COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE
“Papa Phil” is a beloved leader in both the USA and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his native country. Few people possess the extraordinary patience, wisdom and diplomacy that Phil has that enables him to lead people steadily towards attaining difficult, complex, and lofty goals. Even fewer people possess these skills in business. Phil is that type of character, a strong but calm bridge between many beings, people of different culture and their beliefs and viewpoints. Phil Malula has 15 years experience in international trade and development, providing investors with market and risk analysis; distribution, marketing, licensing and joint venture transactions. He brokers access to government entities in Sub-Saharan Africa and facilitate access to markets on the continent for individual investors, businesses, private firms and nonprofit organizations. Phil Malula received an MBA in International Business from Steven Henager College (Salt Lake City, UT, USA), after receiving a Bachelors degree in Business Management from Westminster University(Salt Lake City, UT, USA) and a Law degree from ULK (Université Libre de Kinshasa) DRC

PROJECT LEAD
Emily has studied and worked simultaneously in the areas of regenerative organic agriculture, sustainable architecture, and urban design over the last 45 years. She studied Biology, Urban Design and Architecture at Stanford University, Environmental Design at the University of Georgia, and Field Biology at the AMNH Southwestern Research station in Arizona as well as Art History at Stanford University in Florence, Italy. Her focus has always been on environmental sustainability, indigenous wisdom, appropriate economic development, appropriate technology and since 1997 has studied and worked on carbon neutral plans-evaluations. She has worked in non-profit and for-profit sectors and on both micro and macro projects. She has initiated and operated numerous ventures since the 1970’s.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
As an electrical engineer, Mr. MUNGONO worked for SNEL (the Congo national electricity company) as the Head of Direct Current Transmission Division in Inga, Western Region. He participated in the construction of the high-voltage transmission line, directing current Inga Kolwezi from construction to operation. He then joined the International ABB Group in DRC. He has experience on the design and operation of THTCC systems for having worked for two years in Sweden at the ABB office where he participated in the studies projects such as Three Gorges (China) and Outaouais (Canada). He has participated in several technical audit missions organized for the improvement of SNEL networks in DRC. He held the position of Deputy Project Manager as a consultant for projects financed by international donors (World Bank, AfDB, kfW, etc. (’04-’08). Mungono is a professor at ISTA (Institut Superieur des Techniques Appliquées) since 2004

BOARD MEMBER
Charly Lamba is a tireless, exhuberant and enthusiastic advocate for the environment of his country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Charly is a native of the Province of Kisangani, specifically, Sud Ubangi-Bozene. The area is known primarily for it’s heart stopping Falls on the Congo river, which traditionally, and currently, force all forms of transportation and distribution of goods to find alternate routes around the Falls. This natural occurrence, over time, has created a regional identity involving communication and trade, and as no exception to this standard, Charly is well versed in these attributes, having started his career training in Agricultural Diplomacy at the Bongisa Institute in 2004. He holds a degree in Agronomy, specialising in Forestry Science at IFA-YANGAMBI University.

Regional Implementing Team Lead
Prince Ndenge is based in the community of Basoko in Bandundu on the border of the Provinces of Kwilu and Mai-Ndome at the confluence of the Kwango, Kwilu and Kasai rivers. He has worked in the rainforest from this base here since 2015. The region is on the edge of some of the most impressive and important rainforest in the world. Prince is an Agricultural Engineer, a masters, trained at both the University of Kinshasa and at the University of Lubumbashi in agronomy and agricultural engineering. Currently, Prince is a manager for the CAFI funded project known as the Mai-ndombe Integrated Program for the Reduction of Emissions related to Deforestation and Forest Degradation (PIREDD MAI- NDOMBE) under the supervision of the World Bank, Executed by the FRMi-WWC consortium.

Board Member - IFMAN DRC
Sam is a key player in the Community Circles program for the Institute for Man and Nature – Congo in the 16,000,000 Hectare carbon credit REDD+ project area including the community economic development planning for the forest communities in the Peatlands and Pygmy Tribal region. Previously, Sam was managing director of Rainforest Capital, a private equity conservation fund in San Francisco, California, with 3,400 acres of land, sustainable agriculture and ecotourism enterprises under management, and a $14-million family office investment of mixed equity and debt. Before Rainforest Capital, Sam was founder and CEO of Ceiba Forestry, where he developed investment opportunities for projects integrating agroforestry, clean technology, and biodiversity conservation in Latin America, the Caribbean Basin, and Africa.

Board Member
GIS & RS Specialist Advisor
Dr. Laporte is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Forestry at the Northern Arizona University (USA). Her work focuses on applications of satellite imagery for mapping, monitoring, managing and conserving tropical forests. She has spent some 30 years building institutional and human technical capacity for governments and NGOs in Africa, including establishing a research office in central Congo. Dr. Laporte’s research has influenced tropical forest policies and increased transparency in the environmental sector. A central piece of her technical capacity building activities has focused on remote sensing and GIS training of young analysts and scientists in order to reduce national science and technology gaps. She developed an “Integrated Forest Monitoring System for Central Africa”, combining fine scale satellite imagery information with field observations to improve forest management practices in the logging sector, as well as the “Protected Area Watch for the Albertine Rift” to promote forest and wildlife conservation in Eastern Africa.

Sustainable Development Advisor
Noel worked for many years with the Irish Government in the areas of environment, climate change and sustainable development where he led the Irish delegation at UN international negotiations on climate change (UNFCCC) and previously was Director of Ireland’s National Council for Sustainable Development (Comhar SDC). Noel has also worked as a consultant on Climate Finance to Irish Aid, at the Department of Foreign Affairs, and is on the UN roster of national experts for climate change, as nominated by the Irish Government. Noel has worked on consultancy for capacity building on climate action and sustainability in southern Africa and in Ghana.

Chief Executive Officer
Aidan is based in West Cork, Ireland and is CEO of MèreMer. Following 20+ years with DIAGEO, he co-founded a tech company in 2011 where they delivered bespoke solutions to major organisations such as Capita Symonds (London), Ulster Bank (Dublin), and the Irish education system (various), before focusing entirely on the creation of technology to support positive climate action.

Chief Operations Officer
A senior-level operator in global companies such as Manchester United, Nike, Celador and WWE. Ross has also worked on behalf of McLaren F1, Aston Martin and Premiership Rugby. His expertise lies in the creation and execution of our technology platform where multiple partners are involved on both the 'supply' and 'demand' sides.

Chief Environmental Scientist
Chartered Environmentalist.
Chair of the Board: Society for the Environment.
Former Department of the Environment Director, UK Government.
30+ years experience providing environmental advice and guidance to Governments, Businesses and NGOs at the highest level.

Head of Carbon GIS & RS
A global leader in the study and measurement of unlocking habitats to combat climate change. His papers on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing as they pertain to the measurement of carbon stocks have been universally well received. He is also a lecturer and researcher in Climate Change Mitigation at Hue University, Vietnam.

Head of Biogeochemistry
A leading biogeochemist working to identify drivers of change with an emphasis in how human activities influence carbon cycle and ecosystems.

Sustainable Finance Advisor
Global head of risk and sustainable finance at First Derivative. He has led global risk platform redesigns and corporate sustainability governance and implementation frameworks for a number of tier 1 banks and other leading financial organisations.

Climate Change Law Specialist
Lev is a lawyer specialising in climate change law as well as transaction and investment structuring and implementation. He has extensive experience in international climate and carbon market policy including in the voluntary carbon market and the evolving mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. His experience also includes advising clients on international asset and project financings as well as domestic and cross-border renewable energy and carbon project development. Lev previously worked in leading US and international law firms in London, Singapore and Sydney. Philip Lee LLP is a full-service corporate and commercial law firm with its headquarters in Dublin and with offices in London and San Francisco.

Chairman
One of the most respected professionals in the commercial cultural and sporting sectors. He's also a Business Development Consultant for Penningtons Manches law-firm. Created and handled the Fellows Fund Raising Programme for Westminster Abbey. Handled commercial rights to 3 x FIFA World Cups, Welsh & Scottish Rugby Union Football League, and the first professional British & Irish Lions Rugby Tour to South Africa in 1997.

Social Terrain
Mr Emery Brusset specialises in social performance evaluation with a particular interest in fragile situations. After working as a field officer in UN humanitarian missions in Iraq, Bosnia, Sudan and Rwanda, Mr Brusset worked full time from 1995 collecting primary data and analysing impact for prestigious public and private sector clients. He is a graduate of Yale and the London School of Economics, and lives in France.

Social Terrain
Although Chris Horwood has recently been focused on environmental protection, afforestation, carbon forestry and ecological recovery, he is also a migration specialist, manager, development economist and research analyst who has worked over the course of 30 years on a wide range of assignments in over 20 countries. He has worked with governments, the UN / multinational organizations and NGOs as well as running his independent consulting agency, Ravenstone Consult. Mr Horwood holds a BA in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, an MSc in Development Economics (London), as well as an MSc in Forestry (Bangor) - with a specialist course in Carbon Forestry (Freiburg). His Forestry dissertation was on agroforestry and the voluntary carbon markets in Kenya.

Social Terrain
Mr Phillip Griffin worked in banking and risk analysis before joining Social Terrain to manage its operations. For over 30 years he has travelled to the Middle East and central Asia, and Horn of Africa for clients. Mr Griffin has a BA in Economics and Public Administration as well as a certificate in evaluation for humanitarian aid from Overseas Development Institute (ALNAP).

Social Terrain
Mr Julien Brusset worked as a volunteer for philanthropic organisations before joining a defence company, focussing on project management in technological innovation for northern Europe and Latin America. After four years he joined Social Terrain in 2020 as an evaluation consultant in charge of the digitalisation of data collection, analysis and presentation. He holds a Bachelor in War Studies from Kings College, and a Master in Management from the London School of Economics and CEMS.