Magic Roundabout team 2009:

Chris Bone. Project leader, skipper.

Chris is a professional yacht skipper and has spent many years as an environmental activist. Chris is an OceansWatch founding Trustee and is CEO of OceansWatch International and lead the OceansWatch 2008 projects in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
Chris hopes his life will reflect his signature file........
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." Nelson Mandela

Cleo Pandelaers. Scientist

Cleo has a master's in biology and did an additional year in marine sciences at the University of Ghent in Belgium. Her thesis involded a project on the impact of artificial reefs on the ecosystem. She has done volunteer work in Greece doing research on marine turtles and doing fish surveys in Spain. Cleo is a passionate diver and became a PADI Instructor while travelling in Australia.

Alison Schmidt. Education and humanitarian projects co-ordinator

Alison has a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc in Marine Environmental Protection and has worked overseas for many years in South East Asia with NGO’s, schools and communities in promoting marine and environmental awareness. She has spent time working on boats in the Indo-pacific region (reef surveying, giving coral and fish identification training for WWF, PCRF and CCC, and enjoying theatrical cultural exchanges). Alison is a qualified PADI SCUBA Instructor and Forest School leader. She enjoys being creative, getting involved and learning new skills.