Trustees
- Alexander Rhodes (Chairman) – Alexander is Head of Purpose at Mishcon de Reya, where he provides strategic Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice. He was the founding CEO of Stop Ivory and head of the Secretariat to the inter-governmental Elephant Protection Initiative. He joined Tusk’s Board in 2014, and was appointed Chairman in 2020.
- Dr Susan Canney – Susan is a Research Associate specialising in conservation biology within Oxford University’s Department of Zoology, and the Director of the Tusk-supported Mali Elephant Project (an initiative of WILD Foundation and ICFC). She has been a Trustee since 2014.
- Patrick Harverson – Paddy is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the London-based strategic communications consultancy firm Milltown Partners. Beforehand he was Communications Secretary to The Prince of Wales and his family, and before that he was Communications Director at Manchester United Football Club. He has been a Trustee since 2015.
- Beatrice Karanja – Beatrice is a strategic communications specialist with over 25 years of experience covering the African continent as both a journalist for the BBC and Reuters and as a communications professional with UNICEF, Oxfam, and the African Wildlife Foundation. Beatrice joined the Board in 2021.
- Nick Maughan CBE – Nick Maughan is a British investor and philanthropist. He was born in 1980 in London, where he lived and was educated before studying Religion and Theology at the University of Manchester. He returned to London for his master’s in finance at Cass Business School (now Bayes Business School). At the age of twenty-four Nick left the UK to work in New York and has since lived on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been a Trustee since 2021.
- Jill May – Jill spent her executive career in investment banking, concentrated on M&A and senior roles in Group Strategy. In 2018 she joined the Prudential Regulation Committee of the Bank of England as an External Member. She joined the Tusk Board in 2021.
- Deborah Meaden – Businesswoman, investor in sustainable businesses and star of “Dragon’s Den”, Deborah became a Tusk Ambassador in 2010 before joining the Board in 2016.
- Mark Tyndall – In 1997 Mark co-founded Artemis Asset Management, one of Tusk’s most significant and longstanding corporate partners. He joined the Board in 2015.
Hon Vice Presidents
- Sir Timothy Ackroyd Bt. – Sir Timothy is an acclaimed actor and one of the founding Trustees of Tusk. For Tusk’s 15thand 20thanniversaries, Tim collated a collection animal drawings by friends and personalities for auction and publication in two books – Ackroyd’s Ark I and II – to raise funds for Tusk.
- Iain Rawlinson – Iain is principal of Rawlinson Partners, an investor and adviser group. Iain was a Trustee from 2002, and Chairman from 2005-2013. He chaired Tusk’s Development Board from 2014 – 2020.
- The Hon Stephen Watson – Stephen is Chief Executive of CTN Group, the creative, digital and leadership communications agency, and an Honorary Commander in the Royal Navy. Stephen was a Trustee from 1998, and Chairman from 2013-2020; he now chairs Tusk’s Development Board.
Development Board (Advisory)
- Philip Buscombe
- Teresa Graham
- Rachel Heron
- Tim Jackson
- Oliver Pawle
- Andrew Pitts-Tucker
- Iain Rawlinson
- Chris Townsend OBE
