Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation

As the frontman of Nature Seychelles, Dr Nirmal Jivan Shah is no typical chief executive. He has rescued birds from extinction, is leading a team developing bleach-resistant ‘supercorals’, runs the world’s first carbonfree nature reserve and describes coming face to face with a bull shark on a dive in the Aldabra lagoon as “exhilarating”. As British Airways launches a new flight to the Seychelles on 24 March, the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation shines a light on the exceptional inhabitants of this archipelago.