Keith Sproule
Executive Director, Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy at Abercrombie & Kent
- Role
- Executive Director, Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy at Abercrombie & Kent USA
- Location
- Jackson, WY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Keith Sproule
Keith has served as a senior adviser to government ministries on three continents, with long- and short-term consulting assignments in SE Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, North Africa, the Middle East and Southern Africa. Keith is the Executive Director of Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy (AKP) managing a portfolio of strategic investments with partner communities in every country where A&K has an office - currently 73 projects in 31 countries. Keith spent five years in Namibia working for the World Wildlife Fund on joint-venture (JV) tourism investments and conservation planning in communal land areas. With 48 established JV lodges, the Namibian model for attracting private sector investors to partner with communities committed to conservation continues to be a global example for how to balance conservation / community development / tourism growth.He previously worked on the Tourism Investment Strategy for the Republic of Georgia, and was the tourism lead with project teams in Kosovo, Cyprus and Brazil. He was Deputy Director of the USAID funded Red Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative in Egypt and was the first Ecotourism Adviser for the Supreme Commission of Tourism and Antiquities in Saudi Arabia. Keith was a Fulbright Scholar focused on ecotourism planning in Belize. He has been a Field Judge for the 2005, 2008 and 2011 World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)\"Tourism For Tomorrow\" Awards program. He is a past two-term chairman of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) and served on the board of Sustainable Travel International (STI). He is a long serving board member of the Charture Institute in Jackson Hole, WY and the WILD Foundation, based in Boulder, CO. He is the founder and managing director of the Bentwood Inn, an iconic luxury log lodge in Jackson Hole, WY. Sustainable tourism, destination development, ecotourism policy and planning, public relations, SME development, training, finance, budgeting and cost management.
Experience
Executive Director, Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy
Jul 2014 — Present
A&K Philanthropy (AKP) is the corporate charity of Abercrombie & Kent, the luxury global tour operator. The company has a long and storied history of giving back to the communities where we send our guests. Today, AKP has a portfolio of 73 projects in 31 countries around the globe, including investments in education, health care, conservation and enterprise development.
Education
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
MA, International Affairs / Int. Economics
1991 — 1992
University of Vermont
BS, Environmental Studies
Skills
- Management
- Environmental Awareness
- Strategy
- Africa
- Tourism
- Program Management
- Environmental Education
- Public Speaking
- Rural Development
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- International Relations
- Sustainability Consulting
- Ecotourism
- Fundraising
- Environmental Management Systems
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Tourism
- Policy
- Adventure Travel
- Social Entrepreneurship
- International Development
- Product Development
- Public/Private Partnerships
- Grants
- Marketing
- Government
- Strategic Planning
- Project Planning
- Sustainable Business
- Project Management
- Conservation Issues
- Research
- Environmental Policy
- Destination Marketing
- Community Development
- Environmental Issues
- Wildlife
- Training
- Environmental Impact Assessment
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