Mr James Sawyer CGeog

Biography

Occupation: Director Employer: WSPA Memo: James works as a Director at WSPA managing global programmes of work on Disaster Management, Rabies Vaccination and Humane Dog Control and Oceans. James sits on the Global Senior Management Team of the Charity. Prior to this he was Director of Operations for Coral Cay Conservation and has held posts with a range of development and conservation NGO's both overseas and in the UK. James is also an explorer and has led 14 expeditions in his career as well as having experience of managing projects in over 40 countries. In 2009 James organised and led a team the first exploration of the interior of the North Negros Natural Park providing the first scientific evidence of the Visayan Spotted Deer (the world's rarest) in over 25 years. This was followed up in 2012 with a return to gain the first photos taken in the wild of the world's second rarest deer and wild pig species. He has a BSc (Hons) in Geography and an MSc in Emergency Planning and Disaster Management.