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PEACE PARKS FOUNDATION STRUCTURE

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The Peace Parks Foundation has been constituted and established in South Africa as an association incorporated under Section 21, i.e. a company 'not for gain'. The Foundation has virtually all the powers of a normal company, but cannot have shareholders, and no profits can be paid to supporting members or Directors.

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The structure directing the Foundation's work is as follows:

FOUNDING PATRONS

HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands † 1 December 2004

Dr Nelson Mandela

Dr Anton Rupert † 18 January 2006

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Mr JP Rupert (Chairman)
• Prof GJ Gerwel (Vice-Chairman)
• Prof WF van Riet (Vice-Chairman)
• Mr W Myburgh (Chief Executive Officer)
• Mr TA Boardman
  
• Mr JA Chissano (Mozambique)
• Mr A Hoffmann (Switzerland)
• Dr HL Hoffmann (Switzerland)
• Mr HM Hölz (Germany)
• Drs JHW Loudon (The Netherlands)
• Mr M Msimang
• Dr FE Raimondo
• Ms CC Rupert
• Mr DF Strietman (The Netherlands)
• Mr P van der Poel
• Mr JJM van Zyl
• Mr PJ van Zyl

 

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CLUB 21 MEMBERS

Chairman: Mr Johann Rupert

• Absa Bank
• HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands † 1 December 2004
• Sir Richard Branson
• Cartier
• Chrysler Corporation Fund
• Daimler
• De Beers
• Edmond and Benjamin de Rothschild Foundations
• Deutsche Bank
• Dutch Postcode Lottery
• Exxaro
• Mr Paul Fentener van Vlissingen † 21 August 2006
• Donald Gordon Foundation
• Fondation Hoffmann
• Dr HL Hoffmann
• Philips
• Remgro
• Richemont
• The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation
• Rupert Family Foundation
• Ms Pierrette Schlettwein
• Swedish Postcode Foundation
• Ted Turner Foundation
• Total
• Venfin
• Vodafone Group Foundation
• WWF Netherlands

 

 

Club 21 also serves as an advisory council to the Foundation.

 

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HONORARY PATRONS

• President Rupiah Bwezani Banda (Zambia)
• President José Eduardo dos Santos (Angola)
• President Armando Emilio Guebuza (Mozambique)
• President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama (Botswana)
• His Majesty King Letsie III (Lesotho)
• His Majesty King Mswati III (Swaziland)
• President Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
• President Hifikepunye Pohamba (Namibia)
• President Dr Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi)

 

 

 

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE

To assist with technical advice in the transfrontier conservation process and to provide a forum for discussion of significant cross-border issues, the Foundation also constituted an advisory committee and invited representatives from the wildlife authorities of the SADC countries to serve in an ex officio capacity on this body. The members of the Advisory Committee are:

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Mr Titus Dlamini: Chief Executive Officer, Swaziland National Trust Commission

Dr David Mabunda: Chief Executive, South African National Parks (SANParks)

Mrs Mamoruti Malie: Principal Secretary, Lesotho Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment

Mr Fundisile Mketeni: Deputy Director-General, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa

Dr Bandile Mkhize: Chief Executive Officer, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa

Mr Trevor Mmopelwa: Director, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana

Mr Charles Ndabeni: Chief Executive Officer, Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, South Africa

Dr Francisco Pariela: National Director, National Directorate of Conservation Areas, Mozambique


Mr Leonard Sefu: Director, Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Malawi

Dr Kalumbi Shangula: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Namibia

Dr Bartolomeu Soto: Director, TFCA Coordinating Unit, National Directorate of Conservation Areas, Mozambique

Mr Jameson Vilakati: Director, Swaziland Environment Authority

 

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