A plan approved by the Trustees in April last year, to broaden the management structure of Rhino Ark required two positions to be filled.

James Githui, based in Nyeri was appointed Manager Fence/Community Development in August last year.

The second position of Resource Development Manager has now been filled effective February 1 this year. Eric Kihiu joins Rhino Ark having served in a variety of senior management positions (non uniformed) in Kenya Wildlife Service, including project and assets management, and most recently heading the Productivity Department tasked with ISO 9000 preparation.

Eric Kihiu will provide full management and public affairs support for developing new sources of funding with both corporate and international donors and strengthen our links with Government for both management and funding for the Rhino Ark Aberdare Fence. He will further develop the website as a fund raise tool in addition to the current Rhino Chargers’ pages.

After completing his Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) at Nairobi University, he worked in the private sector’s insurance and oil industry sectors for several years.

Eric says: “Conservation and environment issues are especially challenging particularly as poverty eradication demands that we manage our limited natural resources much more judiciously than used to be the case.”