Terry Townshend is an Advisor to the Paulson Institute, where he focuses on policy and communications for the Conservation program. With a background in environmental law, economics, and wildlife conservation, Terry has held leadership positions at Globe International and the UK government (Defra). He was lead author of the inaugural, now annual, Globe Climate Legislation Study, examining climate-related legislation in 100 countries. Since 2010, he has been based in Beijing, initially as an advisor to the Chinese government on the drafting of a General Law on Climate Change. In recent years, Terry has focused on his passion, wildlife conservation, creating the “Birding Beijing” website to celebrate the wildlife of China’s capital city. In 2017 he devised and helped set up a community-based wildlife watching project on the Tibetan plateau, the first of its kind in China and, in 2020, Terry was a co-author of the groundbreaking “Financing Nature: Closing the Biodiversity Financing Gap”, showing how to fund global nature conservation over the next ten years.

As Deputy, Tina Ren partners with the Chief Representative of the Paulson Institute’s China office in leading and coordinating teams to manage new and existing projects and initiatives.  She assists in the oversight of key initiatives such as Prize and Mayors’ Training Program.  Ms. Ren is also responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive communications and media engagement strategy for the Paulson Institute in China.

Prior to joining the Paulson Institute, Tina was the Chief Representative and General Manager for Falcon and Associates, working on behalf of Dubai’s leadership to deepen Dubai-China relations. From 2011 to 2015, Tina was the Associate Director of Public Affairs at Ogilvy China, where she led strategic communications and the award-winning nation branding practice. From 2006 to 2011 Tina worked as Education Marketing Manager at the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy (British Council) to China.

Mr. Huidong Wang joined TNC China Program in 2020. As Chief Conservation Officer, he leads program teams (Land, Freshwater, Climate, and Ocean) and function teams (Communication & Marketing, External Affairs, Corporate Engagement, and Conservation Strategy). Mr. Wang acquired a bachelor’s degree in economics, an MBA and a Ph.D. of Management from Peking University. He has accumulated rich experiences in strategy management and renewable energy during his work as Vice President in two large private companies. Before joining TNC, Mr. Wang also had working experiences with a Central government agency, a large state-owned industry group, WWF, UNDP, and Jane Goodall Institute (China).

Mr. Qin joined TNC in October 2020, As Deputy Director of Corporate Engagement, He is responsible for corporate communication and cooperation to promote TNC's activities in China. In addition, he supports the global zero-deforestation project. Mr. Qin graduated from China Agricultural University in 2010 with a doctorate in plant pathology.

Before joining TNC, he worked in multinational companies such as Monsanto and Mars, engaged in project management, external cooperation, market insight, and other related fields.