I have over ten years of experience in leading a charity that connects people with their local wildlife and local wild places. I am passionate about creating a Wilder Future for Derbyshire, where wildlife flourishes in our countryside, towns, and villages, and where children grow up inspired by the sights and sounds of nature. I am skilled in strategic planning, commercial growth, landscape scale restoration as well as driving transformational and long-lasting change for the citizens and communities we serve. Recent highlights include reintroducing beavers, establishing the largest urban rewilding programme at Alllestree Park in Derby and being named as a top 100 employer by The Times. I have tripled the size of the organisation over the past five years and we were recently named by the Times as one of the Too 100 best places to work.I have established and embedded a values led culture alongside an extensive inclusion and wellbeing programme for both staff and local communities, working with health and social care partners to improve mental and physical health. I have developed projects and partnerships which create jobs, attract investment in water infrastructure, enhance economic resilience through better flood protection and nature-based solutions and support farmer and landowners.Externally I hold.several roles including being a member of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Committee for The Midlands and East region, a member of the Natural England Landscape Advisory Panel and a member of the advisory board for the University of Derby Business School.
Listed skills include Conservation Issues, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Environmental Awareness, and 43 others.