We are proud and honoured to have the support of these remarkable people as Ambassadors for OFI Australia. We are so grateful for their love for orangutans and our work.

Professor Charlie Teo

Professor Teo is best known in Australia as a fearless neurosurgeon, who pioneered the use of endoscopic techniques in brain surgery, minimizing recovery time for patients. (Read more)

Dr Larry Vogelnest

We couldn’t be more grateful to Taronga Zoo’s senior veterinarian Dr Larry Vogelnest, who volunteered his time in 2019 to come to Borneo, as part of an extraordinary team of Australian vets, to perform a world first surgery on little sun bear Hitam. (Read more)

Dr Chantal Whitten

We are very happy to welcome Dr Chantal Whitten as an Ambassador to OFI Australia. In December 2023, Dr Chantal Whitten, together with Dr Larry Vogelnest, volunteered her time to spend a week in Borneo at OFI’s Care Centre & Quarantine facility with the OFI veterinary team training them in dental care and the diagnosis and management of dental disease.  (Read more)

Joanna Collins AM & the late Richard Collins AM

Joanna and Richard were both recipients of Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2021, for their significant service to the community through charitable initiatives. (Read more)

Mick Fogg

As an award-winning wildlife photographer and adventurer, Mick Fogg has spent the past 17 years leading expeditions and photographing some of the world’s most remote and spectacular destinations from Antarctica to South East Asia. (Read more)

Trudi Jaye

Trudi Jaye is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Retreatment Botanics, an award-winning Australian skincare brand, co-created with Olivia Newton-John at the acclaimed Gaia Retreat & Spa in the Byron Bay hinterland.

Trudi is honoured to serve as an Ambassador for Orangutan Foundation International Australia. She is committed to using her platform to raise awareness, support conservation efforts and inspire more conscious choices that protect orangutans and the rainforests they depend on. (Read more)

 

 

Alisa & Lysandra Fraser

Alisa and Lysandra Fraser are best known in Australia as award-winning interior designers and television personalities from The Block, who transformed their passion for design into a successful business empire with the launch of al.ive body.

But many Australians would be unaware of their personal commitment to protecting the world’s endangered orangutans and the rainforests they call home. (Read more)

 

Kim Watkins

With more than 25 years experience in television and radio,  it was during her four years on morning television, that Kim was drawn to the plight of the orangutans, when she was asked to shoot a documentary about them with producer and friend, Stephen Van Mil. (Read more)