Meet the Team

Julia Cable

Operations Director

Responsibilities:

  • Marine Mammal Medic courses: arranging locations, venues, instructors, etc.
  • Equipment ordering, inventory, upkeep, including repairs etc., for training and rescue kit
  • Merchandise ordering, keeping inventory, new products etc. on website shop
  • Area Coordinators, appointing, managing etc.
  • Addressing Marine Mammal Medic problems (including ACs)
  • Event planning
  • Rescue coordination
  • Press/media enquiries
  • Out of Hours management
  • General office management

Contact: julia@bdmlr.org.uk

Dan Jarvis

Director of Welfare and Conservation

Responsibilities:

  • Animal welfare and health assessment advisor
  • Response protocol updates and reviews
  • MMM training course content and delivery
  • Instructor and Advanced Marine Mammal Medic qualification
  • Cornwall Seal Hospital co-manager
  • Conservation partnerships and campaigns
  • Research collaborations
  • Conferences and workshops
  • Media projects
  • Press/media enquiries

Contact: dan@bdmlr.org.uk

Louise Round

Head of Fundraising

Responsibilities:

  • Leading national income generation and developing fundraising strategies, such as regular giving and legacies
  • Building relationships with supporters, trusts, foundations and corporate partners
  • Creating engaging fundraising campaigns and challenges
  • Ensuring donors feel connected to the impact of their support
  • Working closely with, and supporting, our volunteer network and regional teams

Contact: louise.round@bdmlr.org.uk

Will Ritchie

Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Payment of invoices and expense claims
  • Sales invoices and receipts
  • Cash and investments management
  • Annual budget setting
  • Monthly management accounts including forecasting
  • Annual reporting including liaising with external auditors and filing with regulators
  • Tracking restricted income and costs
  • Tax compliance, including VAT, Corporation Tax, and Gift Aid

Contact: will@bdmlr.org.uk

Katie Green

Community Coordinator

Responsibilities:

  • Database functionality, Cardskipper, phones (tech) etc.
  • Courses – managing participants and database imports
  • Website – loading courses on website
  • Press/media enquiries
  • Medic correspondence, renewals etc.
  • Rescue coordination
  • Email administrator
  • Events

Contact: katie@bdmlr.org.uk

Saskia Dunkling

Office Administrator

Responsibilities:

  • General admin – answering emails, admin calls and processing medic renewals
  • Course admin – managing participants and organising course materials
  • Rescue coordination
  • Creating posters, leaflets and other resources
  • Assisting Em Mayman with creating social media posts
  • Assisting Louise Round with the creation of fundraising collateral, including BDMLR Ocean Allies
  • Packing and sending shop orders
  • Adding new donors to Salesforce

Contact: saskia@bdmlr.org.uk

Emily Mayman

Rescue Coordinator

Responsibilities:

  • Rescue coordination
  • Data management: mouth rot project, entanglement ID database, CSIP deceased data record, and Assessment sheet database
  • Instructor & AMMM records
  • Debriefs
  • Updating website
  • Source and develop centralised archives and digital asset management (with GP)
  • Social media
  • Press/media enquiries
  • Moderate regional platforms, supporting ACs
  • Fundraising support

Contact: emily@bdmlr.org.uk

Lewis Griffin

Rescue Coordinator

Responsibilities:

  • Rescue coordination
  • Data management and maintenance: National rescue, cetacean ID, NEST, SSRU, entanglement, MMM courses
  • Annual reports
  • Research projects
  • Development of higher education theory-based courses
  • Support MSc and BSc students in research project development
  • Updating Medic map
  • Seasonal newsletters
  • Debriefs
  • Bria and Salesforce management

Contact: lewis@bdmlr.org.uk