments. With a career focusing in Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the UK, Phoenix has worked on a range of nature-based projects, with a main focus in Latin America.
At rePLANET, Phoenix leads the project operations team, working with in-country partners, service providers and suppliers, and the wider rePLANET team, to plan, manage and support the operational delivery of our projects.
Job Titles:
- Ground Operations Manager for Latin America
For rePLANET, Roberto is responsible for gathering and providing essential information for new projects in Latin America which involves liaising with government authorities, NGO's and local stakeholders
Job Titles:
- Vice - Chair
- Vice - Chair of the RePLANET Board
Sir Charles Burrell studied for a Higher National Diploma in Agriculture and Advanced Farm Management at Cirencester Royal Agricultural College. He inherited Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex from his grandparents in 1983. Despite intensifying the Estate's arable and dairy business for seventeen years, farming on the heavy Sussex clay remained unprofitable. All 3,500 acres of the Knepp Estate are now devoted to a process-led rewilding project involving free-roaming herds of cattle, horses, pigs, and deer as drivers of habitat creation.
Charlie chairs Carpathia in Romania, creating what's been dubbed the Yellowstone of Europe. He also chairs Nattergal, a company involved with trying to solve the problem of capturing private finance to restore nature to landscape scale projects. He sits on the advisory board of Arcadia and is an oversight committee member, for one of Arcadia's flagship projects, The Endangered Landscapes and Seascapes Program. He has retired from the board of Rewilding Britain that he chaired for many years and is now on the supervisory board of Rewilding Europe.