Testimonials

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  I was a partner in two commercial Internet-related organisations based in the UK - Thincweb (formed in 1997) & Webfundis (formed in 2000, the latter concentrates specifically on East Africa).

  Thincweb & Webfundis

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  Jan 2008 – Dec 2008 My contract as Training Manager (Skills Development & Short Course Dept.) with The Southern African Wildlife College expired at the end of 2008. As the only income generation department, I was responsible for the day-to-day management and development of the College’s business u

  nit. Some other responsibilities included : • Providing ongoing support for ongoing SAWC projects in Africa and monitoring of progress of SAWC initiatives in Africa. • Identifying and initiating opportunities for new training initiatives in Africa. • Identifying and following up on new business opportunities. • Maintaining and building relationships with sponsors and conservation stakeholders • Establishing and building relationships with role players in the fields of protected area management and environmental affairs generally. • Liaising with both prospective and actual natural resource/protected areas management organisations and other facil

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  Southern African Wildlife College

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  Employed to Administer a FFF project – The South African Coal Roadmap – which was completed mid-2013; this involved a number of issues such as organising, attending and minuting of all Steering and Board Meetings, along with circulating all important documentation to the Stakeholders, keeping the da

  tabase up to date and distributing important notices to all Members. However, in addition to the above I also organised all FFF meetings (Manco, EXCO, Council, Trustees and AGM) performing a similar role to the above. Part of my job also entailed marketing of Conferences and Courses to the large FFF database and keeping their database up to date.

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  Fossil Fuel Foundation of South Africa

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  1999 - Present Time I am the Founder and ex CEO of The African Conservation Foundation (ACF). (My role nowadays in as a Trustee and Board Member ... I spent firstly 4 years in the UK and subsequently 5.5 years in Tanzania working on this project.) ACF is a UK-registered Not-For-Profit organisation

  , primarily concerned with education and capacity building in Africa in the areas of environment and conservation. It's mission is to support and link African conservation initiatives, groups and NGOs, with the aim of strengthening their capacity, building partnerships and promoting effective communication and co-ordination of conservation efforts. For further information, please also see our extensive website ... www.africanconservation.org My previous role in this organisation was the co-ordination and management of the foundation and of the individual projects being undertaken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Cameroon. I organised all field trips, planned the schedule

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  The African Conservation Foundation