Brett Wallington

From a young age, Brett has been passionate about wildlife and the environment. After completing high school in Johannesburg, Brett went on to study a Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Environment and Conservation. Brett completed his postgraduate studies at Wits University, publishing his research in the Journal of Wildlife Research. After a short stint in the UK where he was contracted to play cricket as an overseas semi-professional in Leicestershire, Brett returned to his roots to be a guide at Londolozi Game Reserve in the Sabi Sands. After nearly three years of guiding, Brett made his way to Johannesburg where he increased his knowledge in sustainability in its various forms, qualifying as a Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (CSAP) in early 2011. Brett joined Wilderness Safaris in May 2011 and was an influential member in leading Wilderness’ progress towards adopting the 4Cs approach to sustainability (Commerce, Conservation, Community and Culture) throughout the company, with Brett also coordinating the efforts to improve Wilderness Safaris Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Brett was also the leader of the Annual Integrated Report, overseeing the final publication of the report and the compliance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Brett later moved onto running the USA and Latin American markets, highlighting sustainability as key value proposition in Wilderness Safaris. Brett later moved to Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank, where he was mandated to challenge the understanding of sustainability in the financial sector and establish a new system by which the bank and diverse business units measure success. He has since started Impact Capital Africa (ICA), where he is bringing his diverse expertise in impact measurement and finance, to develop robust systems to grow impact investing into mainstream markets with SDG investment grade modelling. He is also the CEO of Ubuntu Wilderness, a non-profit associated business of ICA.