Kathleen leads Conservation Capital’s Business Consulting Africa division. She has more than 25 years of experience in integrated large landscape conservation programmes in Africa and North America. Kathleen was a senior staff member of the African Wildlife Foundation for 11 years, most recently serving as Vice President for its East and Southern Africa portfolio. She has helped create new conservation areas, improve management of existing protected areas, established co-management arrangements with governments and designed innovative models for community integration in conservation. She is widely published and has an undergraduate in Environmental Studies and Government and a Master of Science.