Paddington Tucker founded Travel e-Sense in 2002. Before that he attained a Masters in Slavonic and Eastern European history, literature and languages at both Glasgow University and UCL, taught in English and Czech secondary and language schools, and worked as a freelance radio journalist in Prague. He speaks fluent Czech, German and Russian. He became involved with Africa because of his family's connection with Legend Lodges' Entabeni Private Game Reserve, which was looking for European marketing. He has extensive travel industry contacts in Europe, Africa and Asia, and six years' experience in promoting luxury hotels to the world's top tour operators. Now he principally concentrates on the mainland European markets with special focus on Germany, Switzerland, Benelux, Scandinavia, Russia and the Czech Republic.

In the late 1990s Penny Hooper worked in Germany, and taught English in China, before studying English and European Literature at the University of Warwick. After travelling in south-east Asia, South America, and southern Africa Penny became a tour leader for Explore Worldwide, working in destinations as diverse as the French Dordogne and Djibouti. While tour-leading she spent over 9 months in Morocco and 6 months in South Africa, touring the Cape and Garden Route, KwaZulu Natal, Swaziland and Kruger NP. Penny speaks French and German. On returning to the UK she worked for Expert Africa (formerly Sunvil Africa) for 2 years, specialising in Tanzania, Zanzibar and northern Mozambique. She joined Paddington in April 2007 and is responsible for the UK, Ireland and France.

Daria Slyusar joined Travel e-Sense in early 2008. She has worked in tourism for eight years. For five years she worked as product manager for Evro Kontact, the first luxury tour operator in Vladivostok, Russia. Here she gained experience with promoting a number of destinations in the Far East, and she has spent time in Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. As well as her native Russian, Daria speaks English and Korean. Daria moves between the Prague office, and Moscow, where she services the Russian market.