Nick Bubb

Nick Bubb

Nick Bubb is the Chief Executive of Tusk, a wildlife conservation organisation with over 30 years of experience advancing innovation in African conservation, whilst empowering local communities and connecting global partners to protect Africa’s unique wildlife and natural habitats.

Prior to his role at Tusk, Nick was the Business Development Director at Fauna & Flora International (FFI), one of the world’s oldest conservation charities. He was involved with the organisation from 2012 (initially as an ambassador) until the end of 2023. His role was focussed on developing new partnerships & fundraising globally through a network of UHNW individuals, trusts & foundations, corporations and lotteries.

Alongside leading expeditions across multiple FFI project sites, Nick represented the organisation at events such as the World Economic Forum, Founders Forum and The Global Green Economic Forum. Along with giving keynote speeches and speaking at TEDx and Ignite events, Nick was also regularly responsible for the stewardship of FFI’s vice-presidents, including Sir David Attenborough and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

During late 2021 and 2022, Nick worked part time for FFI and sailed from the UK to New Zealand with his family. During this adventure they visited numerous FFI project sites and spent time with remote low lying island communities, with the objective of developing their understanding of how they are being impacted by climate change.

Prior to working in conservation, Nick graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Exeter in 2001 and is a former British Universities Dinghy Sailing Champion. For the following 10 years he worked as a sailor & engineer with various high performance sailing campaigns. Highlights included sailing as a watch captain in the 2008/9 round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race & multiple solo trans-Atlantic yacht races. He was also one of the youngest people ever, to successfully race non-stop around the world, after completing the HSBC Oryx Quest in 2005.

In 2010, after ten years of professional ocean racing and over 100,000 sea miles, Nick began a career in finance to broaden his business knowledge. He took a short sabbatical in 2013 to skipper the ‘Shackleton Epic’, which retraced Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous voyage from Antarctica to South Georgia. Shortly after this expedition, Nick decided to follow his passion for the natural world and left his career in Investment Management to start work for FFI.