Our Trustees

Mr. Andrew Conolly (ALERT Zambia & Zimbabwe)

Andrew was born in Bulawayo in Zimbabwe on the 2nd of October 1951. Having read for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of Natal Andrew became a successful cattle and crocodile farmer in the Matobo Hills before purchasing Antelope Park in 1987 near the city of Gweru in the Zimbabwe Midlands to begin game ranching.

In 1998 he branched out into tourism and founded African Encounter. Antelope Park was developed through building what has become one of Zimbabwe’s premier tourist locations with a stunning lodge on the banks of the Ngamo dam. The major focus of the Park was the development of the African Lion Rehabilitation & Release into theWIld Program. Since then the lion release program has been expanded to Victoria Falls and now Livingstone in Zambia.

African Encounter has also expanded greatly since these humble beginnings through the development of a number of lodges including Miombo adjacent to Hwange National Park and the Team House in Cape Town. African Encounter operates a successful overland tour operation under the divisional name African Christian Tours & Safaris whilst the development of Pathfinders offers an exciting array of adventure filled tours across the continent. Celebrate Africa offers unique event management whilst Let’s Travel provides a one stop travel service including flights, accommodation and tours.

African Impact offers volunteer programs and has become Africa’s largest such operator based on the continent and is a finalist in the 2009 World Travel Awards for Africa’s Leading Conservation Company with projects from Kenya and Mozambique to Namibia and Zambia. The African Impact Interact program also offers opportunities for corporate and incentive groups to take part in community development programs as part of their itinerary.

In 2005 Andrew founded the African Lion & Environmental Research Trust and in 2007 also developed the Happy Africa Foundation.

*  Andrew Conolly is also a director of ALERT UK

Mr. Charles Arthur Cain (ALERT UK)

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Mr. Mumba Smyth Kapumpa (ALERT Zambia)

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Mr. Stephen Mark McCormick (ALERT Zambia)

Steve was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on the 13th May 1960. He is the founder member of the companies Consolidated Tourism Investments (CTI) Limited and Safari Par Excellence Limited and is a shareholder and director of Virgin Adventures Limited.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1984 with majors in marketing and accounting.

Steve chose to get involved in the tourism industry in 1988 when he started Safari Par Excellence in Zimbabwe before moving his focus in adventure tourism to Zambia in 1991.

His passion for wildlife and conservation led to his partnership with Andrew and Wendy Conolly in 2002. He enjoys marketing the companies wildlife and adventure tourism portfolio both regionally and internationally and continues to explore new and innovative products for the successful growth of the company.

Mr. Clive Ronald Needham (ALERT UK)

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Mr. Samuel Ralph Pecker (ALERT Zambia)

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Mr. David John Scott (ALERT Zambia & Zimbabwe)

Dave Scott did his articles with a small accountancy firm; Geo. McKenzie & Co., from 1969-1975. He then sought exposure at the then biggest professional firm in Bulawayo, Scot-Russell Murray & Pugh from 1975-78. He joined Price Waterhouse in Bulawayo in August 1978.

He worked with PW in the Boston (USA), Francistown and Gaborone (Botswana) offices before returning to Zimbabwe in 1996. He was admitted to the PW partnership in 1985 and became senior partner in 2001.

Dave was the Territory Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Central Africa responsible for the overall management and strategic direction and profitability of the firm. He was directly responsible for international relations with other territories in the PwC worldwide network and for co-ordination of their services to all major clients across all their service lines. He was also directly responsible for their Liquidations and Judicial Management unit in Harare and served as the client relationship partner on their major clients.

He has a broad range of professional experience and has been involved in audit, taxation, financial and business advisory services to many clients; he is experienced in managing projects and reporting assignments involving multinational groups and reporting requirements for multi-office projects.

Dave chose early retirement in June 2007 to pursue personal interests including wildlife conservation project fund raising and project management along with freelance business services consulting; he remains part-time employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers as a freelance consultant.

Dave has served as a professional advisor and in his own personal interests on a number of committees of schools and business associations over many years. He has been involved in organizing/directing a number of public business forums and professional conventions.

Dave is past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (”ICAZ”) and has served on the following ICAZ committees:

Council of ICAZ (currently still a member) since 1996.
Chairman of the Auditing Standards and Procedures Committee.
Working Party at ICAZ covering Fraud and Corruption in Zimbabwe.
Working Party at ICAZ covering the new Banking Act promulgated in 1997/8 including presentations to Parliamentary workshop presiding over this new legislation.
Represents ICAZ on the Eastern Central and Southern African Federation of Accountants.
Represents ICAZ on the National Task Force on Corporate Governance.

*  David Scott is also a director of ALERT UK

Ms. Lisa Walker (ALERT UK)

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