Our Team
Dedicated conservationists, community facilitators, rangeland specialists, and administrators working side-by-side with pastoralist landowners and 744 rangers across the Greater Amboseli landscape.
Passionate Guardians of the Landscape
Our multidisciplinary team brings together deep indigenous knowledge of Amboseli with modern conservation science, spatial GIS mapping, and institutional management.
Jackson Mwato
Executive DirectorFounding leader and Chief Executive of AET since 2009. Spearheading landscape-level spatial planning, international donor partnerships, and multi-agency conservation coordination across southern Kenya.
Daniel Kaaka
Conservancies CoordinatorSenior coordinator overseeing the institutional formalization, registration, governance training, and landowner liaison across all 42 community conservancies in Amboseli.
Susan Kinuthia
Finance OfficerFinancial controller overseeing institutional accounting, grant tracking, donor fiduciary reporting, annual statutory audits, and procurement compliance.
Purity Mwende
Rangeland Project AssistantSupporting rangeland health assessments, field restoration workflows, communal grass seedbanks, and women-led savanna regeneration projects.
Kenneth Sokoine
Rangelands OfficerTechnical lead coordinating indigenous seasonal grazing plans, Zonal Grazing Committees, women-led grass seed banks, and pasture restoration interventions.
John Kasaine
Communication and Development OfficerSpearheading institutional communications, external partner development, field storytelling, advocacy campaigns, and digital media dissemination.
Agnes Muntet
Finance OfficerManaging day-to-day accounts, payment processing, donor fund accountability, internal controls, and statutory financial reporting.
Jesse Mwingirwa
Monitoring and Evaluation OfficerTracking conservation KPIs, field impact metrics, ecological monitoring datasets, spatial corridor surveillance, and project evaluation indicators.
Mirriam Metipari
Office AssistantFacilitating secretariat administrative support, hospitality, document processing, visitor relations, and Noonkotiak Resource Centre logistics.
Jackson Lekoko
SecurityEnsuring facility security, asset protection, perimeter safety, and operational access management at the Noonkotiak Resource Centre HQ.
William Kupere
SecurityProviding dedicated security surveillance, institutional safety, perimeter patrols, and logistics support across the Noonkotiak headquarters.
Wilson Tikwa
Field OfficerConducting grassroots community engagements, conservancy field monitoring, corridor liaison, human-wildlife coexistence response, and ranger coordination.
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Looking to bring your conservation expertise, research, or consultancy skills to Amboseli? Explore our open opportunities.
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Whether you are an institutional partner, researcher, community elder, or prospective donor, our team is ready to collaborate.