After completing his National Service and moving to the USA, for over a decade he enjoyed a career in the action sports clothing industry, working for the top companies in Southern California and allowing him to mesh work and travel through surfing and snowboarding.

After Chantelle was caught in the midst of 9/11, the family fast forwarded their planned move back to South Africa and embarked on a new adventure in eco-tourism. Brent soon obtained his FGASA field guide qualification as they launched an ambitious path in restoring degraded environments and investing in rhino conservation along with their business partner and fellow South African Paul Naudé, one of Southern California’s most respected surf industry leaders, and an ardent environmental protection voice.

Fast-forward 20 years, and Brent and Chantelle have raised two daughters in the small coastal town of St. Francis Bay in South Africa, and who are both now furthering their studies in the USA.

A sudden spike in rhino poaching in 2008 thrust Brent into working on the frontlines of rhino conservation and unfortunately exposed him to the brutal slaughter of two rhino on their own property. Along with Chantelle and Paul, this tragic incident was the catalyst to founding the Chipembere Rhino Foundation (CRF), a privately run non-profit organization protecting and promoting rhino population growth in Southern Africa and supporting critical anti-poaching efforts in Africa. As CEO, Brent oversees the sourcing, testing and funding of a number of conservation tools used in safeguarding rhino and supporting rangers throughout Southern Africa.

African at heart and with a keen insight into the African travel market, Brent thrives on experiencing some of Africa’s truly wild, remote and special places and it’s with Chantelle that they have recently meshed their individual strengths and founded Safari Curators to represent and market the finest safari travel experiences in Africa to visitors from across the globe.