Experience

Dublin Zoo

• Ireland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Curator

  • Jul 2019 - Present



Fota Wildlife Park

• Ireland
• Recreational Facilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Animal Care Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019



Twycross Zoo

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator of Living Collections

  • Apr 2015 - Jan 2018

  General curatorial responsibilities overseeing 57 full time staff and a £1.6 Mill operationalbudget. A registered charity, the zoo is renowned as a specialist primate center and has a widevariety of monkeys and all four great ape species, including the UK’s only group of bonobos. General curatorial responsibilities overseeing 57 full time staff and a £1.6 Mill operationalbudget. A registered charity, the zoo is renowned as a specialist primate center and has a widevariety of monkeys and all four great ape species, including the UK’s only group of bonobos.



Parque Zoológico Buin Zoo

• Chile
• Entertainment
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Animal Collection/ Gerente de Zoología

  • Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  Management responsibilities for the entire animal collection. Supervising departments of veterinary, husbandry and animal management, enrichment and training, Science and Conservation (45 full time employees). www.buinzoo.cl Management responsibilities for the entire animal collection. Supervising departments of veterinary, husbandry and animal management, enrichment and training, Science and Conservation (45 full time employees). www.buinzoo.cl



Universidad Andres Bello

• Chile
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Zoological Animal Welfare/Bienestar Animal Zoológico

  • May 2013 - Jan 2014



Zoo Nacional de Chile (Parquemet)

• Zoological advisor for the City Planning Ministry (Chile National Zoo)

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

  Advisor for husbandry and collection management procedures and Master Plan writing. Advisor for husbandry and collection management procedures and Master Plan writing.



Zoo Aquarium de Madrid

• Spain
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Curator

  • Jul 2001 - Oct 2010

  During the past ten years, I have been Corporate Curator for Birds, Marine Mammals and Reptiles for Parques Reunidos leisure group and based at Madrid Zoo. Here I have overseen the planning and management of the animal collections of up to 6 parks in Spain, with headquarters at Madrid Zoo. At the corporate level, Involved in the setting up and management of a range of new zoological gardens in Spain (Selwo Marina, Benalmádena; Dolphinarium La Pineda, Tarragona; l´Oceanográfic, Valencia). The post also entailed the negotiation and organization of major animal acquisitions and internal transfers, the designing and refurbishment of exhibits, the supervision of animal training, the management of up to 50 staff, and the execution of the annual divisional budget.. The animal collections; included: bottle-nose dolphins, beluga whales, sea lions, walruses, seals, penguins of 7 different species, as well as above 120 bird species from parrots to ostriches.. Achievements included successful transport and acclimatization of entire animal collections (several dozens of dolphins, walruses, beluga whales, penguins, sea lions, flamingos, etc), staff recruitment and starting up processes in three different parks.. At Madrid Zoo, oversaw the management of the animal section including a reproductive group of bottle-nose dolphins, sea lions and seals, as well as 85 bird and 75 reptile species. Supervised animal keepers and related personnel, facilities, animal acquisition/disposition, scientific research, training, operations, exhibitions and husbandry procedures including for behavioral enrichment. . Achievements included improving husbandry and reproduction in the bottle-nose dolphin group, completing the staff recruitment, implementing new concepts and techniques of animal management and transforming the animal shows into educational exhibitions, as well as setting up of different innovative research activities with dolphins, parrots and birds of prey.



Loro Parque

• Spain
• Amusement Parks and Arcades
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Curator

  • Jul 1998 - Jun 2001

  . Oversaw the management of the animal collection; staff (35 full time), facilities, procedures, and husbandry including environmental enrichment measures, and general curatorship responsibilities. International Studbook keeper for Eos histrio, Trichoglossus johnstoniae, Amazona pretrei, Amazona rhodocorytha, Ara glaucogularis.. Animal collection: the largest and most diverse parrot collection worldwide (325 taxa, 3.500 individuals), gorillas, big cats, bottlenose dolphins and sea lions, large penguin collection (over 200 individuals of 5 species).. Achievements included the successful enlargement of the breeding station (adding 700 cages/aviaries), reorganizing the parrot collection with the renewal of the breeding stock, introducing several new rare species, restarting a successful breeding program for Spix´s Macaws, reorganizing incubation protocols and facilities, reorganizing and optimizing supplies, increasing sales of surplus captive-bred parrots, and first time breeding successes for several rare species.



Bird Farm Palma de Mallorca

• Curator

  • Jun 1996 - Jul 1998

  . The largest private parrot collection in continental Europe (over 2.500 individuals of 120 taxa. Oversaw the construction of facilities, importation of birds, curatorship procedures, personnel, etc.. Achievements included the acquisition and importation of over 2.500 parrots of more than 150 taxa, the construction of 800 aviaries/cages, and the launch of breeding activities and hand rearing protocols. . The largest private parrot collection in continental Europe (over 2.500 individuals of 120 taxa. Oversaw the construction of facilities, importation of birds, curatorship procedures, personnel, etc.. Achievements included the acquisition and importation of over 2.500 parrots of more than 150 taxa, the construction of 800 aviaries/cages, and the launch of breeding activities and hand rearing protocols.