2020 GWCT staff

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Teresa Dent BSc, FRAgS, CBE Personal Assistant Laura Gell Chief Finance Officer Nick Sheeran BSc, ACMA, CGMA Accountant Leigh Goodger

Finance Senior Hilary Clewer BA

Finance Assistant Lindsey Chappé De Leonval Accounts Assistant Jean Porter (until January); Amy Cheese (from March) Head of Administration & Personnel Alastair King Chartered MCIPD, MAHRM Head Groundsman (p/t) Craig Morris Headquarters Site Maintenance Steve Fish Cleaner Theresa Fish Head of Information Technology James Long BSc IT Assistant Dean Jervis HNC, BA DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Prof. Nick Sotherton BSc, PhD, ARAgS (until June) INTERIM DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Andrew Hoodless BSc, PhD (from July) Personal Assistant (p/t) Lynn Field Public Sector Fundraiser Paul Stephens BApp.Sc Public Sector Fundraiser Administrator Ben Stephens MAAT Head of Fisheries Dylan Roberts BSc Head of Fisheries – Research Rasmus Lauridsen BSc, MSc, PhD Senior Fisheries Scientist (p/t) William Beaumont MIFM Fisheries Scientist Stephen Gregory BSc, MPhil, PhD Fisheries Ecologist Luke Scott Project Scientist Céline Artero BSc, MSc, PhD Fisheries Project Officer Will Beaumont BSc Research Assistant Thomas Lecointre Wylye Grayling Project Jessica Marsh BSc, MSc, PhD PhD Student (University of Southampton) - beavers and salmonids Robert Needham BSc PhD Student (Queen Mary University of London) - low flows on salmonids and river ecosystems Jessica Picken BSc, MSc PhD Student (Bournemouth University) - smolt migration and survival Olivia Simmons BSc, MSc PhD Student (University of Exeter) - adaption of trout to metal polluted rivers Daniel Osmond BSc, MSc Head of Lowland Gamebird Research Rufus Sage BSc, MSc, PhD Ecologist - Pheasants, Wildlife (p/t) Maureen Woodburn BSc, MSc, PhD PhD Student (Exeter University) - pheasant release pens Andy Hall MSc Placement Student (Brighton University) Matthew Beedle (until August) Placement Student Samuel McCready (from October) Head of Wetland Research Andrew Hoodless BSc, PhD Research Ecologist Lucy Capstick BSc, PhD (until November) Ecologist – LIFE Waders for Real Lizzie Grayshon BSc Research Assistant – woodcock Chris Heward BSc, PhD Research Assistant Ryan Burrell BSc (until January) Research Assistant Jodie Case BSc PhD student (University College Cork) - woodcock James O’Neill BSc PhD student (University of Exeter) - lapwing nest crypsis George Hancock BSc, MSc PhD student (Bournemouth University) - curlew Elli Rivers BSc, MSc PhD student (Bournemouth University) - lapwings and avian predators Ryan Burrell BSc Placement Student (Bournemouth University) Thomas Weston (until August) Placement Student Daisy Gillman (from November) Head of Predation Control Studies Jonathan Reynolds BSc, PhD Senior Field Ecologist Mike Short HND Research Ecologist Tom Porteus BSc, MSc, PhD (until August) Head of Farmland Ecology Prof. John Holland BSc, MSc, PhD Senior Entomologist Steve Moreby BSc, MPhil Postdoctoral Scientist Niamh McHugh BSc, MSc, PhD Postdoctoral scientist Lucy Capstick BSc, PhD (from November) Research Assistant Jade Hemsley BSc (until September) Research Assistant Adam McVeigh (until June)

Research Assistant Eleanor Ness BSc (from October) PhD Student (University of Sussex) - solitary bees Rachel Nichols BSc, MSc PhD Student (University of Edinburgh) - biodiversity footprint of foods Helen Waters BSc Placement Student (University of Reading) Jayna Connelly (until August) Placement Student (University of Bath) Ellie Jackson-Smith (until August) Placement Student (Plymouth University) Inca Johnson (from September) Placement Student (Durham University) Benjamin Prego (from September) Director of Upland Research David Baines BSc, PhD Office Manager, Uplands Sarah Grondowski Senior Research Assistant - Scotland Nick Hesford BSc, PhD (until April) Senior Scientist - Scottish Upland Research Sonja Ludwig MSc, PhD Senior Scientist - North of England Grouse Research David Newborn HND (until September) Senior Research Assistant - Scottish Upland Research Kathy Fletcher BSc, MSc, PhD Research Assistant Michael Richardson BSc Senior Scientist Phil Warren BSc, PhD Placement Student (University of Leeds) Alexander Donovan (from August) Research Assistant (University of York) Madeleine Benton BSc Senior Scientist Sian Whitehead BSc, DPhil Placement Student Kimberley Holmes (from August) Placement Student (Anglia Ruskin University) Sandy Jasper (until July) Head of Scottish Lowland Research David Parish BSc, PhD Research Assistant - GWSDF Auchnerran Marlies Nicolai BSc Research Assistant - Scottish Grey Partridge Recovery Project Fiona Torrance BSc Research Assistant Molly Crookshank BSc, MSc (March-August) Placement Student (Leeds University) Hannah Brunsden (until March) Placement Student (University of Leicester) Markos Nikolaou (until August) Placement Student (University of Brighton) Max Wright (until August) Placement Student (University of Birmingham) Elizabeth Ogilivie (until August) Placement Student (Queens University Belfast) Sophie McPeake (from September) Placement Student (Reading University) Tamara Spivey (from September)

Placement Student (Plymouth University) Olivia Stubbington (from September) Placement Student (Leeds University) Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (from September) INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ADVISORY & EDUCATION Roger Draycott HND, MSc, PhD² Co-ordinator Advisory Services (p/t) Lizzie Herring Biodiversity Advisor – Farmland Ecology Jessica Brooks BSc, MSc, ACIEEM Trainee Advisor Amber Lole BSc, MSc (from February) Head of Education Mike Swan BSc, PhD³ Regional Advisor – central England Austin Weldon BSc, MSc4 (until November) Game Manager (p/t) – Allerton Project Matthew Coupe Biodiversity Advisor – northern England (p/t) Jennie Stafford BSc Game Manager – Rotherfield Park Malcolm Brockless (until February) DIRECTOR OF POLICY, PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & THE ALLERTON PROJECT Alastair Leake BSc (Hons), MBPR (Agric), PhD, FRAgS, FIAgrM, CEnv Secretary (p/t) Sarah Large/Katy Machin (until October) Policy Officer (England) (p/t) Henrietta Appleton BA, MSc Head of Research for the Allerton Project Prof. Chris Stoate BA, PhD Ecologist John Szczur BSc Soil Scientist (p/t) Jennifer Bussell BSc, PhD Research Assistant (p/t) Gemma Fox Welland Project Officer Chris French Welland Community Engagement Officer Perry Burns (from September) PhD student (Leicester University) - ecosystem services mapping Max Rayner BSc Head of Farming, Training & Partnerships Philip Jarvis MSc Assistant Farm Manager Oliver Carrick BSc Farm Assistant Michael Berg Research Assistant Lucy Baker (July-September) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Nicholas Aebischer Lic ès Sc Math, PhD, DSc Librarian, National Gamebag Census Co-ordinator & Head of CRM Corinne Duggins Lic ès Lettres Placement student (CESI École d’Ingénieurs) Clément Boutin (March-September) Senior Conservation Scientist & Head of PARTRIDGE Francis Buner Dipl Biol, PhD PARTRIDGE placement student (Manchester Metropolitan University) Ellie Raynor (from September) PARTRIDGE placement student (University of Swansea) Lucy Robertson (until August) Erasmus Student (University of Osnabrück, Germany) Florian Schröer (until April) Head of Geographical Information Systems Julie Ewald BS, MS, PhD Partridge Count Scheme Co-ordinator Neville Kingdon BSc Biometrics/GIS Assistant Cameron Hubbard BSc, MSc Placement Student shared with Wetland (University of Southampton) Thomas Bristow (until September) Placement Student shared with Wetland (University of Plymouth) Jemma Gibson (until September) Computer Science Placement Student (Bournemouth University) Sophie Walker (until August) Placement Student shared with Wetland (Bangor University) George Scarisbrick (from September) Placement Student shared with Wetland (Bangor University) Rachel Cook (from September) DIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING Jeremy Payne MA, MCIOF Prospect Researcher Tara Ghai Events and Engagement Manager London Vanessa Steel (from November) London Events Manager Jo Langer (until February) London Events Co-ordinator Eleanor Usborne (until August) Northern Regional Fundraiser (p/t) Sophie Dingwall Southern Regional Fundraiser Max Kendry Eastern Regional Fundraiser (p/t) Lizzie Herring Regional Organiser (p/t) Gay Wilmot-Smith BSc Regional Organiser (p/t) Charlotte Meeson BSc Regional Organiser (p/t) David Thurgood Regional Organiser (p/t) Pippa Hackett Regional Organiser (p/t) Fleur Fillingham Administration Assistant Daniel O’Mahony DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP Andrew Gilruth BSc Team Assistant Helen Smith Membership & Shop Manager Beverley Mansbridge Membership Administrator Heather Acors Shop & Database Administrator Emily Norris Press & Publications Manager James Swyer Publications Officer (p/t) Louise Shervington Communications Officer Katherine Williams (from April)

Graphic Designer Chloe Stevens Online Marketing Manager Rob Beeson Website Editor Oliver Dean Online Marketing Officer Danny Sheppard National Recruitment Manager Les Fisher Writer & Research Scientist (p/t) Jen Brewin BSc, MSc, PhD Science Writer Emily Horrocks (from April) Specialist Writer Joe Dimbleby DIRECTOR SCOTLAND Bruce Russell BSc, MBE, DL Scottish HQ Administrator (p/t) Irene Johnston BA Director of Policy (Scotland) (p/t) Adam Smith BSc, MSc, DPhil Head of Policy (Scotland) Ross Macleod MA, MBA Head of Events (Scotland) Sarah Ballantyne BSc (until October) Regional Organiser Rory Donaldson Senior Scottish Advisor & Scottish Game Fair Chairman Hugo Straker NDA¹ Trainee Advisor (Scotland) Merlin Becker BSc (until February)

Advisor Scotland Nick Hesford (from May) Shepherd Manager GWSDF Auchnerran Allan Wright DIRECTOR WALES Sue Evans Curlew Country Amanda Perkins Advisor Matthew Goodall5 Project Officer Lee Oliver (from April) 1 Hugo Straker is also Regional Advisor for Scotland and Ireland; ² Roger Draycott is also Regional Advisor for eastern and northern England; 3 Mike Swan is also Regional Advisor for the south of England; 4 Austin Weldon also runs the Allerton Project shoot; 5 Matt Goodall is also a Regional Advisor.