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2022
Welcome
Welcome to the 2022 Tusk Conservation Symposium.
The last two years have been extremely tough at the Mount Kenya Safari Club and today we
for everyone the world over. The conservation are excited and proud to be hosting our third
sector, in particular, has had to endure huge such symposium with the backdrop of this
losses in tourism, dramatic cut backs in iconic Kenyan game reserve.
operating budgets, and sadly redundancies too.
This symposium seeks to leverage the inherent
As we see the early signs of the world emerging value from all our delegates sharing their
from the pandemic, we are thrilled that so many extraordinary knowledge, collective experience
leading conservationists and Tusk partners and expertise. Many of you work in remote and
have been able to join us for this symposium challenging environments where the opportunity
in the Maasai Mara - surely a positive sign in to meet and learn about innovative techniques
itself! The theme for this important gathering and alternative ideas being applied elsewhere
is appropriately ‘Building Resilience in African may be rare. That said, we have all recently
Conservation’ and it promises once again to be become adept at meeting on Zoom, but I
a stimulating and valuable few days. suspect we also recognise that is no substitute
to meeting and spending time with each in
We are hugely indebted to The Nick Maughan
person.
Foundation, our lead sponsor, for generously
making this entire event possible. We would also We all care deeply for Africa, its wildlife,
like to acknowledge the kind contribution from landscapes and people. We owe it to ourselves
Land Rover, who have provided all the ground and our supporters to share our collective
transport. knowledge and work together to protect the
continent’s extraordinary biodiversity. Therefore
The impetus for our inaugural Symposium
above all we ask that you approach this week
held in Cape Town in 2017 came from Tusk’s
with an open mind and a true willingness to seek
Royal Patron, Prince William. It had become
any opportunity to collaborate. There is a huge
clear that each year the finalists attending the
reservoir of knowledge here – let’s use it to help
Tusk Conservation Awards were enjoying the
each other!
opportunity to meet some other amazing men
and women working across Africa, but more On behalf of all the Tusk team and our sponsors,
importantly they were benefitting hugely from we hope that you find this week valuable,
sharing both their challenges and solutions with informative and, of course, enjoyable!
each other. In 2019, we held a larger gathering
Charlie Mayhew MBE
Chief Executive, Tusk Trust
tusksymposium.com
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TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION AT-A-GLANCE AGENDA
At-A-Glance Agenda
Building Resilience in African Conservation
The focus for our third symposium is how we can • Strategic Collaboration
build resilience in conservation. We will look at how the
• Leading Resilient Organisations
pandemic has affected all our work, what opportunities it
has presented through disrupting the status quo, and how • Communicating for Impact
we can rebuild better and ‘future-proof’ our work.
• Diversifying and Strengthening Funding
A series of workshops, training sessions and spotlight
• Creating Opportunity from Crisis
presentations will engender direct and peer-to-peer
learning, with each workshop linked to the others. These A day will be spent in the field with some influential African
include: conservation leaders, and most importantly there will
be lots of opportunity to network with our other project
partners and have fun!
A detailed timetable can be found on page 6. In summary the key
activities on each day are follows:
Sunday 27th February Tuesday 1st March
10:30 Arrive at the Mara Sarova 07:00 Departure for field day
11:00 Welcome 15:00 PCR Covid testing
12:00 Check-in to rooms 15:30 Game competition
14:00 Team Building 17:00 African Leadership Panel
14:45 Workshop 1: Strategic Collaboration 18:00 Cocktails by the pool
15:30 Success Spotlights
16:00 Tea with the Trustees
Wednesday 2nd March
16:30 Game drive followed by sundowners 08:30 Workshop 4: Communicating for Impact
12:00 Success Spotlights
Monday 28th February 13:45 Diversifying and Strengthening Funding
08:30 Workshop 2: Human Wildlife Conflict 16:15 Success Spotlights
Mitigation
16:45 Conclusion
09:45 Success Spotlights
19:00 Bush Dinner
11:00 Workshop 3 – Leading Resilient
Organisations
13:45 Workshop 3 continued Thursday 3rd March
16:00 Success Spotlights 07:30 Departure for the airstrip
18:00 Boma Dinner 08:00 Air Kenya flight departs for Nairobi
The Tusk Team (see page 20) is here to help you, so please do speak
to us if you need help with anything. Do take time to read the Covid
protocols (page 25), which detail plans if someone falls ill during the
symposium. We sincerely hope that you gain a lot from our time
together and that as a team we can build resilience in our work across
the continent.
3ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION
Acknowledgements
Tusk is very grateful to the following people and organisations who have made the symposium possible.
Nick Maughan, Land Rover, Inchcape, The Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, The Kenya Wildlife
Conservancies Association, The Maa Trust, The Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Daniel Sopia, Daniel Muli, Dickson
Kaelo, Crystal Morgensen, Maliasili, Cara Scott, Askhay Vishwanath, Wanjiku Kinuthia, Jessie Davie, Mike Pflanz,
The Mara Sarova, Selina Dima, Nicholas Maina, Beatrice Karanja, Barbara Barungi and Hakeem Belo-Osagie.
Tusk is very grateful to the Sarova Group and the Sarova Mara Game Camp for their support of the Tusk Conservation
Symposium. The Sarova Mara is located in the heart of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in South West Kenya. It is 260 km
from Nairobi which is an hour flight from Nairobi and 20-minute drive from the airstrip or a 5-hour drive from Nairobi. The
Camp is set on an elevation surrounded by two streams.
Below is a map of The Sarova Mara:
4TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION FACILITATORS
Facilitators
Wanjiku is a strong believer that effective As the Leadership Coordinator for Maliasili,
communications are critical to helping Cara plays an instrumental role in the design
conservation organizations achieve their and implementation of Maliasili’s leadership
goals, amplify their voices, and shape programs, and leads the coordination of
global conversations. Her primary role is to Maliasili’s integrated OD and leadership
provide direct communications support to efforts.
Maliasili’s portfolio partners and leadership
programmes. Originally from London, Cara has 20 years
of experience working with non-profits. She
Wanjiku has close to a decade’s experience has lived in Tanzania for over ten years and,
Wanjiku in designing high-level communications
Cara Scott prior to joining Maliasili, served consecutively
Kinuthia strategies, with a skill set that includes
Coordinator, as Program Manager for two of Maliasili’s
donor communications, digital strategy, Tanzanian partners, the Pastoral Women’s
Communications organizational branding, and media Leadership Council and the Ujamaa Community
Manager engagement. Before joining Maliasili she Programs Resource Team. Previously, she has worked
worked with the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy as a Refugee Services Coordinator for the
as well as Space for Giants. British Red Cross in London. She also has
Maliasili Maliasili experience working in rural education in
E: wkinuthia@maliasili.org South Africa and in the health field in the UK
supporting parents and health professionals.
T: +254 720 732 476
T: +254 720 732476 E: cscott@maliasili.org
T: +255 769 812 285
W: www.maliasili.org
Mike Pflanz is media advisor to a number of Akshay has spent most of his career
conservation and environment organisations working on the governance aspects of
working in Africa, including The Nature natural resource management in Eastern
Conservancy and Space for Giants. He and Southern Africa. He has wide-ranging
helps them work out what they want to say experience in the fields of water resource
and to whom, and advises which media management, landscape and wildlife
outlets will most effectively reach those conservation, community participatory
audiences, before designing the strategies approaches, advocacy and lobbying, and
that will engage those reporters. strategic planning.
Mike Pflanz His focus is on guiding organisations to work
Akshay He is passionate about mobilizing people,
more closely with African national media, as Vishwanath communities, and organizations to tackle our
Media Advisor well as international journalists. He formed most pressing environmental challenges. It
and Founder his company Plantwood Communications Portfolio Manager, is to this end that he seeks to combine his
in 2016, after more than a decade as Africa East Africa experience, background in environmental
Plantwood Correspondent for Britain’s Daily Telegraph. studies, and his business education to work
with Maliasili’s partners to help them on their
Communications E: mike.pflanz@plantwoodcommunications. Maliasili journey to becoming strong institutions that
com deliver great impact.
W: www.plantwoodcommunications.com
E: avishwanath@maliasili.org
T: +254 731 516 534
W: www.maliasili.org
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Agenda
Sunday 27 February Monday 28 February Tuesday 1 March Wednesday 2 March Thursday 3 March
8 am
:15 Early am Game Drive Depart Sarova at 7am Early am Game Drive Guests depart
:30
:45
Workshop 2
9 am Workshop 4
:15 Depart Nairobi Human Wildllife
Communicating
Conflict with EPI
:30 for Impact
:45
10 am Bush breakfast and
:15 Success Spotlights discussion on community Break
conservation model in the
:30
Maasai Mara.
:45 Break
Workshop 4 (cont)
11 am Followed by a visit to the Communicating
:15 Welcome Naibosho and Pardamat
Workshop 3 for Impact
:30 Conservancies.
Work Session
:45 Leading Resilient
12 am Organisations The day will end at
:15 Check in to rooms The Maa Trust Success Spotlights
headquarters before
:30
returning to the lodge
:45
for a late lunch
1 pm
Lunch Lunch Lunch
:15
:30
:45
2 pm
:15 Lunch at Sarova
Team Building Workshop 3 (cont)
:30 Workshop 5
:45 Leading Resilient
Diversifying and
Workshop 1 Organisations
3 pm Strengthening
Covid Testing
:15 Strategic Collaboration Funding
:30
:45 Success Spotlights Break
4 pm
Games Competition Break
:15 Tea with the Trustees Success Spotlights
:30 Success Spotlights
Game Drive Game Drive
:45
Break
5 pm Conclusion
:15 African Leadership Panel
:30
6 pm Cocktails at the pool
Sundowners
:30
7 pm
Boma Dinner Bush Dinner
:30
8 pm
:30 Dinner at Sarova
9 pm Dinner at Sarova
:30
10 pm
Success Spotlights Timetable
Sunday 27th February Monday 1st March Monday 1st March Wednesday 2nd March Wednesday 2nd March
(4.00pm) (10.00am) (4.00pm) (12.00pm) (4.15pm)
1 PDC 1 Grevy’s Zebra Trust 1 Blue Ventures 1 Lewa Wildlife 1 Mountain Bongo
Conservancy Project
2 Conservation Lower 2 Mali Elephant Project 2 Pangolin Project
Zambezi 2 Tsavo Trust 2 Programa Tato
3 Bhejane Trust 3 RWCA
3 Mount Kenya Trust 3 Zambian Carnivore 3 Milgis Trust
4 PACE 4 VulPro Project
4 Africa Foundation 4 Save Rhino Trust
5 Wildlife Action Group 5 Chimpanzee 4 Lamu Marine
5 Big Life Foundation Conservation Centre Conservation Project
6 Lilongwe Wildlife Trust
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Delegates
Matt is the CEO of the Zambian Carnivore Damian is the Executive Director and
Programme (ZCP), an organization founder of Honeyguide Foundation. Damian
dedicated to conserving large carnivores formed a safari company in Tanzania over 20
and ecosystems. ZCP uses a four-pronged years ago called Sokwe, which has grown
approach to achieve our mission: 1) into a leading ecotourism company, now
Conservation Science: Long-term research known as Asilia Africa. With other leading
and monitoring aimed at identifying and actors, Damian helped pioneer partnership
evaluating the limiting factors and threats tourism agreements with local communities
to the persistence of Zambia’s large to enable these communities to benefit from
Matt Becker carnivores and ecosystems; 2) Conservation Damian Bell tourism, value wildlife, and look after these
Action: Addressing immediate threats, resources.
CEO as identified by science; 3) Conservation Executive Director
Leadership: Helping Zambia become a With this experience, Damian realized
model for locally-led conservation through that the future of these ecosystems
PROJECT well-trained, passionate, and committed PROJECT requires an approach that examines the
conservation leaders; and 4) Coexistence: interdependence between people and
Zambian reducing the costs, and increasing the Honeyguide wildlife, recognizing that communities need
to play a critical role in the future of wildlife
Carnivore Project benefits, understanding and appreciation of Foundation
conservation. in Tanzania. Damian was also a founding
member of the Tanzania Natural Resources
Zambia ZCP currently works across 34,500 km2 Tanzania Forum, which is a well-recognized and
of 7 national parks, 7 Game Management respected collective civil society-based
Areas and 5 ecosystems, and runs some initiative to improve natural resource
of the region’s longest-running field-based management and conservation in Tanzania.
projects in the Luangwa Valley, the Greater
Liuwa Ecosystem, and the Greater Kafue E: damian@honeyguide.org
Ecosystem.
T: +255 (0)784 294 062
E: matt@zambiacarnivores.org W: www.honeyguide.org
T: +260 971 778 683
W: www.zambiacarnivores.org
Much maligned and persecuted to the Originally from Ireland, Lynn has been
edge of extinction through prejudice and extremely fortunate to have 16 years’
ignorance, the enigmatic painted dog experience working in conservation projects
captivated me as an eight-year-old boy in Western and Eastern Africa. Currently,
growing up in northern England. I believe she is the Director of Wildlife Action Group
that changing an individual’s life, one day at (WAG), a Malawian NGO, non for profit.
a time, is the key, be it an individual painted WAG supports government by managing
dog’s or a person’s life can and does make a two important forest reserves rich in
difference on the front line of conservation. biodiversity including African elephant,
Peter Blinston Lynn Clifford buffalo and pangolin.
E: peter@painteddog.org
It is now four years since they have recorded
Executive Director T: 00 263 (0)775 611 440 Director a single loss of elephant due to poaching.
W: www.painteddog.org Their work includes law enforcement,
PROJECT PROJECT community outreach projects to promote
local livelihoods and reduce resilience on
Painted Dog Wildlife Action natural resources, mitigation of Human
elephant conflict, education and outreach,
Conservation Group development and restoration of the forests,
research and rescue and release.
Zimbabwe Malawi
E: lynardc1@gmail.com
T: +265 991 224 599
W: www.wildlifeactiongroupmalawi.org
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Andrew was raised in Zimbabwe and South Born and raised in Kenya, Digby is the
Africa and from a young age developed a sustainability coordinator at the Milgis
passion for the outdoors and conservation. Trust. For the past five years he has been
After reading Politics, Philosophy and developing and delivering conservation
Economics as well as MPhil Political and humanitarian projects in the Milgis
Management at university, Andrew went on ecosystem. Currently he’s trying to find ways
to serve overseas as a commissioned officer for pastoralist communities to continue co-
in the British Army. existing with wildlife. He is passionate about
beekeeping and forests.
He then returned to Africa and immediately
Andrew set about working in support of efforts to Digby Douglas
Crichton E: digsdufresne@gmail.com
protect wild places and species across the Dufresene
continent. Andrew has led on the design and T: +254 716 344 118
Head of implementation of wildlife crime prevention Sustainability Co- W: www.milgistrust.com
Operations and other broader conservation projects in a ordinator
number of countries across Africa.
PROJECT E: acrichton@elephantprotectioninitiative.org PROJECT
The EPI T: +27 (0)76 407 3934 Miligis Trust
Foundation W: www.elephantprotectioninitiative.org
Kenya
South Africa
A graduate of Stirling, Edinburgh and Miguel Garcia is the Director of Conservation
Bangor universities in the UK, Penny has a Programs at the CCC. With a bachelor in
BSc in Environmental Science, MSc (Dist.) in biology and a masters in conservation. He
Biodiversity & Plant taxonomy, Adult Training has worked with research and conservation
and Development and Project Management projects around the world in countries such
qualifications. A research career in the 90’s as Colombia, Ecuador, Nigeria, Myanmar
explored forest dynamics, disturbance and and Guinea for over 10 years. At the
recovery in tropical ecosystems, a specialist moment he is in charge of all conservation
in ecology and identification of juvenile trees, activities at the CCC. These include:
Penny Fraser and communication of these subjects within Miguel Garcia environmental education, community
and across knowledge domains (formal- development, park protection, in close
Co-ordinator informal knowledge and expertise). Director of collaboration with the authorities of the High
Niger National Park, and the CCC’s research
For 20 years, she has focused on Conservation programs (camera trapping, surveying
PROJECT developing, testing and implementing Programmes potential release sites).
techniques, resources, and process for
PACE building conservation values, practices and
E: miguel.garcia.1986@hotmail.com
lifestyles that support healthy, viable, and PROJECT
sustainable human and wildlife communities. T: +346 2541 9634
She works with and in schools, education Chimpanzee W: www.projetprimates.com
Africa authorities and informal education providers, Conservation
receiving training at OISE (Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education) and designing Centre
teacher training programmes. Penny’s home
was in Cameroon from the 1990’s-2016. Guinea
She used PACE widely in Cameroon, and
has been coordinator since 2016, deeply
committed to keeping it relevant, up to date,
and a support to Conservation.
E: PACE@tusk.org
T: 00 44 (0) 7538 150 999
W: www.paceproject.net
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In 2014, Isa joined the newest emerging Caroline is a young conservation researcher
region of NRT in the Coast as a Senior based in Pretoria, South Africa. Most
Conservancies Development Officer. He recently she completed her MSc (Wildlife
has played key role in leading a wide and Management) at the University of Pretoria,
varied range of conservation and community studying factors affecting owl ecology
development themes, including developing in an agricultural matrix. She is currently
and implementing strategy, community- employed as a researcher at VulPro, a
based fisheries management, resource- vulture conservation centre based in South
based conflict and peace resolution, Africa, leading the way in the many spheres
Issa Gedi institutional governance, development of Caroline Grace of vulture conservation.
management plans, enterprise development,
Hannweg VulPro aims to protect African vultures
Director securing operational funds and overseeing
strong financial management. through innovation and collaboration, and
Governance and Conservation she is currently setting up my PhD thesis
Capacity Building In 2015, Isa was appointed as the chief Researcher on the movement and breeding ecology
programs officer for NRT-coast in acting of African White-backed Vultures across
capacity. These roles and responsibilities southern Africa with the University of Pretoria
PROJECT have given him the opportunity to influence PROJECT and the Max Planck Institute. In the first
the development of seven community two years of her time with VulPro she has
Northern conservancies in the NRT-Coast Unit. In VulPro been able to establish a growing knowledge
Rangelands Trust April 2021, Isa was promoted to the Director on vultures and their conservation, with a
of Governance and Capacity Building to number of publications in prep, and she
South Africa
replicate the success of NRT-coast region looks forward to continuing that in the
Kenya to the other 4 regionals restructured in NRT coming years.
landscape.
E: info@vulpro.com
E: Isa.gedi@nrt-kenya.org W: www.vulpro.com
T: +254 (0) 712 329 832
W: www.nrt-kenya.org
Ana is a conservation biologist from Madrid. Amos holds the post of Principal Wildlife
Having received her BSc and MSc from Investigation and Intelligence officer for
Complutense University of Madrid in Biology Zimbabwe. He has 16 years working
and Conservation Biology respectively. After experience in wildlife conservation and 10
graduation she worked at GREFA in Madrid years working in the law enforcement field
with captive breeding and reintroduction achieving considerable success in the field
of several species of raptors. She has of conservation. He has worked at the
spent time working on research projects in Having worked at Hwange National Park for
Belize, Nigeria, the USA and Tanzania. She the past 16 years to date and managed to
Ana Grau joined Lion Landscapes in 2017 as a senior Amos Gwema apprehend wildlife poachers leading to the
researcher and now oversees data, systems reduction of elephant poaching in Hwange
Conservation and evaluation tools as the Conservation Principal Wildlife National Park from around 300 elephants
M&E Director. poached in 2013 to a record of no elephant
Monitoring Investigation
poached in Hwange National Park in 2020
and Evaluation E: ana@lionlandscapes.org and Intelligence, and 2021. This feat has never been achieved
Director T: +255 789 703 494 Zimbabwe Parks before and was made possible after the
arrest and conviction of poaching syndicate
W: www.lionlandscapes.org
and Wildlife
leaders.
PROJECT Management
Authority E: amosigwema@gmail.com
Lion Landscapes
T: +263 773 463 114
PROJECT W: www.bhejanetrust.org
Tanzania
Bhejane Trust
Zimbabwe
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Elaine Hake joined Lilongwe Wildlife Trust Dr Hempson works for (OWB), a project
in 2019 as Head of Development. She partnership between &Beyond and
has over 13 years’ experience working in Africa Foundation dedicated to marine
communications, campaigning, fundraising conservation and community development
and policy in the not-for-profit sector, in East Africa. She is also an Adjunct
with a focus on conservation, gender and Researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence
international development. She holds a BA in for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook
English Literature and Language from Oxford University in Australia, where she completed
University and an MSc in Social Policy from her PhD, and continues to work with the
Elaine Hake the London School of Economics. Dr Tessa world’s leading marine scientists.
One of her current priorities at Lilongwe Hempson Recognising the importance of working at
Head of Wildlife Trust is developing a new multiple scales and the need for effective
Communications educational and interpretive plan for Programme inter-sectoral partnerships OWB offers a
and Advocacy Lilongwe Wildlife Centre that will guide new Manager & unique platform for bringing together diverse
signage, exhibits and experiential learning stakeholders to address the complex
Principal Scientist
experiences for school groups and the challenges facing marine conservation. At
PROJECT general public. a local scale, Dr Hempson’s work in East
PROJECT Africa focuses on the inseparable links
Lilongwe Wildlife E: elaine@lilongwewildlife.org between coastal communities and the
Trust T: +265 995 699 956 Oceans Without marine resources on which they depend.
At a global scale she endeavours to raise
W: www.lilongwewildlife.org Borders awareness around marine conservation
Malawi issues.
Tanzania
E: tessa.hempson@andbeyond.com
T: +27 79 381 3301
W: www.andbeyond.com
Dickson Ole Kaelo, is the founding CEO Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a wildlife
of the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies veterinarian, and Founder and CEO of
Association (KWCA) a position he has held Conservation Through Public Health
for 7 years, a period that has seen the (CTPH), an award-winning NGO that
growth and recognition of Kenya’s wildlife protects endangered gorillas and other
Conservancies as a viable strategy for wildlife through One Health approaches. Dr.
addressing biodiversity loss and rural poverty Gladys is a National Geographic Explorer
reduction goals. and a finalist of the 2019 Tusk Award for
Conservation in Africa. She is the winner of
He is a conservation ecologist with over 20
Dickson Kaelo years of experience in designing models and
Dr Gladys the 2009 Whitley Gold Award, 2018 Sierra
Club Earth Care Award and 2017 Golden
practical solutions linking conservation and Kalema- Jubilee Medal from the President of Uganda.
Founding CEO community development. He has worked Zikusoka
with various community groups around In 2020, she was awarded the Uganda
PROJECT East Africa’s Maasailand in field research, Founder and Veterinary Association World Veterinary
policy, institutional development, integrated Day Award and Aldo Leopold Award for
Kenya Wildlife
CEO
natural resource management and designing Mammologists. In 2021, she was recognised
Conservancies of conservation projects. During his 10 by Avance Media among 100 most influential
Association years supporting community conservation, PROJECT women in Africa and won the United Nations
Dickson facilitated the formation of the first 6 Environment Program (UNEP) Champions of
community conservancies securing 870km2 Conservation the Earth Award in the category of Science
Kenya Through Public
land for conservation in the Maasai Mara. and Innovation.
Health
Dickson has won a number of prestigious
E: gladys@ctph.org
awards including being a 2018 Tusk Award
for Conservation in Africa finalist. Uganda T: +256 772 330 139
W: www.ctph.org
E: dkaelo@kwcakenya.com
T: +254 722 467 344
W: www.kwcakenya.com
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With a background training in Anthropology Benson has devoted over 25 years of
and community development, John has his life to protecting Zambia’s wildlife. In
worked with various communities across the 1994, Benson started his career in wildlife
country, especially in rural areas of Kenya, enforcement as a scout for the North
for over fifteen years. Currently the Director Luangwa Conservation Project. In 1997,
of the South Rift Association of Land Owners The National Parks and Wildlife Service
(SORALO), In this capacity his mandate is to took over the programme and he became a
work with pastoral communities to promote village scout and rose through the ranks to
biodiversity conservation through promotion Senior Wildlife Police Officer in charge of the
John of open and interconnected ecosystems, Benson training of all scouts.
the Iconic Maasai culture which is the basis
Kamanga for sustained wild spaces and tourism in
Kanyembo In 2009, Benson joined CSL as Operations
the region between the Maasai Mara and Manager, and during the restructuring in
Director Law Enforcement 2018 was promoted to Law Enforcement
Amboseli in order to enhance livelihoods and
better management of natural resources. Advisor Advisor. He leads all CSL anti-poaching law
enforcement and wildlife rescue operations
PROJECT He has also had first hand grassroots in collaboration with DNPW. He has
leadership experience with different PROJECT facilitated the growth and development of
SORALO communities. Because of his efforts in the anti-poaching unit from 30 to 92 scouts.
community conservation, he was awarded Conservation
In 2019 he was awarded the Tusk Wildlife
Kenya the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden’s South Luangwa
Conservation Leadership award in 2013 Ranger Award by Tusk’s Royal Patron HRH
and the 2020 Tusk Award for Conservation The Duke of Cambridge.
in Africa. Zambia
E: benson@cslzambia.org
E: jkamanga@soralo.org T: +260 977 319 121
T: +254 722 709 514 W: www.cslzambia.org
W: www.soralo.org
Tjipo studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Kyalo joined the Tsavo Trust as Head
Humanities at the University of Botswana, of Monitoring for the Trust’s Big Tusker
majoring in Sociology and Environmental Project. He is responsible for coordinating
Science. Since graduating, she has pursued the Big Tusker ground monitoring unit in
a career in children’s education, working collaboration with the KWS Tsavo Research
mostly with primary school children and Centre. He has a degree in Wildlife
various programs. To fill a need, she Management from the University of Eldoret
spearheaded her own outdoor education in Kenya and currently pursuing a Masters
initiative called Campfire, before she joined of Science degree in Geoinformatics. Kyalo
Tjipo Coaching Conservation in 2019, where she Joseph Kyalo did his internship with the KWS attached to
is now the program facilitator for Botswana. Tsavo in 2012.
Keaikitse Kimailie
Tjipo has led her growing team of CC For over a year, Kyalo was a volunteer field
Program coaches, who have now delivered the Monitoring Officer assistant to the KWS working in the greater
Facilitator Vulture RAP to over 1000 grade 6 students Tsavo Conservation Area. This saw him gain
in the North West region of Botswana during experience in various biodiversity research
PROJECT
the year 2021. The thrill of seeing a child’s and monitoring projects including remote
PROJECT face when they learn something new, or and ground monitoring of Elephants, Hirola
seeing an animal in its natural habitat for
Tsavo Trust and Grevy’s Zebra ground monitoring,
Coaching the first time, is magical. She is passionate animal censuses, vegetation surveys and
Conservation about children and conservation. Kenya basic GIS applications among others. He
is currently pursuing an interest in use of
E: tjipo@coachingconservation.org GIS and Remote Sensing in determining
Botswana effects of climate chage and unsustainable
W: www.coachingconservation.org
water provision on Tsavo’s vegetation and in
extension, wildlife.
E: kyalo@tsavotrust.org
W: www.tsavotrust.org
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Based full time in East Africa, Dr. Felix Julius Lekenit comes from South Horr in
Lankester has a faculty position at Samburu North, Samburu County and
Washington State University’s Paul G. Allen joined Grevy’s Zebra Trust (GZT) in March
School for Global Animal Health and is the 2012. Julius has a BSc in Environmental
Vice President of the Tanzanian based non- Science from Kenyatta University with
governmental organisation Global Animal previous work experience in participatory
Health Tanzania. forest conservation. Julius’s personal story
of how he got his education is inspiring,
Dr. Lankester’s research interests are having come from an extremely humble
focused on multispecies pathogens that
Felix impact wildlife, livestock and public health
Julius Lekenit background, to graduating with a Masters in
Conservation Leadership at the University of
Lankester and investigates novel cost-effective
intervention strategies, often exploiting a
Deputy Director Cambridge in 2018.
Deputy Director One Health approach to disease control. of Programmes Julius is the Deputy Director of Programs,
responsible for overseeing Grevy’s Zebra
E: felix.lankester@wsu.edu Trust’s regional programs in the expansive
PROJECT PROJECT Northern Kenya Landscapes and supporting
T: +44 7902635505 / +255 688521020
the organisation’s Regional Coordinators
Global Animal Grevy’s Zebra to effectively implement the Grevy’s Zebra
Health Tanzania Trust Scout, Ambassador and Warrior programs.
Julius also oversees GZT’s engagement
in the peace-building process in El Barta
Tanzania Kenya and develops strategic partnerships with
stakeholders in Grevy’s zebra range. Julius is
a 2019-2021 cohort of African Conservation
Leadership Network.
E: julius@grevyszebratrust.org
T: +254 724 032 133
W: www.grevyszebratrust.org
Andrew joined SRT in 2019 and before that Dominic Maringa has a background
worked with communal conservancies in in Forestry, and 15 years’ professional
Namibia for close to a decade. Andrew experience in water, forestry and wildlife
is responsible for strategic planning and conservation. Dominic’s passion for
programme management at SRT. He is conservation has enabled him to explore
based at the admin office with regular visits further studies and research in natural
to the field. resources conflicts in central and
northern Kenya. He is the current Head of
Andrew has an MA in Development Studies Conservation in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy,
from the University of South Africa.
Andrew Dr Dominic where he leads various conservation
programs, conservation partnerships,
Malherbe E: andrew@rhino-trust.org.na Maringa research and related networks regionally and
T: +264 816 987 631 internationally.
Chief Operating Head of
Officer W: www.savetherhinotrust.org Conservation E: dominic.maringa@lewa.org
T: +254 722 886 456
PROJECT PROJECT
W: www.lewa.org
Save the Rhino Lewa Wildlife
Trust Conservancy
Namibia Kenya
12TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION DELEGATES
Rachel McRobb was born and raised in Originally from the UK, Crystal undertook
Zambia and after schooling in Swaziland research in the Maasai Mara from 2007-
and South Africa, she returned to Zambia to 2014 and began working for The Maa Trust
work at first in the tourism sector and then in in January 2015. She has lived in the Maasai
conservation. Mara full time for the last 11 years. For her
undergraduate studies she assessed the
Twenty years ago Rachel made the Luangwa environmental impacts of tourism inside the
Valley her home and is the CEO and co- Maasai Mara National Reserve and then
founder of Conservation South Luangwa, for her Masters she examined the definition
a local NGO working to protect wildlife and
Rachel support people in South Luangwa Valley. Dr Crystal of ecotourism and the extent to which
conservancies conform.
McRobb Under the guidance and leadership of Mogensen
Rachel, CSL employs over 110 staff from For her Ph.D. she went on to investigate
CEO and Co- the local community. Their holistic approach Chief Executive how development is defined within the Mara,
founder includes a wide range of protected area Officer and the extent to which conservancies
management support including community- contribute. This Ph.D. forms the research
based rangers, law enforcement training basis for all development interventions
PROJECT and equipment, K9 teams, aerial support, PROJECT undertaken by The Maa Trust. Crystal met
a wildlife veterinary rescue unit, a large- her husband Niels, who works for the Mara
Conservation scale human wildlife conflict co-existence Maa Trust Predator Conservation Programme, in the
South Luangwa program, community snare patrols and Maasai Mara in 2011.
community game drives.
Kenya
E: themaatrustkenya@gmail.com
Zambia Rachel is a WE Africa fellow from the first
cohort of 2021 selected Women for the T: +254 712 208 713
Environment. W: www.themaatrust.org
E: rachel@cslzambia.org
T: +260 962 492 386
W: www.cslzambia.org
Peter is a conservation educator with In 2014, Olivier designed a unique
over 10 years’ experience in conservation conservation project to abolish the illegal
education field. Currently, he is the Assistant trade of the endangered Grey Crowned
Manager and conservation education Cranes in Rwanda and won the Rolex Award
programmes and outreach coordinator for Enterprise which allowed him to start
(Bongo surveillance Projects). Under his implementing the work. He established
leadership the organization has been able Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association
to establish 60 bongo wildlife clubs in four (RWCA) in 2015 to build on the work
mountain ecosystems. with Grey Crowned Cranes and expand
Peter Munene Peter has successfully delivered Dr Olivier research and conservation efforts to other
endangered and threatened species in
Assistant Manager conservation education curriculum to 86 Nsengimana Rwanda.
different schools, and reached out to more
& Conservation than 2000 community members under his Founder and As a National Geographic Explorer since
Education leadership. He has successfully founded Executive Director 2015, Olivier has also been a finalist in the
the Bongo Wildlife Clubs and Community 2016 Tusk Conservation Awards, received
Programmes Co-
Conservation Champions which have the 2017 National Geographic Buffett
ordinator been successful and replicated to other PROJECT Award for Leadership in Conservation in
conservation ecosystems in Kenya. His Africa, winner of the 2018 Whitley Awards,
efforts have seen the mountain Bongo Rwanda Wildlife the 2019 Future for Nature Awards and
PROJECT
population increase in operational areas. He Conservation the 2020 McKenna-Travers Award for
is currently pursuing a diploma in projects Compassionate Conservation. Olivier is a
Mountain Bongo monitoring and evaluation at Kenyatta
Association Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and has a
Surveillance University. Master of Veterinary Science, Conservation
Project Rwanda Medicine from the University of Edinburgh,
E: peter@mountainbongo.org UK.
Kenya T: +254 721 748 769
E: nsengolivier@gmail.com
W: www.mountainbongo.org
T: +250 788 387 041
W: www.rwandawildlife.org
13DELEGATES TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION
Dr. Caleb Ofori-Boateng is the first Ghanaian Agatha’s training is in conservation science
to study and work for the protection of and project management. The valuable
amphibians in Ghana. He started the NGO lessons she has learnt in her professional life
Herp Conservation Ghana (Herp-Ghana) have been through interaction with the local
to raise nationwide awareness and canvas communities she has had the privilege to
support for amphibian conservation. His work with. Her role is to support rebuilding
research has resulted in the discovery of tropical fisheries with coastal communities,
several new species to science and the drawing on local traditional knowledge of
rediscovery of populations that were thought their marine resources to design projects
Dr Caleb to be extinct. Caleb’s work with government Agatha Ogada adapted to the local contexts.
and communities has been both impactful
Ofori-Boateng By providing direct support to partner
and inspiring. Regional organisations in Kenya and Somalia
Director In 2018, he worked with communities and Partner Support in marine resource governance and
government partners to establish Ghana’s Coordinator management including providing best
first protected area for amphibians and practice insights and recommendations
PROJECT legislate new municipal laws that prohibit from others with similar contexts. The core
hunting of some endangered amphibians. PROJECT of her work is active listening and adaptive
Herp Aside Caleb’s work with the NGO Herp- management.
Conservation Ghana, he is a senior research scientist with Blue Ventures
Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial E: agatha@blueventures.org
Research (CSIR-Forestry Research Institute
Ghana Kenya T: +254 720 583 450
of Ghana), a regional projects manager for
the Zoological Society of London’s EDGE W: www.blueventures.org
of Existence Program (ZSL-EDGE) and
a member of the Global Council of the
Amphibian Survival Alliance.
E: calebofori@gmail.com
W: www.herpghana.org
Dr Claire Okell is the founder of The Pangolin Daniel began working with Big Life
Project, a UK charity dedicated to the Foundation in 2009 and is the program
protection of pangolin species and the coordinator of Big Life’s Predator
habitat on which they depend in Kenya. Compensation Fund. He is responsible for
Claire originally trained as a veterinarian in ensuring strict compliance of the PCF rules
the UK at the University of Liverpool before and regulations, and overseeing program
study for a Masters and PhD in veterinary staff training, field visits and monitoring,
epidemiology and economic. conflicts resolution and data collection and
analysis.
After extensive field work in drought prone
Claire Okell areas, she worked in the development Daniel Ole Daniel also acts as a community
Founder and humanitarian sector in South Sudan Sambu conservation mobilizer and community
and across east Africa before moving into liaison related to many of Big Life’s other
conservation. She established The Pangolin Predator Protection programs. He travels both locally and
PROJECT Project in 2020 in response to the gap in Program internationally sharing the success story of
knowledge about pangolin populations how communities and conservationists can
Coordinator
The Pangolin in Kenya despite the global illegal wildlife work together for the mutual benefit of all.
Project trade. In the last 2 years they have trained
over 500 rangers and intelligence officers PROJECT E: predator@biglife.org
in pangolin protection and set up a team of
T: +254 721 888 261
Kenya dedicated pangolin ambassadors working in Big Life
communities that live alongside pangolin. W: www.biglife.org
Foundation
E: info@thepangolinproject.org
W: www.thepangolinproject.org Kenya
14TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION DELEGATES
Tanzanian born and raised; Sam is a Famau Shukry has served a field officer for
Wildlife Management graduate of The the Lamu Marine Conservation Trust since
Sokoine University of Agriculture. Sam 2013. He plays a vital role in promoting the
Joined Honeyguide in 2014 to establish goals and objectives of the organization to
Honeyguide’s monitoring department. be achieved. His role includes, monitoring
Promoted to programs manager in 2017, the sustainability of the project’s results,
responsible for Honeyguide’s overall leading the environmental clubs of 13
program management, overseeing program primary schools and working closely with
delivery, planning, and monitoring. He is local community to increase environmental
Sam Shaba leading a team of over 40 Tanzanians at Famau Shukry awareness and sensitization programs.
one of the leading Tanzanian conservation
Programs organizations whose core goal is proving Field Officer E: famau2008@yahoo.com
that sustainable community-based
Manager T: +254 723 963 533
conservation is possible and critical to
wildlife survival in Africa. PROJECT W: www.lamcot.org
PROJECT
Sam has recently been listed among the Top Lamu Marine
100 Young African Conservation Leaders
Honeyguide Conservation
and is pursuing the MBA for conservation
Foundation leaders at the African Leadership University. Trust
Tanzania E: sam@honeyguide.org Kenya
T: +255 (0)717 947 197
W: www.honeyguide.org
Ronnie Sibanda joined Painted Dog Sopia is the Chief Executive Officer of
Conservation (PDC) in 2017. He has been the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies
instrumental in developing and implementing Association (MMWCA), an umbrella body for
a Marketing and Communications strategy conservancies in the greater Maasai Mara
for PDC and manages its social media ecosystem with a current membership of 16.
platforms and website. He also plays a
critical role in developing and executing He has had a decorated career spanning
fundraising campaigns for different programs years of hands-on experience in
at PDC. Ronnie holds a Bachelor of Social conservation, from a silver-rated tour
guide to programme work. Sopia has, for
Ronnie Sciences in Media and Society Studies Daniel Sopia years, worked with communities to create
degree from a local university in Zimbabwe
Sibanda and certificates in Digital Marketing and IT conservancies and put in place structures
CEO to protect Kenya’s diverse ecosystems and
Support.
Marketing and enhance livelihoods. Notably, he played a
Communications He is born and bred in Hwange, home to PROJECT key role in founding and establishing the
Zimbabwe’s biggest national park and where Motorogi Conservancy and Olare Motorogi
Manager Maasai Mara Wildlife
PDC is headquartered. Community Trust in the Maasai Mara. He
Conservancies thereafter co-steered the Conservancy as
PROJECT E: marketing@painteddog.org Association a Director from 2006 to date. He played
a critical role in the establishment of the
T: +263 778 524 801
Painted Dog Kenya Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association
W: www.painteddog.org and served as a founding board member,
Conservation thereafter founding MMWCA which
continues to strengthen conservancies in the
Zimbabwe greater Maasai Mara Ecosystem.
E: sopia@maraconservancies.org
T: +254 717 806 260
W: www.maraconservancies.org
15DELEGATES TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION
Ms Theresa Sowry, CEO of the Southern Australian born, Ian Stevenson arrived in the
African Wildlife College, holds a Master Lower Zambezi in 1997 where he began
of Science Degree in Botany from the his involvement in wildlife protection. With
University of the Witswatersrand, South almost 25 years-experience in protected
Africa. She gained conservation experience area management, Ian leads one of
while employed by South African National Zambia’s first and most reputable NGOs,
Parks working on their rare antelope Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ). Ian
programme in the Kruger National Park. also worked for African Parks for six years
Starting in the education field as a Training running protected areas in Ethiopia and
Theresa Manager and Lecturer in Natural Resource Ian Stevenson northern Zambia before returning to CLZ
Management, she was later promoted to in 2011. Ian is a veteran pilot, qualified in
Sowry Executive Manager: Training and more Chief Executive wildlife immobilsation and has GIS and aerial
recently to CEO of the Wildlife College. survey experience.
CEO Officer
Theresa’s latest passion is taking to the Under Ian’s leadership, over the last 10
skies and piloting a Savannah S, Light Sport years CLZ has grown from 12 to over 80
PROJECT PROJECT
Aircraft. She has been able to successfully employees and from supporting only foot
integrate this passion into a joint SAWC/KNP patrols to now supporting specialised Dog,
Southern African project, and monitors the rhino distribution Conservation Rapid Response and Intelligence Units, an
Wildlife College pattern on a weekly basis across the Lower Zambezi extensive environmental programme and a
Kempiana property. growing community programme combating
the continuous human-wildlife conflict in the
South Africa Zambia
E: tsowry@sawc.org.za Lower Zambezi.
T: +27 (0) 15 793 7319
E: ian@conservationlowerzambezi.org
W: www.wildlifecollege.org.za
T: +260 976 175 949
W: www.conservationlowerzambezi.org
Jo Taylor is the field ecology technician and Simson joined SRT in the early 1990’s and
digital media coordinator for Karingani Game has been at the head of the organisation
Reserve in southern Mozambique where she since 2015. Simson has played an
manages social media platforms and guides important role in establishing the communal
and implements wildlife monitoring as well rhino custodian as an effective tool to
as various other projects on the 150,000 combat poaching and achieve rural
ha tract of privately managed reserve. She development goals.
has been involved in numerous conservation
projects in Namibia, South Africa, Malawi Simson’s commitment and dedication was
honoured at the 2021 TUSK awards where
Jo Taylor and Mozambique and has assisted in Simson Uri- he received the Prince William Award for
projects focused on wild dog, leopard,
Field Ecology hyena, cheetah and rhino conservation.
Khob lifetime achievement in conservation. The
award confirms Simson’s impact on rhino
Technician & She currently is the Public Relations Chief Executive conservation in Africa.
Digital Media Co- Group leader for the Wild Dog Advisory Officer Simson has an Msc in Conservation Biology
Group and a council board member for
ordinator from Kent University.
the Southern African Wildlife Management
Association. She holds a BSc in Wildlife PROJECT
Management and Conservation Ecology E: simson@rhino-trust.org.na
PROJECT
from West Virginia University and a MSc in Save the Rhino T: +264 81 230 4052
Karingani Game Conservation Biology from the University of Trust W: www.savetherhinotrust.org
Cape Town. Jo’s research interests include
Reserve carnivore population dynamics and drivers of
movement across landscapes. Namibia
Mozambique
E: digitalmedia@karingani.com
T: +258 87 550 0971 /: +27 64 829 4197
16TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION DELEGATES
Sara Vieira is a marine biologist with over 12
years of experience in marine biodiversity
research and. Over the past 10 years she
has been dedicated to the management
of environmental projects, particularly
developing, implementing and managing
conservation and research projects in the
field of sea turtle biology, ecology and
conservation in several countries in Central
Sara Vieira America and in the African continent. She
has extensive experience in managing
Technical Co- community-based conservation projects,
implementing alternative livelihoods
ordinator
programs and engaging key stakeholders
in the management and conservation of
PROJECT endangered species.
Since 2014, she has been coordinating
Programa Tato
the Sea Turtle Conservation Program on
São Tomé Island, (Programa Tatô). She
São Tome is currently the vice president, scientific
coordinator and one of the co-founders
of the Association Programa Tatô, a PhD
student at University of Algarve and a
member of the IUCN Sea Turtle Specialists
Group.
E: saralexvieira@gmail.com
T: +239 (00) 239 993 3240
W: www.programatato.org/equipa
17TUSK TRUSTEES & CONTRIBUTORS TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION
Tusk Trustees & Contributors
Barbara has over 20 years’ experience Hakeem Belo-Osagie is an accomplished
as an economist and development policy Nigerian professional and entrepreneur. He
practitioner in Africa. Her career highlights earned a degree in Political Philosophy and
include, advising the Rwandan government Economics from Oxford University as well as
on social sector policy issues and helping a law degree from Cambridge University and
to establish a poverty observatory. Working an MBA from Harvard Business School.
for the), where she initiated dialogue with
ministries of finance and key sectorial A successful entrepreneur and
ministries, the World Bank, IMF and bilateral businessman, Mr. Belo-Osagie has been a
key player in the Nigerian economy for over
Barbara donors. Hakeen three decades through his participation and
Barungi Helped shape the AfDB’s work in fragile Bello-Osagie development of several businesses in the
states like Liberia and Zimbabwe. Barbara private sector, particularly in energy, finance
Lead Economist also served as AfDB Lead Economist in Investor and and telecommunications.
& Founder Nigeria, engaging closely with the Nigerian Senior Lecturer An advocate for higher education, Mr.
government and development partners on
the Economic Growth and Recovery Plan Belo-Osagie is a member of the Harvard
ORGANISATION (2017-2020). She has also worked at the ORGANISATION University Global Advisory Board.
United Nations Development Programme Additionally, he serves as Chairman of
Imara Consulting (2001-2009), leading the Poverty Reduction Harvard Business the board of trustees of Harvard’s Centre
and Macroeconomics Management Unit for African Studies where he and his
School wife have endowed the Hakeem and
and managing a multidisciplinary team of
Uganda Myma Belo-Osagie Distinguished African
four experts working in the Southern Africa
Development Community region. Barbara Nigeria Entrepreneurship Lecture series. He is also
advised and brought technical support to a member of Yale University President’s
14 southern African-based UNDP country Council on International Activities and the
offices and national governments on New York University President’s Global
formulating poverty reduction-related policy, Council.
analysis and monitoring.
W: www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.
aspx?facId=1213348
W: www.imaraafrica.com
Dr Susan Canney has worked on a variety of Beatrice is a strategic communications
nature conservation projects across Africa, specialist with over 25 years’ experience
Asia and Europe, and in policy research for as a development communications
the UK’s chief sustainability adviser. She professional covering the African continent
has worked in central Mali since 2003, with extensive experience in East, Central
initially with Save the Elephants, and since and Southern Africa. She has worked as
2006 with WILD Foundation to work with journalist with BBC and Reuters and for
local actors to develop an integrated model several international NGO’s – African Wildlife
of human-elephant co-existence that has Foundation, UNICEF, Oxfam (GB). She has
Dr Susan protected this small, yet iconic, population Beatrice also consulted for Mo Ibrahim Foundation,
of desert-adapted elephants, despite the Kofi Annan Foundation, the Bill & Melinda
Canney lawlessness, insecurity and deepening
Karanja Gates Foundation, Stop Ivory, Northern
jihadist insurgency that erupted in 2012. Rangelands Trust and Lewa Wildlife
Director - Mali Conservation Conservancy.
Elephant Project The robustness (so far) of the model Philanthropist
has enticed her to continue the work As a child of Africa with roots in Kenya
to understand more about the complex
& Founder - and Uganda, Beatrice has a strong and
PROJECT factors involved in making space for Nature’s Pitch unyielding passion for African development
elephants. She is a Research Associate and environmental issues and believes that
Tusk Trustee of the Department of Zoology, Oxford the conservation and development can
University, a Trustee of Tusk Trust, a Tusk PROJECT co-exist and is keen to play her part to make
Conservation Award Judge, a member of sure Kenya’s future is sustainable, balanced
Mali Tusk Trustee
the Sahara Conservation Fund’s Science and wise.
and Conservation Committee, and of the
African Elephant Specialist Group. Kenya E: beatricewkaranja@gmail.com
T: +254 716 640 064
E: susan.canney@zoo.ox.ac.uk
W: www.wild.org/mali-elephants
18TUSK CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 2022 - BUILDING RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN CONSERVATION TUSK TRUSTEES & CONTRIBUTORS
Nick Maughan is a British ESG investor and Alexander is a trusted advisor to typically
philanthropist. He was born in January 1980 international clients, with more than 15 years
in Hammersmith, London where he lived and legal and global consultancy experience
was educated before studying religion and
theology at the University of Manchester. He A seasoned litigator, he has particular
returned to London to complete his Masters expertise in the resolution of complex
in Finance at Cass Business School. At multi-jurisdictional disputes, usually with
the age of twenty-four Nick left the UK to reputational aspects, and public affairs. As
work in the United States before spending a trustee and advisor, Alexander’s long-
term preoccupation has been balancing the
Nick Maughan ten years setting up software companies Alex Rhodes imperatives of environmental conservation
in Bulgaria. He is the founder of Maughan
and human development.
Investor & Capital, a strategic investment fund focused Head of Purpose
on impact investment and emerging He was the founding CEO of the charity
Philanthropist - technologies.
- Mischon de
Stop Ivory; head of the Secretariat to the
Nick Maughan Reya inter-governmental Elephant Protection
Foundation E: nick.maughan@gmail.com Initiative; and is a Chairman of Tusk Trust.
W: www.nmf.org/about PROJECT He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic
PROJECT Society and a Conservation Fellow of the
Tusk Chairman Zoological Society of London (ZSL). In 2018
Tusk Trustee the ZSL named him its Conservationist of the
UK Year in recognition of his work supporting
African governments in combatting the illegal
UK ivory trade and in elephant conservation.
E: alexander.rhodes@mishcon.com
W: www.mishcon.com
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