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Dr. Asha de Vos
Founder Executive Director
Asha is a Sri Lankan marine biologist, ocean educator and pioneer of blue whale research within the Northern Indian Ocean. She calls the population of blue whales in Sri Lankan waters ‘the Unorthodox Whales’ .
Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya
Founding Director
Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya is an Environmental Scientist with over 25 years of experience working in Asian countries in the environment and wildlife conservation sectors.
Dr. Eric Wikramanayake
Founding Director
Dr. Eric Wikramanayake is a conservation biologist with over 25 years of experience throughout Asia, working on landscape-scale spatial planning for conservation of endangered large mammals in Asia, ecosystem-based approaches to reducing climate change vulnerabilities.