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 &
Executive Chairman of
Big Life in Kenya
 

Nick Brandt
Co-founder
 
 
 

Tom Hill
Tom Hill, Co-Founder
& Treasurer
 
 

Dereck Joubert
Board Director
 

Patricia Luke
 
 

The Team

Benson N. Leyian
Chief Executive Officer
 

Craig Millar
Chief Operating 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

Jeremy Goss
Head of Conservation
Communication and Science

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
 

Nikki Best
Head of Reporting and
Conservation Education

Fred Njagi
Chief Administration
Officer

Dennis Parstitau
ICT Officer
 

Lilian Sailepu
HEC Fence Project Officer
 

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

Ernest Lenkoina
Rangeland Program Manager
 

James Abuga
Grants Accountant
 

Tom Kihoro
Workshop Manager
 

Josephine Mutunkei
Procurement Officer
 

Abraham Nkapapa
Education Program
Coordinator