Our teams
The Head
Pauline Kayser
President of ABConservation
Class: Mammal
Species: Arboreal Homos sapiens
Gender: Female
Diet: The sweeter it is, the more she enjoys it
Location: Jungle of Paris
Distinctive features: Loud and communicative laugh, formidable tantrums
Personality: Lively and sociable, like the binturong
Favorite hobbies: hiking, climbing, petting her cats, taking care of animals, reading, watching dramas and listening to music
Frédéric Premier
Treasurer of ABConservation
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Diet: Omnivore avec tendance à la tisane au thym
Location: Paris, France
Distinctive features: Long neck and flat feet
Personality: Calm and patient, and almost perfect
Favorite hobbies: Board games, walking, volleyball
After studying radioprotection physics and completing an engineering degree, Frederic is hired by the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN). In 2011, at the same time as his partner Pauline, he discovered binturongs. He is above all the first person to show support to our president in this great adventure, and has been involved in the life of the association since its earliest beginnings, particularly through the write-up of articles, at first without being an official bureau member. He naturally accepted, in 2016 during the association General Meeting, the position of secretary, then in 2018 he took on the role of treasurer (as he’s more comfortable with numbers).
Melissa Perrigon
Secretary of ABConservation
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Omnivorous
Location: Hauts-de-seine
Distinctive features: Known for her glasses and her characteristic pout on pictures
Personality: Quiet, loyal, quirky sense of humor
Favorite hobbies: Eating ("Food is Life") ; vaguely trying some art activity, giving up, moving on to another
Melissa met Agathe during her veterinary studies. Being passionate about wildlife and its conservation as well, after working in small-animal practices she left to volunteer in a rehabilitation center in Cambodia, then went to complete a Masters degree in Wild Animal Health in London. When she got back in France, she talked with Agathe about binturongs and the work of ABConservation, she wanted to give a hand to the association. In May 2018, she was given the role of secretary: she is in charge of proofreading most publications, assists in the translation of texts into English and attends meetings with Pauline and Agathe.
Éléa Delsaux
Secretary - Scientific officer
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Vegetables & pizzas
Location: Palawan soon
Distinctive features: Suntanned and daily hiccups
Personality: Determined, observant, social but a little reserved
Favorite hobbies: Taking care of her animals (a horse and a guinea pig!), watching the sunset, walking on the beach, hiking in the mountains, learning, reading and listening to music
Passionate about animals since childhood and dedicated to their protection, Éléa has always wished to work in the field of wildlife conservation. She therefore oriented her higher education in this direction and met the ABConservation team in 2019 for her 3rd year internship in Biology & Ecology. She went to Palawan Island for one month and fell in love with the island, the binturong and the association. After obtaining a Master's degree in Ethology & Ecology in 2021 and having carried out several experiences as a Study Officer, Éléa invested herself voluntarily in the association at the Scientific Pole and the Communication Pole. In October 2022, she took over the status of Scientific Officer and joined the association's board in November as Secretary. In January 2023, she will join the Philippines team in Palawan to lead our research program.
Ameline Roger
Secretary of ABConservation
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Make efforts
Location: Always on the move
Distinctive features: Extremely long hair
Personality: Quiet and reserved, but also very curious and cannot stand inactivity
Favorite hobbies: Walking alone or with friends, playing board games, helping in care centers, trying new things
Passionate about wildlife and nature in general, Ameline has completed numerous internships in the animal world in parallel with her biology studies. When she reached the halfway point of her master's degree in ethology in Rennes, Ameline decided to take a break from her studies to think about her future. Deciding to get involved in associations, she joined ABConservation as a volunteer in 2021 to assist in zoo animations. Starting her gap year with a civic service in a wildlife care center of the LPO, she finally joined the educational branch in May 2022 and then joined the office as secretary in November 2022.
Agathe Debruille
Honorary member
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Omnivorous with frugivorous tendencies
Location: Nantes
Distinctive features: Sheer white skin that tends to become invisible, bruises easily
Personality: Sweet but energetic, motivated and persistant
Favorite hobbies: Dancing, having drinks with friends and taking care of animals of course!
Name of her favorite binturong : Baliti
Agathe is a vet in a small animals clinic since 2016. She made a lot of internship on exotic animals during her studies which has finaly lead her to La Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris in January 2016. Here she learns to better know the bearcat – a species she discovered younger when she was visiting La Ménagerie- and fall in love with this attaching species with Yoda ears. Her work experience at La Ménagerie allowed her to publish a thesis in animal medicine about the stress of captive binturongs. Elected scientific officer in 2016 and co-president of the NGO in 2018, she leaves the organisation in 2022 and gives a way to the newest. However, her passion for binturongs remains the same.
L'antenne éducative - ABConservation
If you want to know more about our educational actions in France, you can visit its dedicated website (French only).
Mathilde Rebuffaud
Educational programs officer of the branch
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Vegan
Location: In her shoes
Distinctive features: Not her shoes, it changes everyday!
Personality: Calm and dynamic, sociable and solitary,... but always engaged!
Favorite hobbies: Often observed cooking, practicing yoga or playing board games.
Early passionated by museums, nature and sciences, Mathilde naturally makes her studies at the National Natural History Museum of Paris, France. Fallen by chance into the pot of scientific mediation, she decides to carreer there, and completes her Msc in natural sciences by a Msc in scientific mediation at the ENS. She meets Pauline in 2013, while working at La Ménagerie as educational officer. She then helps ABConservation in the organisation of events such as the World Binturong Day and the Feast of Nature! Since this meeting, she kept in touch with Pauline and Agathe and she paticipates now in the activities of the organisation as educational program officer in France.
Mathilde Degiganon
Educational project assistant and leader
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Sugar-ivore
Location: Ile-de-France
Distinctive features: A ring on each finger (Gold on the left hand, and Silver on the right hand).
Personality: Observant, curious, altruistic, determined, and rather funny according to her family and friends.
Favorite hobbies: Playing sports (running, ballet, crossfit), studying and looking after animals, learning, raising awareness, making people laugh, traveling.
Once her master's degree in Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris done, she decided to orient her professional career in the wildlife preservation field. She has always been passionate about wildlife and interested in the different ways/methods to protect animals, as she used to watch many of the National Geographic documentaries as a child. Her desire to put her scientific knowledge and skills to profits for animal protection has been strongly confirmed through the several months experience as a volunteer in animal conservation associations (sea turtles, birds and bats) on the island of Reunion, and in a natural reserve in South Africa. Mathilde has joined ABConservation's educational and awareness-raising team in April 2023 for a civic service mission.
Lise Sagnes
Educational project assistant and leader
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Eat mainly bread
Location: Ile-de-France
Distinctive features: Colorful clothing style
Personality: Curious, observant, social
Favorite hobbies: Drawing, embroidery and watching horror movies
Interested in creation and communication, she entered a school of Fine Arts. With a Master's degree in graphic design and digital interactivity, and a wealth of experience in various fields (internships in museums and virtual reality studios, mathematics conferences, creative workshops), Lise has also developed an interest in the environment and the challenges of protecting the ecosystems around us.
Cherchant à mettre à profit ses connaissances et compétences en tant que graphic designer au service de la cause environnementale, Lise rejoint ABConservation en tant qu’assistante de projets éducatifs en Avril 2023. Elle aidera notamment au développement de la communication sur les actions de l’association.
ABConservation - Royaume-Unis
Louisa Bodnar
ABConservation UK Branch officer
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Arboreal Homos sapiens
Gender: Female
Diet: Vegan, with a passion for fair-trade chocolate
Location: Herefordshire, Royaume-Uni
Distinctive features: Incessant ideas, passionately in love with all nature, especially the Binturong!
Personality: Determined, loyal and optimistic
Favorite hobbies: dancing, walking, cycling, petting her pigs, taking care of animals, reading
Louisa is an zoologist, and has worked in conservation since 2001. Mainly concerned with landscape connectivity and solutions to human wildlife conflict, she has an MSc in Environment and Development, exploring on the ability of fair-trade to conserve forests, and a PhD in Landscape Connectivity, using ecological modeling tools to restore habitats for adders in the UK. She has been involved in carnivore conservation in Poland, Slovakia and Italy, and on returning to the UK fell in love with Binturongs. Louisa is currently developing the UK branch of ABConservation to expand the network of zoos which support our work and developing projects with partners in Palawan to enable the import of fair-trade handicrafts from indigenous, forest dependent people in Palawan to zoo shops in the UK and Europe.
Filipino team
Romain Pageaud
Public Relation Manager
International solidarity volunteer
RKingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Homo sapiens
Gender: Male
Diet: to be improved
Location: Palwan
Distinctive features: loves the heat and always drinks frozen
Personality: Curieux, désireux d’améliorer les choses
Favorite hobbies: La bande dessinée, le manga, « aller voir ailleurs si j’y suis »
Roimain studied in business school, making project and team management his first choice.
During his education, he seizes an opportunity to discover the environment of international solidarity while he made a gap year in the Philippines. Fallen under the spell, he decides to follow the adventure in social and pedagogical environment in Infonesia, Cambodia and Philippines, in schools and NGOs. After about ten years, he gets back to Europe where he works in social environment.
The wish for a new adventure being itching, he candidates for a job offer from ABConservation in 2020. Recruited early 2020, he finally leaves in August 2021 as Public Relation Officer with a International Solidarity volunteering contract.
Éléa Delsaux
Research Project Manager
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Diet: Vegetables & pizzas
Location: Palawan soon
Distinctive features: Suntanned and daily hiccups
Personality: Determined, observant, social but a little reserved
Favorite hobbies: Taking care of her animals (a horse and a guinea pig!), watching the sunset, walking on the beach, hiking in the mountains, learning, reading and listening to music
Passionate about animals since childhood and dedicated to their protection, Éléa has always wished to work in the field of wildlife conservation. She therefore oriented her higher education in this direction and met the ABConservation team in 2019 for her 3rd year internship in Biology & Ecology. She went to Palawan Island for one month and fell in love with the island, the binturong and the association. After obtaining a Master's degree in Ethology & Ecology in 2021 and having carried out several experiences as a Study Officer, Éléa invested herself voluntarily in the association at the Scientific Pole and the Communication Pole. In October 2022, she took over the status of Scientific Officer and joined the association's board in November as Secretary. In January 2023, she will join the Philippines team in Palawan to lead our research program.
Priscylia Luit
Project assistant
Service civique
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Homo sapiens
Gender: Female
Diet: Drinking coffee is like eating rice it should be three times a day
Location: Palawan Island, Philippines
Distinctive features: easy to laugh
Personality: Casual
Favorite hobbies: Discovering new places, eating and photography
Priscylia graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication, marketing and events. She worked in several companies as an event project manager and communication manager. After these studies, she wanted to go abroad to work in an NGO, discover a new culture, and a new country.
Liezl-caitleen Cabigas
Animal Welfare Intern
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Homo sapiens
Gender: Female
Diet: Eat fruit jelly and halo-halo whenever she can
Location: Palawan Island, Philippines
Distinctive features: Likes to use English expressions not always understood by the team, eats slowly, tends to burn his meals and likes to hum songs
Personality: Curious, adventurous, imaginative and positive
Favorite hobbies: Discover new music, learn about different cultures, work in conservation and help animals
Liezl is a native of London, studying animal science at the University of Nottingham in London.
She decided to do a gap year in order to discover the work in NGOs, to discover the work in the field and finally to acquire professional experience.
Reziel Camacho
Scientific Research Assistant
Kingdom : Animal
Class: Mammal
Species: Homo sapiens
Gender: Female
Diet: Riz every meal
Location: Palawan Island, Philippines
Distinctive features: Likes to sing love songs and chaplet prayer
Personality: Shy, sociable and likes to share her knowledge
Favorite hobbies: Hiking, watching sunsets and going on a road trip
Reziel is a native of Palawan and holds a Master's degree in Environmental Science and Management. After her studies, she had the opportunity to work in different local structures and NGOs.
If you also wish to join one of those teams, you can access to volunteering offers on the page:
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