TRUSTEES AND PATRONS
Trustees
Windsor Shuenyane – Chairman
Windsor Shuenyane spent more than 20 years with South African Breweries Limited and has been involved with community affairs and relations and the development, promotion and management of the SAB Centenary Centre which depicts the history, culture and heritage of the brewing industry. He was the Corporate Relations Executive and responsible for facilitating meaningful relationships with key government officials as well as other relevant corporate and community stakeholders and recently retired. He is on numerous boards of commercial institutions and non-governmental organisations and brings a wealth of experience to The Wilderness Foundation.
Adrian Gardiner - Vice Chairman
Adrian Gardiner was educated in Zimbabwe and completed a B.Comm Degree at the University of Cape Town. His entrepreneurial career began in 1974 and his commercial flair in building businesses spanned swimming pool construction and specialist plant hire to commercial retirement and health care centres.
He has been highly successful in the tourism industry where he developed the Mantis Group comprising luxury hotels and the internationally famous award winning Shamwari Game Reserve. His extensive business empire includes retirement villages, travel agencies, hire companies and consultancies.
Dr Ian Player (Founder)
Ian Player has probably done more for environmental conservation in Southern Africa than any other individual. He is an elder statesman of conservation, both nationally and internationally and has over many years brought much credit to South Africa. Ian Player has been instrumental in educating and influencing generations of conservationists on three continents. He has provided an outstanding example and role model of dedicated service to a cause on which the future of the human race and indeed, of the planet as a whole, may depend. Dr Ian Player’s passion for wilderness was deeply influenced over a period of some 50 years by his lifelong mentor Magqubu Ntombela.
Ian Player’s conservation career started with the Natal Parks Board in 1952. Whilst Warden of the Umfolozi Game Reserve, he spearheaded two key initiatives; Operation Rhino which saved the few remaining southern race of white rhino, and Protected status for the Umfolozi and St. Lucia Wilderness Areas - the first wilderness areas to be zoned in South Africa and on the African continent. Dr Player is the Founder of the Wilderness Leadership School which has taken many young leaders from southern Africa and other countries of the world on trails into the wilderness. This led to the formation of the International Wilderness Leadership Foundation (WILD)], the Wilderness Foundation SA, Wilderness Foundation UK, Magqubu Ntombela Foundation and the World Wilderness Congresses, first convened in 1977. Amongst many orders and awards he counts Knight of the Order of the Golden Ark and the Decoration for Meritorious Service (the highest Republic of South African civilian award). He is the recipient of two honorary doctorates; Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, from the University of Natal and Doctor of Laws (LLD), Honoris Causa, from Rhodes University.
Andrew Muir – Executive Director
Andrew Muir, during 20 years of concentrated work, has been actively linking environmental and social solutions at critical junctures in South Africa’s history. Concentrating on wild habitats, he has understood natural areas as a context for both social and environmental reform. Programmes that he initiated since 1987 have impacted on 95,000 South Africans, dominated by those from previously disadvantaged backgrounds. As an environmental activist and leader who targets community influencers – youth leaders, politicians and opinion leaders – Andrew develops opportunities for extending socio-political perceptions (among youth during apartheid era), reforming environmental legislation (opinion leader trails at birth of democratic governance), developing environmental awareness among emerging young black leaders (Imbewu trails led by previously unrecognised role models) and for activating a future for orphans of the Aids crisis (Umzi Wethu an environmentally focused skills development for job placement initiative).
In 2000, Andrew joined The Wilderness Foundation as the Executive Director in South Africa. Andrew Muir has a Masters Degree in Environment and Development from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. In addition he is a Co-Founder and Trustee of Usiko Rites of Passage, Chairman of The Wilderness Leadership School Trust, Board Member of The WILD Foundation (USA), Associate of Gaia Foundation (UK), Director of the Board of Open Africa Initiative and Member and Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Provincial Parks Board.
Vance Martin (USA)
Vance Martin was appointed President of The WILD Foundation in 1984 after 15 years in international business and non-profit management. An innovative leader known for bridging the interests of people and nature, he has worked in over 35 countries, helping establish several non-profit organisations. He serves as Board President of Cheetah Conservation Fund and of Friends of Peace Parks, and as a Board Member of World Wilderness Trust (India), Conservation & Preservation Charities of America, Fulcrum Publishing and others. He is also the Founder and Co-Chair of the Wilderness Task Force of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Executive Editor of the International Journal of Wilderness. He has edited and authored many books and articles.
Nomkhita Mona
Nomkhita Mona holds a Masters Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and an MBA from Rhodes University. After starting her career with the Council for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration in the East Cape she rose to the position of Registrar of the CCMA in Mpumalanga, before accepting the position of CEO of East Cape Tourism Board.
Currently, Mona is CEO of the Inkiso Land Company which was founded by the sugar industry to fast-track land redistribution to aspirant and emerging black farmers. Operating on a willing-buyer, willing-seller basis, the company’s main objectives are to speed up the process and ensure there is proper support for farmers before and after the sale of land.
Ed Posey (UK)
Edward Posey, trained as an RAF pilot for National Service and then spent five years in the reserves. He studied at the London School of Economics and obtained a BSc degree in Economics and embarked on an aviation career operating helicopters and aircraft worldwide. Interested in corporate social responsibility and humanistic psychology he co-founded the Business Network and became a Trustee of the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland where the World Wilderness Congress was held in 1983. Ed Posey subsequently became a Trustee of The Wilderness Leadership School (SA) and The Wilderness Foundation (UK).
His other positions include being a member of the Executive Development Council of the Natural History Museum, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Director of Neals Yard Remedies. He is also Co-Founder and active Trustee of the Gaia Foundation, an environmental charity. He was recently awarded an OBE.
Fanyana Shiburi
Fanyana Shiburi was an award-winning journalist with the Sowetan, the Star and the Rand Daily Mail newspapers for over 20 years. He joined SANParks as their Marketing and Communications Director, where he co-founded the Imbewu Youth Programme together with The Wilderness Foundation. He subsequently brought his skills to the portfolio of Group Public Affairs Director of DaimlerChrysler, where he was involved in President Nelson Mandela initiatives, the Khula Cultural Village in Sodwana and various other social responsibility programmes. He serves on diverse boards such as Kgorong Investment Holdings, Board Member Wilderness Foundation, Board Member National Parks Honorary Rangers, Council Member Rhodes Business School, South African Football Association Development Council, Founder member National Black Business Council, Director SA Wildlife Anti-poaching Council, Founder member South African Union of Black Journalists and is a Founder member Media Workers Union of South Africa. His qualifications range from Journalism to Management from numerous institutions including Rhodes Business School, Wits Business School and Insead (France).
Prawlall Singh
Pro Singh has a background in education and an enduring passion for wilderness which is expressed in nearly 20 years of association with the Boards of both the Wilderness Leadership School (joined in 1988) and Wilderness Foundation Board (joined in 1999). He has now retired as an educator (in administration) and is presently with Divine Life Society of South Africa and in real estate.
Todani Moyo
Todani Moya is a professional accountant, with experience as an investment banker in the United States of America and as Chairman and Chief Executive of Msinsi Holdings (Pty) Ltd in South Africa, among others. He sits on a number of reputable boards in South Africa, bringing expertise in corporate governance and enterprise risk management.
Sharon Oliver (UK)
Sharon Oliver has been involved for many years in conservation worldwide through the UK based David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. Most recently her interests have focused on South Africa, where she has actively overseen the transformation of a cattle farm in the Eastern Cape, into a protected wilderness for flora and fauna. As an active and dedicated board member, she has raised awareness and funds for the protection of wilderness and related social upliftment projects.
Patron for Life
Dr Ian Player (Founder)
Patrons
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi (Dr)
- B. Hersov
- Norah Kreher
- Maurice Mackenzie
- Ian McCallum (Dr)
- Gary Player
- Frank Raimondo (Dr)
- Chris Saunders
- Michael Sweatman
- Harry Tennison
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