Big Life originally began operations in southern Kenya, and this is the largest project area in terms of funding and scope.

Big Life Kenya's headquarters is on Mbirikani Group Ranch, near Amboseli National Park, and this is where all administration and support staff are based. The HQ includes a full vehicle service center, tracker dog unit, central radio room, and employee housing for management staff.

This is the nerve center of all Kenyan operations, including management and logistics for hundreds of local Maasai rangers, more than 40 permanent outposts and tent-based field units, 13 vehicles, and aerial surveillance—protecting 2 million acres of wilderness in the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem of East Africa.

Board of Directors

Richard Bonham
Co-founder, Director of
Operations in Africa

Nick Brandt
Co-founder & President
 

Tom Hill
Tom Hill, Co-Founder
& Treasurer.

Dereck Joubert
Board Director
 

Patricia Luke
 
 

The Team

Craig Millar
Head of Security and
Field Operations

Benson N. Leyian
Chief Operations Officer
 

Francis Legei
Commanding Officer
 

Bernard Gichuhi
Chief Financial Officer
 

Samar Ntalamia
Education Programmes
Manager

Daniel Ole Sambu
Predator Protection
Programme Coordinator

Antony Kasanga
Wildlife Crime Prosecutions
& Courtroom Monitoring

Bernard Kiptoo
M&E Officer

Jackline Sempeyo
Head of Stores

John Kasaine
M&E Field Officer

Josphat Saiko
Senior Sergeant
Rombo & Kimana

Kennedy Nkonina
Finance Assistant
 

Fred Njagi
Chief Administration
Officer

Dennis Parstitau
ICT Officer
 

Lilian Sailepu
HEC Fence Project
Assistant

Wilfred Kimeu
Grants & Compliance
Manager

Benson Kibet
M&E Field Officer
 

Jackson Nkanoni
Human Resource
Officer

Richard Lamisi
M&E Assistant
 

Samuel Kaanki
Maasai Olympics Coordinator
 

Michael Tipaai
Conservation Education
Officer