Lood grew up in a family with a long history of game farming, with farms like the current Mabula Lodge and the first farm Bill Venter bought near Rust de Winter called Klipdrift that previously belonged to his family. Founder and owner of SMD, Lood also has several other business interests across South Africa, but his heart and passion is in the game industry. He joined forces with Arnold Neethling in 2013 to expand on the success of Botlierskop Stud Game.

In the business world Louis is better known in his capacity as co-founder and CEO of Atterbury Property, but he is also a keen game enthusiast and breeds top Buffalo, Sable and Roan, amongst other species, on Meletse near Thabazimbi. Together with partners Thinus van den Bergh (who farms in the Kamdeboo) and Danie Rossouw, Louis is part of the Meletse Game Breeders partnership.

Arnold and his family started Botlierskop Private Game Reserve in 1999 and were responsible for bringing the first white rhino back to the Western Cape. Arnold has continued his late father, Dr Dirk Neethling’s passion for exceptional quality and genetics and has been very successful at breeding and selling rare game species. In 2013 Arnold joined forces with Lood Bester to expand on the success of Botlierskop Stud Game.

Jan is the Chairman of the Morgan Group as well as the developer and owner of Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve on which the Wildswinkel Bela Bela office is situated.