Growing up in the African bush, my childhood was identifying birds and tracking wildlife. I have spent many years advocating rhino conservation, through anti-poaching operations, dehorning projects, game counts and rhino rehabilitation. I also cycled 4000 km from Kenya to Kruger, delivering conservation education to schools in partnership with the Kingsley Holgate Foundation.
Outside Southern Africa, I have worked as an expedition guide and general naturalist in Antarctica, the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean – delivering natural history lectures to expedition audiences and running community engagement in island and coastal communities. Different landscapes, same work: always in conversation with the people who live closest to the land.
Everything I do starts from one belief:
The way I work is simple: listen first. Before a single recommendation, I spend time understanding the place, the people and the pressures already in play. Good conservation isn’t imposed — it’s built with the people who’ll live alongside it long after the project ends.
What drives me is a belief that people, wildlife and the natural world can thrive side by side. I've seen what happens when that balance breaks down, and I've seen how much is possible when it holds. My work is about protecting our planet and the people who depend on it — because their futures are the same future.
An Africa where thriving ecosystems and the communities who depend on them succeed together, not at each other’s expense.
Terrain Consulting exists to bridge science, people and practice – helping organisations develop environmental solutions that are evidence-based, locally informed and designed to deliver meaningful outcomes for both communities and ecosystems.
We believe that effective environmental solutions are built on the best available evidence. By integrating scientific research, field experience, local knowledge, and data-driven insights, we develop practical, credible solutions that support informed decision-making and create lasting environmental and social impact.
Meaningful environmental solutions are built through partnerships. We value respectful engagement, diverse perspectives, and collaborative decision-making that creates lasting outcomes. Healthy ecosystems and thriving communities are inseparable. We believe conservation succeeds when people are recognised as partners in creating resilient landscapes.
We believe we all have a responsibility to care for the landscapes, ecosystems, and communities that sustain us. Stewardship means leaving places healthier, more resilient, and better understood than we found them.
We act with honesty, transparency, and accountability. We provide independent advice that prioritizes long-term environmental and social value.
We focus on solutions that can be implemented. By combining scientific understanding with real-world experience, we help clients create measurable environmental and social outcomes.
Protected areas, community meetings, capture operations and lecture theatres. The consulting practice is based in Southern Africa. The fieldwork has taken me a good deal further.
When I'm not working you'll find me running, camping, cycling, hiking or in the bushveld or mountains looking for birds.. Nature isn't just where I work — it's where I reset.
If you're working on a conservation challenge where the science is clear but the people side is complicated, I'd like to hear about it.