Richard Austin is a National Landscape Director at Chichester Harbour Conservancy. He possess expertise in sustainable development, sustainability, climate change, grants, stakeholder engagement and 24 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "It gives me great pleasure to recommend my colleague, Dr. Richard Austin. I have known Dr Austin for the past four years as a colleague. During this time, I have observed him to be a highly intelligent, friendly person who creates an instant rapport with a very broad range of people: fellow academics, under-graduate students, post-graduate students and administration staff. Dr Austin is extremely well-liked and highly-respected by his colleagues and students of Newcastle University’s School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. During the four years I have known him, he has completed a PhD in management of National Parks and has assumed substantial academic responsibilities within the school. I see him as dedicated, prompt and eager to do a first-class job of providing timely, consistent, relevant and detailed feedback whenever necessary. In addition to this impressive academic profile, I know Dr Austin also has strong experience in conducting, presenting and publishing leading research in the field of management of National Parks. I am confident his career will be prosperous wherever he works."