AWF Leadership Team

Kaddu Sebunya
Kaddu Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer

Kaddu has been chief executive officer since January 2019, after serving as the AWF President beginning in January 2016. Kaddu has over 20 years of conservation experience at the grassroots, national, and regional levels in the US, Africa, and Europe. Today he leads the organization in realizing its vision of a modern Africa where human development agendas incorporate thriving wildlife and wild lands as cultural and economic assets for Africa’s future generations. Under his leadership, AWF has amplified the voice of African conservation leaders and stakeholders on a continental and global scale. His emphasis on and work involving multi-sectoral engagements with African governments and the private sector has led to a significant shift towards conservation priority across the continent. Kaddu has played a significant role in distinguishing AWF as the African conservation NGO that prioritizes the needs of people as well as wildlife and habitats in Africa.

Andrea Athanas

Andrea Athanas

Vice President, Enterprise and Investment
Gland
Beth Foster

Beth Foster

Senior Vice President, Brand and Public Engagement
Charly Facheux

Charly Facheux

Senior Vice President, Conservation Strategy, Impact and Learning
Nairobi, Kenya
Craig R. Sholley

Craig R. Sholley

Senior Vice President/Special Advisor
Eric Coppenger

Eric Coppenger

Chief of Staff
Frederick Kwame Kumah

Frederick Kwame Kumah

Vice President, Global Leadership
Nairobi, Kenya
Philip Muruthi

Philip Muruthi

Vice President, Conservation Science & Planning
Nairobi
Richard Holley

Richard Holly

Chief Financial Officer

Country Leads

Antoine Tabu

Antoine Tabu

Country Coordinator-DRC/Deputy Chief of Party
Kinshasa
Brian May

Brian May

Landscape Director
Nancy Githaiga

Nancy Githaiga

‪Country Director, Kenya
Nairobi
Norbert Sonne

Norbert Sonne

Country Director, Cameroon
Yaounde
Olivia Mufute

Olivia Mufute

‪Country Director
Harare
Pastor Magingi

Pastor Magingi

Tanzania Country Coordinator/ Senior Manager Strategy Development
Ifakara
Portrait.

Patrick Nsabimana

Interim Country Director, Rwanda
Kigali
Portrait.

Rose Ssebatindira

Country Director, Uganda
Kampala

Senior Management Committee

Amy Gossow

Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Relations
New York

Costin Guvheya

Finance Director
Nairobi, Kenya

Edwin Tambara

Director, Global Leadership

Elizabeth Opee

Senior Director, People and Culture
Nairobi, Kenya

Enos Omondi

Senior Manager, Knowledge Management
Nairobi, Kenya

Jennifer Clay

Director, Donor Engagement and Special Projects
Texas

Madeline Britton

Senior Advisor, Institutional Initiatives
South Carolina

Nakedi Maputla

Senior Conservation Scientist
Nairobi, Kenya

Nashipae Orumoy

Director, Strategic Communications and Marketing
Nairobi, Kenya

Nicole Engdahl

Vice President, Individual Giving - Donor Engagement
Washington, DC

Per Karlsson

Director, Program Design
Nairobi

Richard Langat

Senior Advisor, Finance
Nairobi