Fay is Director of Operations and responsible for overseeing all of our journeys. Her background is in personal development expeditions, having spent many years running expeditions for school groups worldwide, with a particular responsibility establishing project partnerships and in-country operations. Prior to this she spent several years at the Royal Geographical Society’s Expedition Advisory Centre (now Geography Outdoors). She has travelled widely especially in the Middle East and Africa, as well as further afield.

Josh is responsible for co-ordinating all of our journeys. His background is in community development trips, and Wind Sand & Stars’ strong links with the Bedouin are a major reason for Josh choosing to work with us. He has a degree in Exploration and Resource Geology, spent several years in the Army Reserves, and prior to joining Wind Sand & Stars worked as a freelance outdoors instructor and expedition leader. Josh has travelled, worked, and volunteered in East Africa, West Africa, South America, the Sinai and various parts of Europe.

Rabia has worked with Wind Sand & Stars since its inception and has been key to the long term and stable relationships which ensure safety as well as the capacity to journey in areas little known to the western world. He originally trained as a doctor, working in hospitals in Cairo, but fell in love with the desert and the Bedu way of life while working in the area one summer nearly 30 years ago. He lives in the Sinai as a director of his own specialist company, and agent for Wind Sand & Stars. Rabia, with his knowledge of different ways of life, is able to give key insights into the desert world and his support team are always generous natured and high quality.

Richard has many years experience in developing companies and managing teams, in both large organisations and smaller companies. He is the Director of a number of companies in the Adventure Travel, Expedition and Exploration sectors. Richard is a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Zoological Society of London. He is also a commercially endorsed RYA Yachtmaster, and has used his sea-faring skills to bring personal development opportunities to a number of organisations and companies.

As a director of Wind Sand & Stars, Peter brings operational experience to the team, having set up and run a number of travel and personal development companies over the last 15 years. Peter’s specialism in risk management has involved him in establishing safety standards, as Co-chair for the creation of the ISO Adventure Tourism standard, and as an active member of the technical committee for the British Standard in Overseas Expeditions (BS8848). Still devoted to having new experiences, Peter travels widely providing practical advice to teams working in remote parts of the world. He thrives on revealing new cultures and environments to individuals through safe and responsible travel.

Emma is the founder of Wind Sand & Stars. She set up the company to bring trade to the Bedu tribes of the Sinai where resources are scarce. The relationship with the tribal sheikhs and families now span three generations, giving Wind Sand & Stars an in-depth understanding of the land and its peoples. Emma has a PhD in early Byzantine art and manuscripts, many of which are found at the Monastery of St Catherine in Sinai. She has been ordained in the Anglican Church for the last 10 years, working locally and for the Archbishops. Her specialist knowledge of Sinai and her work with people in remote areas is still her great love.