IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Diane joined the AfESG in 2008 and is responsible for overseeing the activities of the AfESG Secretariat.  She joined the AfESG after completing a Masters degree in Science, Society & Development at the Institude of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. 

Originally from Zimbabwe, Diane has also worked with IUCN in Harare, and with Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe. Prior to joining the AfESG, Diane worked for the Jane Goodall Institute in the USA, coordinating their fundraising from corporations and foundations. 

Peter joined the AfESG in 2012 as the Database Officer and is responsible for maintaining the African and Asian Elephant Database. He is also responsible for spatial and statistical analysis of elephant distribution and range information across Africa. 

Peter has almost 10 years experience in geospatial spatial technology mainly focusing on natural resource monitoring and analysis. He has a wide range of experience working with non-governmental organizations in Kenya with Earthwatch and African Conservation Centre and internationally with UNEP-GRID on a number of GIS and remote sensing projects. He has also been a proficient trainer in GIS and remote sensing courses on climate change and land cover/use analysis with In-depth Research Services and a spatial technology/cartographic consultant with ESRI- Eastern Africa, African Biodiversity Conservation and Innovations Centre, East Africa Ecological Society and Abantu publications.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation for Natural Resource Management from Tweente University- ITC in the Netherlands.

Cecily joined AfESG in August 2001 as Administrative Officer. Her appointment was mainly to help administer an EU grant that the AfESG had received between 2000 and 2004. Since then, she has stayed on to administer other grants that the AfESG has received from various donors and is an integral part of the AfESG team. Her main roles are budgeting, financial and administrative management of AfESG grants and general office management.

Cecily has over 20 years’ experience in administrative work in various organisations. Before joining AfESG, she had worked as a Logistics and Administrative officer for the CIDA Programme Support Unit in Nairobi providing logistical and administrative support to CIDA funded projects in Kenya and Uganda. She also worked for UNCHR and Malawi High Commission in Nairobi among others.

She holds a diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management and certificate in secretarial studies from the Kenya Polytechnic. She is currently pursuing an Executive Bachelor of Business Management at Management University of Africa.