ABOUT US
Where wild thinking becomes strategic impact
Strategically Wild exists to close one of conservation’s most persistent gaps: the distance between bold ambition and real-world delivery. Too often, great ideas stall in complexity, duplication, competing priorities, or lack of alignment and resources.
This consultancy practice is built to change that.
Founded by Dr Kira Mileham, Strategically Wild brings together deep global experience, trusted relationships, and a clear-eyed focus on outcomes. We work at the intersection of science, policy, partnerships and funding, translating complexity into strategies that are not only credible, but implementable, scalable and measurable.
This is not traditional consultancy. The work is deliberately embedded within your teams and vision, collaborative and outcome-driven. It connects global expertise with local action, aligns diverse stakeholders around shared priorities, and builds the enabling architecture — plans, partnerships, systems and narratives — that allow species conservation to succeed at scale.
Strategically Wild was created from a simple conviction: that great ideas only matter if they are designed to deliver. The focus is on clarity over noise, momentum over process, and impact over intent.
If the challenge is complex, high-stakes and system-level, this is where Strategically Wild does our best work, helping you make your greatest impact.
Meet Kira
Kira Mileham is an internationally-recognised conservation strategist, specialising in partnerships, behaviour change, and the design of systems that accelerate species recovery. Over more than a decade at the heart of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), she has built a reputation for turning complex global ambition into coordinated, deliverable action.
As former Global Strategic Partnership Director within the SSC Chair’s Office, Kira worked across a network of more than 11,000 experts in 186 countries, shaping partnerships, funding strategies and global initiatives that underpin species conservation worldwide. She led the creation of the Centre for Species Survival partnership model, now spanning 22 countries, and founded the Reverse the Red movement to scale national action and measurable progress for species recovery.
Her work is defined by bridging sectors - connecting science, policy, finance and delivery. She has worked extensively with governments, NGOs and zoological institutions, including building long-term strategic collaboration between the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the SSC community to strengthen global conservation impact. Her approach ensures strategies are not only credible, but owned, resourced and implemented.
With a PhD in Science Communication, Kira brings academic rigour to real-world change, grounding her work in behaviour change, stakeholder dynamics and impact evaluation. Earlier, she led community conservation initiatives with Taronga Conservation Society Australia, delivering campaigns that worked to shift public and industry behaviour at scale. She has delivered more than 150 international presentations and facilitated over 50 workshops, building alignment across diverse stakeholders.
Strategically Wild reflects Kira’s belief that conservation success depends on aligning ambition with execution. Her work focuses on designing the partnerships, strategies and enabling architecture needed to move from intention to impact - faster, smarter, and at scale. She was recognised in 2022 as a Top 10 Global Influencer in the zoo and aquarium community.
