Frans Schepers

Frans Schepers is the co-founder and Executive Director of Rewilding Europe, a position held since January 2011, and serves as Executive Producer for the National Geographic series "Europe’s New Wild." Other current roles include Board Member at Natura Africae and the Global Rewilding Alliance, as well as a Trustee member for the Zambian Carnivore Programme. From April 2014 to March 2024, Schepers was a Board Member of Rewilding Sweden and served as a Board Member for Rewilding Velebit from December 2020 to December 2022. Formerly, Schepers held multiple management positions at WWF Netherlands from July 2000 to December 2010, and worked at Rijkswaterstaat and the Provincie Limburg in various capacities related to environmental and spatial planning. Schepers holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Ecology, Forestry, Land and Water Management from Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, earned between 1981 and 1985.