Peter Fearnhead

About

Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of African Parks. For over twenty years I have been at the forefront of innovations in conservation, particularly where this has involved crowding-in the commercial sector as a conservation strategy. Amongst other initiatives, I conceptualised and implemented the commercialisation program at South African National Parks (SANParks) turning the organisation around from near bankruptcy; established a mechanism whereby the South African Government funded land acquisition to expand parks; concluded multiple contract-park agreements which expanded the national conservation footprint; formulated African Parks; and established the African Parks Endowment Fund. Today African Parks manages 15 protected areas in 9 countries, covering 10.5 million hectares.