Leadership Team
![Dr Llewellyn (Llew) Taylor (Ph.D in Zoology)](https://www.wessa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/llewellyn-taylor.jpg)
Dr Llewellyn (Llew) Taylor (Ph.D in Zoology)
Non-executive Director
Dr Llew Taylor is an accomplished professional with a Ph.D. in Zoology, specialising in the ecology and genetic variation of southern African freshwater prawn species. With a career spanning 42 years, he has made significant contributions to natural resource conservation and management, as well as secondary and tertiary life sciences education and environmental research.
Llew began as an agricultural development officer and later served as a Senior Nature Conservation Scientist, specialising in aquaculture. His teaching experience covers the secondary and tertiary sectors, including various science and mathematics disciplines, and he achieved an MSc with distinction for his work in freshwater prawn aquaculture.
Currently, as the sole proprietor of Taylor Environmental, he excels in ecological assessments, wetland delineation, water resource risk assessments, and IEM processes, conducting assessments and reports on local, regional, and international levels, meeting statutory requirements.