Tom Silvester is an entrepreneur, rancher, and tourism operator with a degree in Agriculture from the University of Edinburgh. Since 1992, he has been working on a large-scale tourism, ranching and conservation project in Northern Kenya. He founded Loisaba in 1998, and has been responsible for creating a successful, internationally recognised wildlife conservancy.

As Loisaba’s CEO, he oversees a labour force of over 400, between two and three thousand herds of livestock, security, wildlife conservation, maintenance of infrastructure and the implementation of new projects contributing to research, conservation and revenue. He also provides support to neighbouring communities through provision of health and education programmes, livelihood support, grazing plans for their livestock and security services.

Through his position as vice chairman of the Laikipia Conservancies Association, Tom supports landscape level conservation, and engages with government on policy development. He also sits on the Executive Committee of the Agricultural Employees Association, and is a Board of Governors member of Laikipia North Technical and Vocational College.