Our team and partners

Peter Bennett

Executive Director and Founder

Following a career in business and a life long interest in wildlife, Peter founded Rainforest Concern in 1993. He is also a founding director of the Planet Foundation (Switzerland), founding director of the Carpathia Foundation (Romania) and trustee of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (UK).
Sarah Fraser

Consultant

Sarah joined Rainforest Concern in 2012, and now co-ordinates our Ecuador projects and handles grant proposals.
Megan Witty

Corporate Fundraiser

Megan began her career as a researcher on live children's and wildlife programmes at Thames Television and then as a Producer/Director, filming wildlife and conservation stories around the world. For the last 10 years, Megan has created and produced a wide range of high profile creative events.
Megan joined the Rainforest Concern team in 2020 as a Corporate Fundraiser.
Helen Brown

Schools Coordinator

Helen worked in the head office from 1997 - 2003. She is now back after a 20 year break!
Xavier Tobin

Biologist

Xavier is an ecologist and conservationist who has worked in the field with arapaima, pink dolphin, black caiman, jaguar, giant otter and various tree species. Currently Xavier is working on quantifying seasonal mammal movement between different forest types in Amazonia.