Rewilding Europe
 

The Foundation

The legal set up of Rewilding Europe is a foundation under Dutch Law, established 28 June 2011. The foundation has created a limited company (Rewilding Europe Ltd), which is fully owned by the foundation.

The management responsibility of the foundation and limited company is with an Executive Board of four directors: Frans Schepers (Managing Director), Wouter Helmer (Rewilding Director), Neil Birnie (Business & Finance Director) and Staffan Widstrand (Marketing & Communication Director). 

Rewilding Europe will soon establish a Supervisory Board which will have the overall responsibility for the initiative.

Apart from the formal structures, Rewilding Europe currently has three Special Advisors: Princess Laurentien van Oranje, Claude Martin and Odile Rodríguez de la Fuente.

The central team of Rewilding Europe consists of the Executive Board and operational staff, working on different issues. These are all passionate and experienced professionals with different expertise and backgrounds, working from seven different European countries. Conservation, communication and business development are key competencies both at the programme and the project level. The central team is organized in four main components:

  • General Management: Frans Schepers, Violeta Giurgi and Peter de Groot
  • Rewilding: Wouter Helmer, Deli Saavedra, Magnus Sylvén and Joep van de Vlasakker
  • Enterprise Development: Niel Birnie, Giles Davies and Matthew McLuckie
  • Marketing & Communication: Staffan Widstrand and Kristjan Jung

However the main capacity of Rewilding Europe is in the projects. All projects have a dedicated project leader and technical and communications staff in place. All the biographies of the central team members, project leaders and Special Advisors are presented on the website.