Livia Esterhazy joined WWF-New Zealand in May 2017 as Chief Executive Officer. Coming from a corporate background, Livia reached a point where she wanted to apply her commercial expertise to make a positive contribution to the wider social good. She is hugely passionate about sustainability, environmental matters and creating real impact. Prior to WWF, Livia was Managing Director of Clemenger BBDO where she successfully led the modernisation of the Wellington-based business.

Joseph Simms was selected as the Assistant Attaché for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Hong Kong in August 2019.  As the Assistant Attaché, he provides investigative and programmatic support for HSI’s mission in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Simms was a Special Agent in the Public Safety division at HSI Baltimore, MD for seven years focusing primarily on the investigation and prosecution of violent transnational gangs in and around Baltimore, MD. Mr.

Sharon Pamplona is the Head of Financial Crime and MLRO at ANZ Hong Kong. She has almost 14 years of experience in banking and finance throughout Asia. She has been based in the Philippines, in Cambodia leading the Financial Crime and Compliance team there and providing advisory counsel for Indonesia and China, and most recently in Hong Kong. She is continuing her prolific career with ANZ Banking Group as the HK Head of Financial Crime and MLRO while championing the fight against Illegal Wildlife Trafficking within the bank.

Brian Gonzales is the Head of Protection of Endangered Species at WWF Hong Kong. He is a core member of the WWF Asia Pacific Counter-Illegal Wildlife Trade Hub. He has over 20 years’ experience in project and development technical assistance management, conservation and enforcement policy, as well as programme monitoring and evaluation.

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Ben Brock joined TRAFFIC in 2019 as Wildlife Crime Analyst, before this he was an Inspector within the UK’s National Crime Agency and built over 15 years’ experience in tackling a range of transnational organised crime. He maintained financial intelligence qualifications throughout his career and worked within the UK’s Financial Intelligence Unit where he was responsible for the analysis of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and responding to emerging threats and tactical opportunities against money-laundering.