Adele Emmett is Head of Fundraising at Tusk. She is proud to have worked for the Charity for 17 years organising events and heading up the fundraising team from the office in Dorset.

Anna joined Tusk as Philanthropy Manager in 2016 and manages relationships with Major Donors, including Tusk’s Patrons’ Circle. Before Tusk she worked in fundraising at WWF-UK, and previously had roles at the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and Marwell Zoo in the UK. Anna has a BSc in Zoology and MSc in Behavioural Ecology, reflecting her lifelong passion for wildlife.

In 1985, led the 7-month Young Europe Africa Expedition from London to Cape Town and undertook a series of conservation projects. On his return he entered the financial sector before co-founding Tusk Trust in 1990. He gave up his commercial career and became the charity’s CEO in 2005, since when Tusk has grown both in revenue and reputation. The charity has built a partnership model with an extensive portfolio of project partners. Under Charlie’s stewardship, Tusk has also established the prestigious Tusk Conservation Awards and more recently the Wildlife Ranger Challenge as a response to the Covid crisis. In 2022, the charity will surpass £100m raised for conservation in Africa. Charlie also sits on the Board of The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust and in 2005, he was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty The Queen in recognition of his services to conservation in Africa.

Dan began working in conservation in Cameroon, first at the Limbe Wildlife Centre from 2000-2001, and then as a research assistant for the Cross River Gorilla Research Programme in 2002. From 2002-2009 he worked for the Gorilla Organization, first as Grants Manager, and then as Regional Programme Manager. From 2009-2014 he was Head of Conservation and Campaigns at Elephant Family (working on Asian elephant conservation), from where he joined Tusk as Executive Director in 2014.

Ivy Wairimu Wanjira has worked as Tusk’s Africa Programmes Co-ordinator since March, 2019. Prior to Tusk, she worked as Communications Officer for the Northern Rangelands Trust and Ol Pejeta Conservancy and as Safaricom Marathon Co-ordinator for Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Information Technology from Strathmore University, Kenya and a Master’s Degree in Media and Public Relations from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Julie Cure started her finance career in 1997 as an auditor before joining the Australian Trade Commission in Sydney in 2000 as a grants assessor. In 2002 she returned to the UK and worked as Management Accountant at the City of Bath College, Management Accountant for BBC Audiobooks and Finance Manager for a regional arts charity. Julie took up the role of Head of Finance with Tusk in 2016.

Sarah moved to Africa a month after finishing University – she has a BSc Hons in Biological Sciences from Bristol University. She was only meant to stay for six months but over twenty years later she’s still here. Sarah started working for Tusk 20 years ago organising the charity’s annual marathon held in Kenya and is now Director of Programmes.
She works from an office at the bottom of her garden on the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy surrounded by her menagerie of children, snakes, cats, rhino and dogs. Sarah recently took up Ultra Marathon running (she says it’s her only way of escaping emails), and she has recently returned to university to do an MSc in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health.