Driving Forces
More than 30 people work for the SOCP in Indonesia, including everything from administration to research. Here you can meet our leading staff members.
Orangutan specialist Ian Singleton has been working for the SOCP from its very start. He is the director of the Orangutan Conservation Programme and manages new projects in species and nature conservation.
Previously Jakarta Representative of Orangutan Foundation-UK and Kalimantan Orangutan Projects Manager of FFI, Gunung assists with all the day-to-day activities of the Director of Conservation, helping to ensure projects run smoothly and deadlines are met.
Involved from the very beginning of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, Suherry Aprianto is responsible for our awareness and education projects.
Serge Wich has almost two decades of experience in behavioural and ecological research on primates and their habitat. He is responsible fot research at three orangutan field sites, large scale orangutan surveys and general biodiversity research in Aceh's peat swamps.
With several years experience in large environmental NGOs in north Sumatra for the last 3 years Santi has been responsible for management of all SOCPs day-to-day operations and logistics.
After graduating from University of Gajah Mada, Rachmad joined the SOCP team as senior veterinarian in 2005 and since 2008 has taken on the role of Quarantine Manager. Rachmad has also received training in Australia and Europe during his time with SOCP.
Asril joined SOCP as the first manager of the quarantine center. Since 2008 he has assisted the Director in coordinating field surveys and research, especially at Suaq, where he himself studied for his degree. Asril has also received training in animal management and husbandry.