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ND REPORT
IFAW Appoints John Albrecht to International Board — John Albrecht & Rebecca Keeble
Leonard Joel is proud to announce that our CEO has
2018
been appointed to the International Board of IFAW, the
Presented Leonard Joel’s industry leading position at the
International Fund for Animal Welfare.
federal inquiry into the trade in elephant ivory and rhino
In 2017, with the support of Rebecca Keeble of IFAW’s
horn at NSW Parliament House
Australian office, Leonard Joel developed and adopted an
2019
industry-leading policy relating to the cessation of auction
Delivered an art auction fundraising evening (ART for
trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn. Since then
IFAW) that raised $33,450.
John has been an advocate for both the wider adoption of this policy and industry change.
Conservation and activism have become a rediscovered thread of John’s life. He kept animals from a young age,
To date John and the Leonard Joel team, with the critical
marvelled at his father’s love of and respect for nature
support of Rebecca Keeble of the IFAW Australian office,
and in sixth grade raised $57 for his own street corner
have collaborated on numerous events devoted to the
“Let Wales[sic] Live” Campaign.
cessation of trade in these materials. Here is a brief timeline of what has been achieved:
John Albrecht: “My Canadian born teacher of that year, Mr Stanhope, encouraged me to do it and I will
2017
always remember him acknowledging my fundraise and
Developed a world-leading voluntary policy on the
how good and proud that made me feel. My goal is to
cessation in elephant ivory and rhino horn trade
do good things that are of value to the IFAW mission
Convened a domestic auction and antiques industry conference on ivory and horn auction trade cessation
and further develop Australia’s connection with this extraordinary global organisation.”
Established a regular editorial column devoted to trade cessation efforts and the IFAW mission Presented the Leonard Joel policy at the Invaluable Global Auction House Summit in Boston
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