| Our Team |
Anthony Mills (Chief Executive)
A full list of Anthony's publications can be viewed here. James Reeler (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Within C4 EcoSolutions, James has developed projects related to: the Voluntary Carbon Standard through urban and rural forestry in South Africa; Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation (REDD) programme initiatives in Zambia and Botswana; and a wide range of adaptation projects. He provided technical advice to the Rwandan Africa Adaptation Project (AAP), and has been responsible for scientific and ecological analyses for a number of carbon projects throughout Africa. James is presently developing a climate change adaptation project for Afghanistan (which will focus on utilising ecosystem-based adaptation), as well as a Project Implementation Form (PIF) for Rwanda for the Least Developed Countries Fund. Mike Jennings (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Glwadys Aymone Gbetibouo (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Roland Hunter (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Thabisisani Ndhlovu (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Petra de Abreu (Restoration Ecology and Climate Change Consultant)
Clelia Sirami (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Sarah Lewis (Climate Change and Environmental Consultant)
Megan Bieber (Administrator and Personal Assistant)
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Dr Anthony Mills is an ecologist and soil scientist. His academic background includes a B.Sc. Zoology (University of Cape Town), M.Sc. Environmental Geochemistry (University of Cape Town), M.Phil. Environment and Development (University of Cambridge) and a PhD in Soil Science (Stellenbosch University). Anthony consults on adaptation and mitigation and undertakes ecological research with a soil science focus. His consulting focuses on innovative, evidence-based solutions for adapting to climate change, conserving and restoring ecosystems, mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration, and capacity building in developing countries. He also conducts primary research on soil-plant relationships and ecosystem functioning through the Department of Soil Science at Stellenbosch University and is the primary author on 24 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
James Reeler is currently enrolled to complete his PhD in Conservation Biology at the University of the Western Cape. His thesis examines correlations between different bio-climatic models, and uses them in the prediction of alien plant species invasiveness and responses to climate change. 
Mike Jennings has a M.Sc. in Marine Biology from Rhodes University. He has prior experience in the environmental consulting field and has managed a number of large-scale projects in a wide range of African countries. Mike has spent time in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean working for the Conservation and Fisheries Department. His specific skills include water resources specialist reporting, strategic assessments, environmental management planning, GIS and adaptation and mitigation project development. Mike’s recent work at C4 EcoSolutions, since July 2010, includes the development of three Voluntary Carbon Standard revegetation projects that were successfully validated in September 2011, as well as Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation (REDD and REDD+) programme initiatives. Mike has been contracted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as an adaptation consultant to develop private sector projects that build climate change resilience through the Building Africa’s Resilience to Climate Change (BAREC) programme. The initial focus is on Mozambique, Zambia and Niger through the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR). Mike is currently leading the development of an Adaptation Fund project in Cambodia, which focuses on restoring degraded forest ecosystems to provide vulnerable rural communities with valuable non-timber forest products and a range of ecosystem services. Additional work conducted by Mike in C4 EcoSolutions includes the development of Project Documents, PIFs, Concept Notes for the Arab Climate Resilience Initiative (ACRI, UNDP), Nepal (UNEP), Mozambique (UNEP), Mozambique Limpopo River Basin climate-proofing strategy (UNDP/UNEP) and the management of supplementary planting and monitoring of over 200 ha of trial spekboom restoration sites for European investors.
Dr Glwadys Aymone Gbetibouo has a PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of Pretoria and is an agricultural and environmental economist who specialises in climate change and agriculture. Since 2002, she has been involved in climate change research projects in Africa and has planned, implemented and monitored research activities on climate change vulnerability assessments and adaptation. Glwadys’ work has contributed significantly to the present understanding of the international community on the economics of climate change in African agriculture. She has experience in measuring the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the adaptation behaviour and vulnerability of rural communities to climate change and variability. 
Roland Hunter has an M.Sc. in Botany from the University of Cape Town. Roland's M.Sc. thesis investigated the phosphorus nutrition of proteas. After graduating, he spent a further year as a research assistant on a related project which aimed to improve fertiliser guidelines for commercial cutflower protea growers. Since joining the C4 team at the begining of 2011, Roland has primarily been involved in producing NRB reports, which assess the rate of deforestation as a result of domestic firewood consumption as a component of carbon credit-generating projects. He has also contributed several of C4's ongoing climate change adaptation projects and course development. Most recently Roland has become involved in a project aiming to assess the health and extent of carbon-rich peatlands in the Nuwejaars Special Management Area in the Cape Agulhas area.
Thabisisani Ndhlovu holds an M.Sc. in Conservation Ecology from Stellenbosch University. Thabisisani joined C4 EcoSolutions in June 2011. He has co-developed climate change adaptation courses for the Global Climate Exchange, conducted ecological research in the Nuwejaars Special Management Area on the commercial viability of using carbon finance to restore eroded peatlands, and conducted a baseline and indicator study for the LDCF project on Early Warning Systems in The Gambia.
Petra de Abreu has a M.Sc. in Conservation Biology from the University of Cape Town. She has a strong passion for the environment and particularly the link between the environment and human well-being. Petra's career highlights include one year of conservation management at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and two years of lecturing at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Some of her volunteer work includes outreach greening in community school gardens and ringing, mist netting and extraction of passerines on Fregate Island in the Secheylles as well as for the South African Bird Ringing Unit. During her time at C4 EcoSolutions, since August 2011, Petra has been involved in developing and writing the Zambian and South African chapters for the "African Early Warning and Advisory Climate Services" (AEWACS) project run by the African Centre of Meteorological Applicaton for Development (ACMAD). This included conducting a needs assessment and review of Early Warning Systems in both countries. Furthermore, Petra has co-developed several other climate change adaptation projects including ecosystem-based adaptation projects in Rwanda (GEF PIF), Cambodia (AF Concept Note) and Turkey (a national programme) as well as a Climate Proofing Strategy for the Mozambique Limpopo River Basin. She is presently developing the NAPA for Myanmar.
Dr Clelia Sirami is a landscape and conservation ecologist with a background in agricultural science. Clelia has a M.Sc. in Agricultural and Environmental Science from Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Montpellier, France and a PhD in Ecology from the University of Montpellier, France. She has been conducting research on the impacts of land-use changes and climate changes on landscapes and biodiversity in a wide range of ecosystems. In particular, she has been studying the long-term impacts of land abandonment on Mediterranean landscapes, the consequences of bush encroachment in southern African savannas and the role of landscapes heterogeneity for biodiversity in South African farmlands. She is also involved in an international research team assessing the role of landscape heterogeneity for biodiversity and ecosystem services in farmlands across several countries in Europe and North America. Clelia has been involved in research projects with both social and ecological components. During her time at C4 Ecosolutions, Clelia has provided input into the agricultural components of various climate change adaptation projects being developed. In addition, she has conducted data analysis for several peer-reviewed publications.
Sarah Lewis was born and educated in the UK where she obtained a B.Sc. Honours in Zoology from the University of Nottingham. Her dissertation focused on how supplementary food affects the reproductive success of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus. She then moved to South Africa in 2010 where she completed a M.Sc. in Conservation Biology from the University of Cape Town and received the Johnson Family Trust Award for top student. Her thesis titled 'Valuing an ecotourism resource: a case study of the Boulders Beach African Penguin Spheniscus demersus colony' gave her an insight into the inportance of environmental valuation techniques that are promised to increase in importance in future conservation approaches. Prior to her university career, Sarah travelled to various parts of Africa, volunteering at wildlife rehabilitation centres in Limpopo Province and KwaZulu Natal. It was here that she discovered her passion for African wildlife and ecosystems and experienced firsthand many of the problems that they face. It was this experience that motivated her for a career in the conservation of the natural world. Within C4 EcoSolutions, Sarah is co-developing a NAPA for Myanmar.
Megan Bieber joined C4 EcoSolutions in June 2011. She assists and supports C4 staff on missions abroad and with administrative tasks in the office. Prior to working for C4, Megan assisted the Managing Director of a manufacturing company with Financial, Human Resources and Marketing and was also the company's bookkeeper. Megan gained valuable exposure to business intelligence, law firms and the hospitality industry during her years of living and travelling abroad. Megan is currently studying part time in order to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management.
