Suzy Quasnichka, united kingdom

Suzy is a marine biologist who has worked with whale sharks in Australia, Djibouti, India, Honduras, South Africa and Tanzania. While working for SRI in Australia, she compiled a video catalogue of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef spanning 5 years, led field expeditions on board the Kairos to the northern Mozambique Channel, and contributed images of more than 150 whale sharks to the Ecocean catalogue. A underwater filmmaker, she recently worked in South Africa filming great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks. Today she runs Africa Diver promoting shark conservation and education tours with world-class dive operators.