Chris Banks
Manager of Global Conservation at Zoos Victoria
Chris Banks has worked in zoos since 1969, based mostly at Melbourne Zoo, but included three years in the UK at Bristol and London Zoos, and a short stint at Brookfield Zoo in Chcago.
From 1969 to the late 1980s, reptile and amphibian husbandry and management was a major focus, as keeper and curator. He initiated Zoos Victoria’s international conservation engagement in the early 1990s, leading to a range of project support in south-east Asia by 2000. Chris transferred to ZV’s Wildlife Conservation & Science Department in 2002 and now manages international conservation partnerships in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Uganda, Rwanda, French Polynesia and Indonesia; and two sister zoo partnerships in Papua New Guinea and Uganda.
Chris is author of one book and 60 published papers, and he is a member of conservation and environment organisations in Australia and globally.