Steve Galster, Freeland

Steve Galster is Chairman of the International Management Committee at Freeland, a global, non-profit organisation with a vision for a world free of wildlife trafficking and human slavery. Including Freeland, Steve has helped develop five organisations, including Global Survival Network (US), Phoenix (Russia), WildAid, and ASEAN-WEN. Steve also served as a Chief of several USAID-sponsored programmes between 2005-2012 and now works closely with the ASEAN Secretariat, NGOs, Police, Customs, and environmental agencies of 14 Asian countries to develop multi-agency task forces and public awareness initiatives that address transnational organised crime.  His background covers investigative research, media campaigning, and programme development relating to counter-human and wildlife trafficking in the former Soviet Union, USA, China, Afghanistan, Africa, and Southeast Asia.