Megan has spent a decade with Wildlife ACT, growing from her first role after university into Operations and Wildlife Monitoring Director, overseeing the organisation’s monitoring projects across Zululand. With a BSc Honours in Conservation Ecology, she bridges strategic conservation planning with the practical, on-the-ground delivery that keeps field teams supported and projects running.
Megan grew up in Cape Town, with a powerful pull towards the wild shaped by numerous family trips to reserves across South Africa. She completed a BSc Honours in Conservation Ecology at Stellenbosch University, carrying out her thesis with a leopard research organisation in the Western Cape, an experience that drew her further into the conservation world. After a period exploring the Northern Hemisphere, she joined Wildlife ACT in 2015, her first official role after graduating.
Over the past ten years, Megan has worked across multiple Wildlife ACT projects in Zululand, including Tembe, Manyoni, uMkhuze, and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, and now serves as Operations and Wildlife Monitoring Director, based at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. She oversees the organisation’s broader monitoring operations across the region, ensuring field teams are supported and conservation activities remain aligned with the organisation’s partnerships and commitments.
Her role spans project management, partnership development with protected area management, fundraising and donor reporting, and staff recruitment, training, and development, connecting day-to-day field realities with the systems and support needed to sustain long-term conservation impact.
Outside of work, Megan enjoys gardening, getaways to the beaches and parks of St Lucia, wine tasting, reading, and travelling to visit friends and family around the world.
“I am motivated by being part of something bigger than myself, knowing that the work we do today contributes to protecting species and ecosystems for future generations.”