Whilst I have always loved animals, I had no idea I would want to dedicate my time to wildlife conservation one day. A safari in Kenya in 2005 started a passion for wild animals and a burning desire to try to have an impact, to save them. A year later I volunteered at Riverside Wildlife Rehabilitation centre in South Africa and I discovered two misunderstood primates species, the Chacma baboons and Vervet monkeys that were rescued, rehabilitated and reintroduced back to their native habitat. The work I've done and witnessed, the impact that successful reintroductions have on the species and their ecosystem opened my eyes on this crucial aspect of wildlife conservation that isn't known or talked about enough. From then on, I wanted to be more involved and helped more rehabilitation centres to successfully reintroduce rescued primates back to the wild. I am French and have been living in London since 2000. With an Engineer diploma and a lot of geeky work in the past, I worked as Head of Group Device Marketing for a Telecom company until I started a 9 month sabbatical leave to focus on the charity. I have two adorable young children, another passion for dancing and also more recently wildlife photography.