How you can support making a real, sustainable difference to Africa’s wilderness communities and her conservation

As an Ambassador, you will be helping us to:

•   Acquire derelict farms within large wilderness areas that are ideal for rewilding.
•   Help expand and protect critical habitat for endangered and persecuted species such as elephants, rhinos, lions and pangolins.
•   Rehabilitate damaged landscapes and re-introduce key and endangered species.
•   Educate and build community owned conservation businesses.
•   Negotiate policy changes with some of Africa’s governments and wildlife authorities.
•   Keep Africa’s magical natural world intact for future generations to enjoy.

Watch the replay below:

Speakers:

James Arnott, CEO, Rewilding Africa CIC

James’ early career revolved around FMCG marketing management, working with corporates such as Unilever and Robertson’s Spices, based in Durban. He moved into property full time in 2003 and has subsequently been involved with several reputable development and construction businesses in ownership and various roles and has completed several successful property developments in South Africa.

Sharmla Chetty, CEO, Duke

Sharmla is a visionary driven by transforming organizations and society through leadership. She is passionate about achieving sustainable outcomes through diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Her areas of research include board leadership, the future of work, humanity and technology and people practices.
Sharmla brings deep global experience in a range of industries including financial services, healthcare, mining, energy, and manufacturing from working with clients in 80 countries. 
Prior to joining Duke CE, she was Head of Human Capital Development for 19 years at Nedbank, where she focused on building the next-generation leadership pipeline.

Walter Coughlan, Operations Director, The Zambezi Group

Walter has been involved in NGO and Charity work for most of his working life.  Having established a successful NGO in South Africa in the Agriculture and Food Sector, he has also established numerous businesses and a Social Enterprise. He is a founding member of The Zambezi Group a UK based start-up that has developed a donor-centric membership app and platform specifically for the charity sector.

Grant Fowlds, Author, Front conservationist, Community specialist

Grant is a passionate conservationist, a connector and communicator with a unique ability to bring people together. His fluency in both Zulu and Xhosa are a critical tool in bringing this project to fruition. He is a bestselling author, and his 2 books Saving the Last Rhinos, and more recently Rewilding Africa, are opening doors and connecting people from all over the planet with this project and programme for rangeland expansion. Grant has an empathy for communities and the conservation sector he serves that is evident in tireless campaigning.

Charles Perry, Founder, Sustainable Future for All

Charles is a well-known sustainable business and climate leader, with 25 years’ commercial experience embedding sustainability into the DNA of many large multinationals, as well as building several purpose-driven businesses as a green entrepreneur. He ran BP Green Energy, was Managing Director of both Good Energy and SecondNature, Director of Anthesis (acquirer of his company), Co-founder of GRIDSERVE and Founder of Sustainable Future for All. He also played a key role on the UN COP26 Climate Champions team, where he led the Aviation sector to joining the Paris Agreement. He is an Ambassador of Meaningful Business 100, an Ambassador for Climate and Ecology Bill and an Al Gore Climate Reality Leader.

This event is free but booking is essential.  Zoom links will be sent in the 24 hours prior to the event.