Brian has over 18 years’ experience in project and development technical assistance management, conservation and enforcement policy, as well as programme monitoring and evaluation. Based in Bangkok for 13 years, he assumed leadership roles in multiple USAID-funded projects implemented by the IUCN/TRAFFIC and Freeland, working across Southeast Asia designed to raise institutional and policy response to counter-wildlife trafficking. Prior to that, he worked for the Asian Development Bank, WWF and Ayala Corporation. He holds a master's degree in Management of Development from the University of Turin, Italy. Brian is an appointed member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL).