More than 30 people work for the SOCP in Indonesia, including everything from administration to research. Here you can meet our leading staff members. 

Dr Ian Singleton Director Conservation
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.

Gunung Gea Deputy Director 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.

Farina Yasmine Nasution Director Education
Replaced recently former Director Suherry Aprianto and is now responsible for our awareness and education projects.

Serge Wich Director of Research
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.

Desanti Lavita Lubis Operations Manager
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.

Dr vet Yenny Saraswati Quarantine Manager
Yenny, a graduate of the Bogor Agricultural Institute, joined the team in 2008 as Senior veterinarian at the SOCPs Orangutan Quarantine Center. Yenni replaced Rahmad, who resigned in early 2011.

Asril Abdullah Field Coordinator
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.