Team

RACHEL LAWTON, Volunteer

12 Dec , 2024 Team

RACHEL LAWTON, Volunteer

Rachel, a passionate geographer with a qualification in sustainable management, left the UK for a life in Peru over ten years ago and hasn’t looked back. She brings over 15 years of combined experience in educational leadership, data management, and content creation to Plant Your Future, supporting our mission to restore the Amazon and empower Read More

ROY ROJAS DOMÍNGUEZ, Field Technician 

12 Dec , 2024 Team

ROY ROJAS DOMÍNGUEZ, Field Technician 

Roy is a skilled Field Technician with expertise in reforestation of native species and sustainable agriculture, particularly in the Amazon region. Based in Ucayali, Roy has been instrumental in establishing and managing forest, agroforestry, and silvopastoral systems for Plant Your Future. His extensive experience includes reforesting degraded land with native Amazonian species and supporting the Read More

JENNY HENMAN, Founder and Chairman

1 Dec , 2024 Team

JENNY HENMAN, Founder and Chairman

Jenny founded Plant Your Future and has over 20 years of experience in Natural Climate Solutions.She has a proven track record of implementing successful carbon finance programmes, withextensive technical, commercial, and policy expertise in generating carbon credits from forestry,agriculture, and land-use activities. Her experience spans NGOs, corporate, consulting, and inter-governmental sectors, including work with organizations Read More

OSTING RENATO ROMAN DEL AGUILA, Chief Operating Officer

1 Dec , 2024 Team

OSTING RENATO ROMAN DEL AGUILA, Chief Operating Officer

Osting is a Forestry Engineer with extensive hands-on experience in reforestation and environmentalrestoration, particularly working with smallholder farmers. He specializes in restoring degradedareas using native forest species in regions such as Ucayali, Huánuco, and San Martín. He hapreviously worked with cocoa and coffee cooperatives, as well as with USAID in the PeruvianAmazon. In addition, Osting Read More

JOANA MENDES GODINHO, Trustee

16 Nov , 2024 Team

JOANA MENDES GODINHO, Trustee

Joana has over 20 years of experience in the forestry sector, working across Europe and Africa inresearch, policymaking, consulting, planning, and project implementation. Joana holds a degree inForest and Natural Resources Management from the Institute of Agronomy at Lisbon University

EDGAR MORA, Trustee

16 Nov , 2024 Team

EDGAR MORA, Trustee

Edgar has over 20 years of experience across a variety of sectors, including finance, financialmanagement and impact investing. While working as a partner at Clarmondial AG he led efforts onthe Biosphere Integrity Fund, focusing on initiatives in Peru. He holds an MBA from the Hong KongUniversity of Science and Technology and an Engineering degree from Read More

PIP JOHNSTONE, Website Developer

16 Nov , 2024 Team

PIP JOHNSTONE, Website Developer

With a PhD from Cambridge in Plant Sciences, and experience working as a web developer, Pip is very proud to support Plant Your Future in maintaining and developing their online presence.

CAMILLA AMOORE, Coordination and Development Manager

16 Nov , 2024 Team

CAMILLA AMOORE, Coordination and Development Manager

Camilla has 17 years of experience in fundraising, development, and project coordination acrossvarious sectors, including conservation, wildlife protection, sustainable development and financialservices. As the Coordination and Development Manager she oversees fundraising strategies,manages donor relationships, and cultivates partnerships to support agroforestry and reforestationinitiatives. Prior to joining Plant Your Future, Camilla worked in Zambia, where she collaborativelyraised Read More

TOBY PARKES, Trustee

16 Nov , 2024 Team

TOBY PARKES, Trustee

Toby is the CEO and Director of Rhizocore Technologies, a company focused on enhancing treeplanting operations through the use of fungal biodiversity. He previously worked as a researcher atthe Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he contributed to the Millennium Seed Bank Project,developing cryopreservation and tissue culture techniques for storing and regenerating plantembryos. Toby holds a Read More