Richard Malonga

Congo Country Director

Richard started working for WCS Congo in 1995 as a volunteer research assistant. He helped with the study of the ecology of Bongo antelope in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. He was part of the team which initiated the Partnership between WCS, a forestry company (CIB) and the Government of Congo to extend conservation actions to the periphery of the Park. Richard completed his MSc in Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota and a BSc in Tropical Forest Management at the Marien Ngouabi University. Richard was appointed Director of the Plateau Bateke Landscape Project, then Director of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Since 2019, Richard is the WCS Congo Country Director.

Morgane Cournarie

Technical Director

Morgane is the WCS Congo Technical Director since 2020. Agronomist by training, she completed her MSc in Ecosystem Management and Tropical Forestry in 2015. She then worked for the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Lao, supporting the development, implementation and evaluation of projects related to agroecology. She also worked on ecosystem conservation through integrated landscape management in the Nam Kading National Protected Area. Morgane joined WCS in 2019 as Site Coordinator for the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) program in Makira Natural Park in northern Madagascar, a comprehensive program combining livelihoods activities, social marketing, ecological survey and institutional support.

Liliane Gashumba

Director of Finance and Administration

Liliane has 19 years of experience as a Senior Manager in the Banking sector, inter-state institutions and projects in Rwanda. From 2018 to June 2021, she served as Finance Manager for Project San Francisco (PSF)/Center for Family Health Research (CFHR) of Emory University. From 2007 to 2018, she was the Deputy Executive Secretary in Charge of Finance, Administration and Socio-Cultural Affairs in the Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries (Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs-CEPGL), a regional organization with three countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

Lubango Kaningini Kany

Logistics Director

Kany has a strong background in Humanitarian Logistics, a field he began working in 2004 in his native DRC, before working in several conflict zones including Niger, Mali, Cameroon and Chad between 2015 and 2021. A Logistics Learning Alliance (LLA) certified logistician, Kany has worked for Acted, MSF, OXFAM, ALIMA and the French Red Cross before joining WCS in 2021. Kany holds a diploma in Humanitarian Logistics from Bioforce and has received training in humanitarian security management, project management, and is validated by the French Red Cross as a first aid trainer.

Guillaume Le Flohic

Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park Director

Guillaume Le Flohic is an agronomic engineer and conservationist with over 15 years of experience in wildlife conservation in Central Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific. He has led programs for both small and large NGOs, including the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and African Parks, delivering complex projects that target the preservation of diverse landscapes, including protected areas and community conservation areas. Guillaume started working for WCS in 2020 with the Papua New Guinea Highlands Program and became the director of the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in Congo-Brazzaville in 2024.

Fortuné Iyenguet

PROGEPP Principal Technical Advisor

Fortuné has been working with WCS Congo for the last 22 years, 10 of which as Head of the Ecological Monitoring department in the Lac Télé Community Reserve. He then was appointed SMART National Coordinator. He held this position for 7 years during which he provided training to all SMART focal points in Congo, supported the development of the national SMART base and the implementation of SMART Connect. Fortuné is now Principal Technical Advisor for PROGEPP (the Project for Ecosystem Management of the Park Periphery) as well as the Technical Assistant for Surveillance and Bio-monitoring.