Corporate Partnerships
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Dave Hillyard
International Director of Partnerships - Extn: 819
Dave first joined Earthwatch in September 2000 and has held various positions in the organisation, playing a key role in the development of Earthwatch's work with the private sector. He is currently Director of Programmes, with responsibility for the delivery and development of Earthwatch's field engagement and learning programmes and partnerships with the private sector. Earthwatch has remained at the forefront of NGO/private sector partnerships over the last ten years and it is currently evolving its work in this area. As such, developing new and innovative means of immersing employees and other stakeholders in our field projects is a current focus. This is providing individuals and companies with new and inspiring opportunities to change the way they think and act in relation to the sustainability challenges facing them.
David has a BEng (Hons) from Nottingham University and an MSc (distinction) in Environmental Management from Imperial College, with a long standing passion for the environment and conservation that grew out of a childhood spent in Kenya. He previously worked for Concern Universal, and International NGO and has spent many years working in Southern Africa as well as managing programmes in Asia and Latin America. He has had field experience with Earthwatch in Russia, Iceland, Kenya, Ghana and Botswana.
Marcus Gilleard
Head of Corporate Partnerships - Extn: 660
Marcus joined Earthwatch in July 2008 to lead the Corporate Partnerships Department. In this role, he is responsible for developing and maintaining a corporate engagement strategy for Earthwatch, overseeing the management of corporate programmes and developing existing partnerships with the corporate sector in Europe. Prior to Earthwatch, Marcus worked for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) as a senior agriculture policy officer and co-ordinator of BirdLife International's European Agriculture Task Force. Over a four year period, he led BirdLife's EU and Member State rural development policy work, worked closely with BirdLife Partners to develop their in-country policy advocacy capacity and provided expert technical assistance for developing biodiversity conservation measures across Central and Eastern Europe. Before moving to the RSPB, Marcus worked as a management consultant for Environmental Resources Management (ERM) from 1996 to 2003, providing expert support and advice to a wide range of multinational corporations, governments and the European Commission in relation to environmental and sustainability policy and management. During his latter time at ERM, he was responsible for briefing senior corporate affairs staff across a wide range of sectors on the commercial implications of new and likely future developments in the areas of environmental and corporate social responsibility worldwide.
Marcus is passionate about wildlife and the countryside, and before embarking on his environmental career, he engaged in voluntary conservation work on behalf of various charities in the UK and Zimbabwe. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Zoology from Bristol University and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, University of London. Marcus lives in Oxford and has a keen interest in gardening, walking, reading, photography, skiing and has recently taken up windsurfing. He is also keen on travelling and has visited over 35 countries across the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Paul Laird
Corporate Partnerships Manager - Extn: 844
Paul joined Earthwatch in November 2005 and works with Earthwatch's corporate partners in the agriculture and forestry sectors. As Corporate Partnerships Manager he coordinates programmes with British American Tobacco and Syngenta in particular. As part of Earthwatch's focus on sustainable resource management, these programmes raise awareness of the impacts of agriculture and forestry on biodiversity and develop capacity and skills to address those impacts. Paul has visited Earthwatch's project Restoring Vietnam's Forests, the ‘biodiversity and farming' projects at Upton Farm and Bordeaux which are supported by Syngenta, and British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership activities in Africa, Asia and South America.
Previously he worked for Sheffield Wildlife Trust, Living Earth Foundation, SOS Sahel and the Forestry Commission. Paul is a forester with an MSc in Environmental Management. He has over 20 years' experience of managing forestry, agriculture and rural development projects in Africa (mainly Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia and Cameroon). He has a particular interest in exploring ways in which biodiversity conservation can contribute to sustainable livelihoods for rural communities.
Caridad Canales
Corporate Partnerships Officer - Extn: 832
Peter Hall
Development Manager- Extn: 801
Peter joined the Earthwatch Development team in March 2007 and is responsible for seeking out and developing new corporate partnerships. This involves researching and screening potential new partners, designing partnership programmes, and writing proposals. He also helps to promote Earthwatch as a valuable NGO partner to the private sector. Peter joined Earthwatch in 2004 as an Expedition Recruitment Consultant. In this role, he developed an intimate knowledge of Earthwatch's portfolio of research expeditions and a passion for engaging people in science. He has been lucky enough to have volunteered on two Earthwatch projects; 'Storm Petrels over Portugal' and 'Grey Whale Migrations' in Canada.
Before Earthwatch, Peter worked as a Business Manager for a professional fundraising company based in Sydney, Australia. He oversaw substantial customer acquisition programmes for some of Australia's largest charities, including the Wilderness Society and Surf Lifesaving Australia.
Peter graduated in 2002 with a 2:1 in Management Studies and Spanish from the University of Nottingham and then went traveling around the world. He is passionate about the environment and the challenge of creating a sustainable society, and is currently working towards an MSc in Sustainable Development from Imperial College, London. When he does get some spare time, he enjoys racket sports, surfing, cycling and amateur photography.