“Gary Timbrell is CEO for the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey IAF, representing falconers in 90 countries, 110 clubs, associations and conservation groups. IAF is a participant in IUCN, CMA and all the other conservation conventions and Multi-Government Agreements, and is an accredited INGO to the UNESCO Intangible Heritage. Gary attends and contributes regularly to conferences and events held by all of these conventions.

IAF Has its head-office in a 17th century building in central Brussels. Gary has been its CEO since 2014, but has worked with IAF since 1999, first as Delegate for Ireland, then as its Public Relations Officer, Chairman of the Advisory Committee and Executive Secretary.

He lives in Co Cork, commuting to the Brussels office and to meetings and conferences all over the world to advise, network and share expertise among the many different falconry communities. This huge amount of travelling has somewhat curtailed his hawking activities, except as a spectator. He formerly enjoyed sport with sparrow-hawks and merlins, and crow-hawking with peregrines in a falconry career that began in 1972.”