Meet the team
Bex Band – Founder & Co-Director
Bex Band is an award-winning adventurer, bestselling author and founder of Love Her Wild and Ocean Advocate. Her previous expeditions include a 1000km hike, kayaking the full width of the UK against plastic pollution and kick-scooting the length of the USA.
Catherine Edsell – Co-Director
Catherine Edsell FRGS, is an adventurer, conservationist and global expedition leader. Having worked in some of the remotest areas of the planet, she creates and leads transformational extreme wilderness expeditions. She is a divemaster, Reefcheck trainer, day skipper and TEDx speaker.
Gil Drori – Academy Manager
Gil Drori is an expedition leader, divemaster, marketing expert and part-time SAHD to two energetic hatchlings. He has a passion for freediving and inspiring others to use the power of a single breath hold to connect to the ocean and realise their full potential.
Callum Davies – Event Support
Callum is a journalist, poet, author, communications expert and climate activist. They have written for The Culture Trip and Cultured Vultures and run communications for campaigns, including the Blue Earth Summit, Global Climate Justice and Friends of the Congo.