Who's who in ATTA

So who is part of the team that runs ATTA. Here is our current board of directors:

Chief Executive : Nigel Vere Nicoll Company: Email: info@atta.travel Phone: +44 (0)1488 681 665 Mobile:

Nigel Vere Nicoll joined the Board of ATTA in 1996 and acted as ATTA Company Secretary from 1997 -2000 and Chief Executive since 2000 when the Association was incorporated into a limited company . As a former MD of Signet Hotels Kenya, CEO Wild Africa Safaris UK ,Head of Marketing Mount Charlotte Hotels UK, MD of Universal Travel Services and proprietor of two hotels in Scotland he has extensive experience in hotels, tour operating & marketing in UK and Africa. He sits on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Consular Stakeholder Panel and the Travel Advice Review Group (TARG). Fellow of Royal Geographical Society since 1972

	Chairman 2007/8 : Henry Hallward Company: Safaribookers Email: Phone: Mobile:
Elected October 2000 Re-elected October 2005 for 2 years Elected Chairman December 2006 for 2 years Henry Hallward is MD of Safaribookers and previously led safaris in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe as MD of Tongabezi Expeditions. He is married with two children and now lives in England.

	Vice Chairman 2007/8 : Rupert Finch Hatton Company: Hoopoe Safaris Email: Phone: Mobile:
Elected October 2006 for 2 years Elected Chairman December 2004 Elected Vice Chairman December 2006 for 2 years Rupert Finch Hatton is the Marketing Director of Hoopoe Safaris and also Kirurumu Tented Camps & Lodges. He is based in the United Kingdom and looks after their marketing needs across Europe and North America.

	Director : Primrose Stobbs Company: Abercrombie & Kent Email: Phone: Mobile:
Chairman 2003 -2004 Elected October 2002 Re-elected October 2004 for 1 year Re- elected October 2006 for 2 years With strong Kenya connections Primrose Stobbs has been a director of Abercrombie & Kent since it was formed in U.K. She is Council Member of AMREF, Trustee of Friends of Conservation (FOC) and Nyumbani, and Vice-Chairman of the Kenya Society.

	Southern Africa Director : Sandy Wood Company: Pulse Africa Email: Phone: Mobile:
Appointed June 2003 MD of Pulse Africa, Sandy established the company in 1992. The company specialises in tailor made trips to many African countries and parts of the Indian Ocean. Being based in Africa, she is well positioned to represent the African members of ATTA.

Non Executive Director : Caroline Grayburn Company: Tim Best Travel Email: Phone: Mobile:

Elected 2004 for 2 years Re-elected October2006 for 2 years Now Marketing Director of Tim Best Travel she has extensive experience and a broad knowledge of tourism in and to Africa. Before returning to the UK in 2003 she spent a number of years living and working in Africa, as a lodge operator with horse safaris, safari camps and lodges and marketing Uncharted Africa camps and mobile safaris to the UK, USA, Europe and Australia

	Non-executive Director : Albee Yeend Company: Steppes Travel Email: Phone: Mobile:
Elected Oct 2003 for 2 years Re-elected October 2005 for 2 years Albee Yeend is General Manager for Steppes Africa. Albee has extensive knowledge of Africa as a former general manger of Tongabezi Lodge & Sausage Tree Camp, Zambia - and Jack’s Camp & San Camp, Botswana -

	West African Director : Hassan Zakari Company: Leisure Afrique Email: Phone: Mobile:
Appointed June 2006 Hassan is the President of Leisure Afrique, a company he co -founded in 1998. The company is a Destination Management Company with particular emphasis on West Africa covering seven countries on the West Coast. As an African born and brought up in Nigeria, Hassan is passionate about improving West Africa's Tourism to the world stage by driving membership to ATTA

	Director : Anita Lewis Company: Small World Marketing Email: Phone: Mobile:
Elected October 2006 for 2 years Anita is the Director of Small World Marketing, a representation company established in January 2006. Anita has worked 'on the ground' running luxury tented camps and lodges in Kenya; worked for Travel Africa magazine and spent 2 years as the UK sales and marketing manager for the Kenya Tourist Board before she set up Small World Marketing.

Director : Hazel Smith Company: Precision Air Services Email: Phone: Mobile:

Hazel Smith has worked in the civil aviation industry for over 30 years. Her career started with Qantas Airways in 1976 where she obtained all her basic training in ticket sales, marketing and administration. Kenya Airways employed her from 1985 to 2007 as Key Account Manager in charge of specialist sales, where her considerable depth of knowledge for the sales and marketing of an African company were obtained. Hazel thoroughly enjoys working with people and excels in communicating and organising special events. Her enthusiasm is infectious and is a hard working team player.

Director : Simon Wilson Stephens Company: Milestones Marketing Email: Phone: Mobile:

Simon has been involved with African Safaris since 1995. He moved from the UK to Uganda for 4 years, building and managing a lodge and guiding safaris around the country. In 2000 he returned to the UK to work for the Tour Operator, Tim Best Travel, selling safaris throughout Africa. In 2003 he returned to Africa on a solo expedition for 6 month retracing the explorer Henry Morton Stanley’s Trans Africa Expedition by bicycle and kayak. Simon is now the Managing Director of Milestones Marketing, a representation company promoting a portfolio of Africa’s top lodges, camps and ground handlers.