Australia/Switzerland

Tanya is an award winning journalist, filmmaker and communications executive.

For eight years, until recently Tanya was the Global Head of Film and Television at WWF International, based in Geneva, Switzerland. She is now project director on a landmark new climate series for a major international broadcaster.

During her time at WWF Tanya worked in some remarkable places in order to communicate science and conservation messages - from Svalbard in the Arctic, to the shores of Lake Chad and the Altay Mountains of Mongolia. One of Tanya’s last bodies of work at WWF was to produce and direct a four part climate series for Al Jazeera’s global English language channel.

Part of Tanya's job also involved corporate social responsibility work with the global broadcast industry and working with filmmakers and broadcasters on sustainability issues.

Before joining WWF she worked as a business correspondent and presenter at the BBC, a correspondent and journalism trainer in southern Africa and a radio and television journalist at the ABC in Australia.