Ian Redmond OBE

Ian Redmond is a tropical field biologist born in Malaysia in 1954 who has spent over 40 years working with mountain gorillas and elephants. He worked with Dian Fossey in Rwanda from 1976, and introduced Sir David Attenborough to gorillas for BBC filming in 1978. After the killing of Digit in 1978, he shifted from research to conservation work. He has served as consultant and advisor to organizations including Born Free Foundation, the Gorilla Organization (which he chaired from 2012), International Fund for Animal Welfare, and UNEP.