David Cowdrey

David is a conservationist who works for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and manages the Policy & Campaigns team, working on issues like the illegal wildlife trade, elephant conservation and closing down domestic and international ivory markets. Previously David had worked for WWF for over 11 years, partly as the Director of the illegal wildlife trade campaign, which changed the law in the UK and made Control of Trade in Endangered Species (COTES) offences arrestable and introduced the first ever sentencing guidance for Magistrates in the UK on Wildlife Crime. While working at WWF David also covered communications for international conferences including CITES, Climate Change and International Whaling Commission (IWC) meetings as well as leading the Press & Media Relations team in the UK.