Alfredo Abreu

Alfredo Abreu works for both the Bible Society and Charis Europe. His areas of responsibility include Communication, Development, and Bible Advocacy. He studied Sociology in Lisbon and Theology at Regent College, Vancouver.  More

Professor Sam Berry

RJ "Sam" Berry is Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College London. He is a past President of Christians in Science, the Linnean Society, the British Ecological Society and the European Ecological Federation.  More

Martin Goldsmith

Martin Goldsmith is a widely-travelled speaker and author. Born in England, he spent part of his childhood in Bermuda, then trained as a Russian interpreter.  More

The Rt Rev James Jones

James Jones became Bishop of Liverpool in 1998. Over the last 12 years he has been deeply involved in Urban Regeneration - 45% of the parishes in the Diocese of Liverpool are Urban Priority Areas.  More

The Rt Rev Dr D Zac Niringiye

Bishop Zac is the Assistant Bishop in Kampala Diocese, with the Church of Uganda. He has had a distinguished career as a theologian, mission leader, pastor, HIV/AIDS activist and organizational development consultant. In 2007, when the A Rocha Leaders' Forum met in Kenya, he taught the delegates each day on the theme of Conservation, poverty and hope >>  More

Dr Vinoth Ramachandra

Vinoth Ramachandra lives in Sri Lanka with his Danish wife Karin, whom he married in December 1998. Dr Ramachandra was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he also had his secondary schooling. He holds bachelors and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of London.  More

Matthias Stiefel

Matthias Stiefel was the Chair of A Rocha’s International Trustees from July 1999 to October 2008, overseeing the period of rapid growth which saw A Rocha’s work spread from four to eighteen countries. More

Rev Dr John Stott

John Stott, Rector Emeritus of All Souls Langham Place, London, is well-known throughout the world as a theologian and author.  His many classic works include Basic Christianity (IVF 1959) and Issues Facing Christians Today (Marshall Pickering 1990).  More

Dr Simon Stuart

Dr Simon Stuart is the Senior Species Scientist for the Conservation International Center for Applied Biodiversity Science.  He is also Chair of the IUCN/SSC Biodiversity Assessments Sub-Committee.  More

Dr Juliet Vickery

Juliet Vickery is Head of International Research at the RSPB. She spent 11 years working for the BTO, focusing on farmland birds in Britain, particularly on researching the reasons for their decline and ways to stem and reverse the trends.  More

Rev Dr Chris Wright

Christopher JH Wright was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and taught high school there for some years after graduating from Cambridge in 1969. After obtaining a Cambridge doctorate in Old Testament economic ethics, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1977 >> More

Mark Mariotti

From 2004-2006 Mark was Development Director for A Rocha International. Prior to this he worked for fifteen years with a variety of NGOs and UN projects in Africa and Eastern Europe. He has a wide experience of project development and management in many different contexts.  More

David Payne

David is the ARI Representative with A Rocha Kenya and the A Rocha Uganda Initiative. He is also interested in looking at new ways of strengthening and developing environmental and conservation activities in partnership with churches and local communities in countries where A Rocha is not yet a registered organisation. More

Anne, Lady Prance

Anne Prance was born and educated in the UK. She has taught English in New York to people of many nationalities, and also in the university in Manaus, Brazil. She has written articles and co-authored books with her husband, Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, who is Chair of the A Rocha International Trustees. She has recently translated a short oral history from Portuguese to English.  More