chairperson

treasurer

Kevin Rodrigues is an investment professional with over 13 years of experience in investment banking, merchant finance and private equity gained in the United States, Europe and Africa. Kevin currently works as a Director at LGT Lightstone, managing investment activities in Eastern & Lusophone Africa. Focusing on impact investing in key emerging economies, LGT Lightstone is a fully owned subsidiary of The LGT Group Foundation (‘LGT’). LGT is a multi-generational company, owned by the Princely family of Liechtenstein, consisting of multiple business verticals, including a Fund of Funds, Private Bank and Asset Management. Prior to joining LGT Lightstone, Kevin worked for Credit Suisse First Boston, International Finance Corporation, Black River Asset Management (now Proterra Investment Partners) and CDC Group. Kevin holds an MBA from London Business School, UK and a B.A. (Economics) from Northwestern University, USA.

secretary

Genevieve Hennessy-Barrett is Co-Founder and Director Impact for 4G Capital, a mission focussed financial inclusion fintech delivering working capital loans and business training to micro and small enterprises (MSEs)  in Kenya and Uganda.  The company has positively impacted over 1.5 million people across East Africa and has been a B-Corporation since 2018.  4G Capital’s success is directly linked to the success of its clients and the well-being of its 1000+ staff members.  Genevieve’s first career was in nursing.  Her specialty was infectious and tropical diseases and she held a variety of senior roles in the United Kingdom and India. She also founded a medical training organisation in East Africa with 5 years as the United Nations hostile environment medical training specialist in Somalia and South Sudan.  She attributes her collaborative, people-focussed and detail-oriented approach to her previous experience working with teams in high-pressure life-and-death situations.

trustee

Tom Usher is the CEO of a UK-based charity, campaigning on public access, land regeneration and National Parks Policy. His major focus is the protection and preservation of the largest wilderness in Southern England- Dartmoor National Park. A former British Army Officer with operational experience in the Balkans and Afghanistan, Tom has also been a member PwC’s market-leading Restructuring team, specialising in financial turnaround of failing public sector entities. His previous non-exec/Trustee positions include Trustee of Dartmoor Multi-Academy Schools Trust, a 17 site, 2,500 child educational organisation. The Guardian Newspaper; Editorial Advisory Board Member  on the Public Leaders Network Board and panel judge on Public Service award and UK public servant of the year.

trustee

Rikki Double is the CEO & Partner at Zeus UAV Limited. One of the founder members of Zeus UAV Limited since it began in 2017, designing and building unmanned aerial platforms and payloads in the U.K. for use worldwide in various scenarios. The Zeus Group of companies also provide training and support services. Rikki is a keen conservationist who balances a busy work schedule with charitable activities.

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Lavinia Calza is a cultural producer, curator and art advisor living between London, New York and Kenya. After spending many years working at Sotheby’s as a specialist in 20^th Century Art, she founded ARTLabAfrica, based in Nairobi, an incubator and cultural platform focused on developing and raising awareness of experimental art from Africa. In 2016 she opened The LAB, an artist-led non-profit project space in Nairobi that focuses on arts education and dissemination. Lavinia is excited to explore opportunities for including artists in the conservation discourse, providing a unique context where scientists, environmentalists and researchers can work alongside visual artists, musicians, writers and poets to explore new ideas and investigative approaches.