Note: All members of the AfESG serve in their individual capacities as technical experts and do not represent their organizations or institutions.
Member list
Dr. Holly T. Dublin
Chair, IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group
Senior Adviser, IUCN ESARO
Kenya
Dr. David Balfour
Executive Director, Biodiversity Conservation
Eastern Cape Parks & Tourism Agency
South Africa
Ms. Martha Bechem
Deputy Subregional Support Officer
CITES MIKE Central & West Africa
Cameroon
Mr. Julian Blanc
Acting Coordinator and Data Analyst
CITES MIKE
Kenya
Dr. Philippe Bouche
Technical Coordinator
Programme d'Appui au Parcs de L'Entente (PAPE)/UNDP
Gembloux Agro Bio Tech University of Liege
Burkina Faso
Dr. Michael Chase
Director and Founder
Elephants Without Borders
Botswana
Mr. Tapera Chimuti
Subregional Support Officer
CITES MIKE Southern & Eastern Africa
South Africa
Dr. Patrick Chiyo
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
United States of America
Dr. Colin Craig
Nambia
Mr. Emmanuel Danquah
Senior Lecturer
Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Ghana
Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Founder
Save the Elephants
Kenya
Dr. Anna Estes
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Penn State University and the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
Tanzania
Dr. Kate Evans
Founder and Director of Research & Education
Elephants for Africa
Botswana
Dr. Sam Ferreira
Large Mammal Ecologist
SANParks
South Africa
Dr. Charles Foley
Director, Tarangire Elephant Project
WCS
Tanzania
Mr. Howard Frederick
Tanzania
Dr. Marion Garai
Chairperson
Elephant Specialist Advisory Group
South Africa
Dr. Deborah Gibson
Namibia
Dr. Max Graham
Founder and CEO
Space for Giants
Kenya
Dr. John Hart
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dr. Emmanuel Hema
Burkina Faso
Dr. Richard Hoare
Zimbabwe
Mr. Ponjoli Joram
Park Ecologist
Tanzania National Parks
Tanzania
Mr. Malvern Karidozo
Ecologist / Projects Manager
Elephant Pepper Development Trust
Zambia
Dr. Alfred Kikoti
Director
World Elephant Centre
Tanzania
Mr. Werner Kilian
Chief Conservation Scientist and Head of Etosha Ecological Institute
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Namibia
Dr. Lucy King
Elephants and Bees Project Leader
Save the Elephants
Kenya
Dr. Michael Kock
Doctor (Vet Med)
University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort
South Africa
Mr. Moses Litoroh
CEO
Kibodo Trust
Kenya
Dr. Fiona Maisels
Surveys and Monitoring Advisor
Wildlife Conservation Society Central Africa
Great Britain
Dr. Barbara McKnight
Tsavo Elephant Research
Kenya
Dr. Esmond Bradley Martin
Kenya
Dr. Simon Mduma
Director General
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Tanzania
Mr. Tom Milliken
Global Elephant and Rhino Leader
TRAFFIC
Zimbabwe
Dr. Leonard Mubalama
Coordonnateur
WWF
Democratic Republic of The Congo
Dr. Shadrack Ngene
Elephant Programme Coordinator
Kenya Wildlife Service
Kenya
Mr. Cornelio Ntumi
University of Eduardo Mondlane
Mozambique
Mr. Patrick Omondi
Senior Assistant Director / Head, Species & Management Department
Kenya Wildlife Services
Kenya
Dr. Loki Osborn
Director
Connected Conservation
South Africa
Mr. Mick Reilly
Head of Conservation and Security
Big Game Parks
Swaziland
Mr. Moses Kofi Sam
Regional Manager
Wildlife Division
Ghana
Mr. Bobodo Blaise Sawadogo
President
l'Association Amnistie pour l'Elephant
Burkina Faso
Mr. Lamine Sebogo
African Elephant Programme Coordinator
WWF International
Kenya
Dr. Noah Sitati Wasilwa
Species Programme Manager, Elephant
WWF ESARPO
KENYA
Dr. Daniel Stiles
Kenya
Russell Taylor
Namibia
Mr. Aristide Comlan Tehou
Coordonnateur du projet WAP Bénin
CENAGRAF
Bénin
Dr. Christopher Thouless
Team Leader
Conservancy Development Support Services
Namibia
Dr. Andrea Turkalo
Associate Conservation Scientist
Wildlife Conservation Society
Central Africa Republic
Dr. Hilde Vanleeuwe
Wildlife Conservation Society
Republic of Congo
Ms. Lucy Vigne
Kenya
Dr. Ian Whyte
South Africa
Dr. George Wittemyer
Assistant Professor
Colorado State University
United States of America
Mr. Yacob Yohannes
Head of Forestry & Wildlife Resources Unit
Ministry of Agriculture
Eritrea
