Meet our Ambassadors



Our ambassadors bring passion, local knowledge, and global perspectives to champion marine conservation in the Galápagos.

Ana Ortiz
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Ana Ortiz

A Galapagos-born chef based in Salisbury, Ana is renowned for cooking over an open fire and is co-founder of Fire Made.
She was selected as one of the Top 40 UK Female Chefs by SquareMeal.

James Thomson
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James Thomson

American developmental biologist best known for deriving the first human embryonic stem cell line in 1998.