About Us
Meet the Team
Jonathan Ledgard
CEO, Founder
Developed the interspecies money concept from decades long field, economic, and tech experience. Former director and fellow, EPFL. Visiting professor in AI and Nature, CVUT. Former Africa correspondent, The Economist. Acclaimed novelist.
Kaja Wasik, PhD
CSO, Founder
Genomics researcher and founder of two biotechnology companies: Gencove and Variant Bio. Pioneered the concept of benefit sharing with communities in biotech. Visiting scholar, Princeton University and adjunct Professor at JCVI. Advisor to numerous startups.
Patrick McSharry, PhD
CTO, Founder
Expert in AI, machine learning, data science, predictive analytics and financial services. Advisor to World Bank, OECD, and private sector. Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with Oxford University.
Tosca Tindall
Finance Lead, Founder
Economist focused on catalysing private sector finance for climate and nature. Member of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University at Oxford. Stanford Long-Term Investment Fellow.
Constantin Bjerke
Communications Lead
Multi-cultural, award-winning media entrepreneur, board advisor, creative brand consultant and producer.
Keriane Nzabampema
Field AI Lead
AI engineer at Carnegie Mellon University. Actuary. Leveraging AI for social good by creating systems that drive positive community impact.
Anna Behm Masozera
African Great Apes Lead
Decades-long expertise on human and gorilla coexistence. Practitioner in social-ecological systems for great apes and other species.
Our Advisors
Hiba Larsson works at the intersection of nature, entrepreneurship, and finance. She brings two decades of international experience across financial markets in London, Abu Dhabi, Sydney, and Stockholm. Hiba advises Tehanu on sustainable finance models.
Martin Wikelski is director of the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour and science advisor to Tehanu. Martin invented and is building the Internet of Animals, an intelligent sensor network which tracks and helps protect animal migrations worldwide.
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American novelist, widely recognised as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction. Tehanu seeks to become a positive contribution to his imagined Ministry of the Future.
Government Partners
Partners, Builders and Enablers
