2019 GWCT staff

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Personal Assistant Chief Finance Officer Accountant

Finance Senior

Finance Assistant Accounts Assistant (p/t) Head of Database Head of Administration & Personnel

Health & Safety Officer (p/t) Head Groundsman (p/t) Headquarters Site Maintenance Cleaner Head of Information Technology IT Assistant Teresa Dent BSc, FRAgS, CBE Laura Gell; Liz Scott (until March) Nick Sheeran BSc, ACMA, CGMA Leigh Goodger Hilary Clewer BA Lindsey Chappé De Leonval Helen Aebischer (until October) Corinne Duggins Lic ès Lettres (until June) Alastair King Chartered MCIPD, MAHRM John Owen (until March) Craig Morris Steve Fish Theresa Fish James Long BSc Dean Jervis HNC, BA

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Prof. Nick Sotherton BSc, PhD, ARAgS

Personal Assistant (p/t) Public Sector Fundraiser Public Sector Fundraiser Administrator Head of Fisheries Head of Fisheries – Research SAMARCH Senior Fisheries Scientist Lynn Field Paul Stephens BApp.Sc Ben Stephens MAAT Dylan Roberts BSc Rasmus Lauridsen BSc, MSc, PhD William Beaumont MIFM

Fisheries Scientist Stephen Gregory BSc, MPhil, PhD

SAMARCH Fisheries Ecologist Luke Scott

SAMARCH Project Scientist SAMARCH Fisheries Project Officer

Céline Artero BSc, MSc, PhD Will Beaumont BSc SAMARCH Research Assistant Thomas Lecointre PhD Student (University of Southampton) - beavers and salmonids Robert Needham BSc PhD Student (Queen Mary University of London) - Ranunculus Jessica Marsh BSc, MSc 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 Research Assistant Charlotte Parker BSc (March-July)

MSc Student (Birmingham University) - pheasant survival Ellie McQuarrie BSc (until July) Placement Student (Brighton University) Matthew Beedle (from September) Head of Wetland Research Andrew Hoodless BSc, PhD Research Ecologist Lucy Capstick BSc, PhD Ecologist – LIFE Waders for Real Lizzie Grayshon BSc Research Assistant Ryan Burrell BSc Research Assistant Jodie Case BSc Research Assistant/PhD Student (p/t University of Nottingham) - woodcock Chris Heward BSc PhD student (University College Cork) - woodcock James O’Neill BSc PhD student (University of Exeter) - lapwing nest crypsis George Hancock BSc, MSc MSc Student (University of Reading) - lapwing chick survival Beth Ellison-Perrott BSc MSc Student (University of Reading) - invertebrates in wet grasslands Beth Gadd BSc Placement Student (Bournemouth University) Thomas Weston (from September) Head of Predation Control Studies Jonathan Reynolds BSc, PhD Senior Field Ecologist Mike Short HND Research Ecologist Tom Porteus BSc, MSc, PhD Head of Farmland Ecology Prof. John Holland BSc, MSc, PhD Senior Entomologist Steve Moreby BSc, MPhil Postdoctoral Scientist Niamh McHugh BSc, MSc, PhD

Research Assistant Belinda Bown (until August) Research Assistant Adam McVeigh (from February)

Research Assistant Matt Holland BSc (June-July)

Technical assistant (p/t) Jamie Holland (Jan-May) PhD Student (University of Sussex) - solitary bees Rachel Nichols BSc, MSc PhD Student (University of Edinburgh) - biodiversity footprint of foods Helen Waters BSc (from September) Graduate Student (National School of Agricultural Science and Engineering) Clémentine Bourgeois BSc (March-July) Placement Student (University of Exeter) Ellen Knight (until September) Placement Student (University of Cumbria) Amy Corrin (until September) Placement Student (University of Reading) Jayna Connelly (from September) Placement Student (University of Bath) Ellie Jackson-Smith (from September) Director of Upland Research David Baines BSc, PhD Office Manager, Uplands Sarah Grondowski Senior Research Assistant - Scotland Nick Hesford BSc, PhD Research Ecologist Langholm Sonja Ludwig MSc, PhD Senior Scientist - North of England Grouse Research David Newborn HND Senior Scientist - Scottish Upland Research Kathy Fletcher BSc, MSc, PhD Research Assistant Michael Richardson BSc Senior Scientist Phil Warren BSc, PhD Placement Student (University of Nottingham) Megan Roberts (until July) Internship Madeleine Benton BSc (from October) Senior Scientist Sian Whitehead BSc, DPhil Placement Student (University of West of England) Hannah Weald (until July) Placement Student (Anglia Ruskin University) Sandy Jasper (from August) 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 MSc Student (Harper Adams) – aquatic invertebrates Neive Percival BSc Placement Student (University of Plymouth) Katherine Thorne (until August) Placement Student (University of Swansea) Bethany Conway (until August) Placement Student (University of Leeds) Hannah Brunsden (from September) Placement Student (University of Leicester) Markos Nikolaou (from September) 84 |GAME & WILDLIFE REVIEW 2019 www.gwct.org.uk

Placement Student (University of Brighton) Max Wright (from September) Placement Student (University of Birmingham) Elizabeth Ogilivie (from September) Head of Advisory Roger Draycott HND, MSc, PhD² Co-ordinator Advisory Services (p/t) Lynda Ferguson (until July); Lizzie Herring (from July) Biodiversity Advisor – Farmland Ecology Peter Thompson DipCM, MRPPA (Agric) (until March)

Biodiversity Advisor – Farmland Ecology Head of Education Jessica Brooks, BSc, MSc, ACIEEM Mike Swan BSc, PhD³

Regional Advisor – central England Game Manager (p/t) – Allerton Project Biodiversity Advisor – northern England Game Manager – Rotherfield Park Austin Weldon BSc, MSc4 Matthew Coupe Jennie Stafford BSc Malcolm Brockless

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 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 (from May) Research Assistant (p/t) Gemma Fox Welland Project Officer Chris French PhD student (Leicester University) - ecosystem services mapping Max Rayner BSc PhD Student (Leicester University) - soil biology Falah Hamad BSc, MSc (until October) PhD Student (University of Nottingham) - soil properties Stephen Jones BSc, MSc Head of Education and Development Jim Egan (until May) Project Development Officer Amelia Woolford BSc (until February) Head of Farming, Training & Partnerships Philip Jarvis MSc Assistant Farm Manager Oliver Carrick BSc (from April) Farm Assistant Michael Berg DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Nicholas Aebischer Lic ès Sc Math, PhD, DSc Librarian, National Gamebag Census Co-ordinator & Head of CRM Gillian Gooderham (until June); Corinne Duggins Lic ès Lettres (from June) Senior Conservation Scientist & Head of PARTRIDGE Francis Buner Dipl Biol, PhD PARTRIDGE placement student (University of East Anglia) Elouise Mayall (until August) PARTRIDGE placement student (University of Swansea) Lucy Robertson (from September) Erasmus Student (University of Osnabrück, Germany) Florian Schröer (from October) Head of Geographical Information Systems Julie Ewald BS, MS, PhD Partridge Count Scheme Co-ordinator Neville Kingdon BSc, Natalie Harvey, BSc, MSc (March-October) Biometrics/GIS Assistant Sam Gibbs BSc (until October); Cameron Hubbard BSc, MSc (from November) Placement Student shared with Wetland (University of Southampton) Kit Lawson (until August) Placement Student shared with Wetland (University of Sheffield) Samantha Skinner (until August) Placement Student shared with Wetland (University of Southampton) Thomas Bristow (from September) Placement Student shared with Wetland (University of Plymouth) Jemma Gibson (from September) Computer Science Placement Student (University of York) Daniel Kosky (until August) Computer Science Placement Student (Bournemouth University) Sophie Walker (from September) DIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING Jeremy Payne MA, MInstF Prospect Researcher Tara Ghai London Events Manager Jo Langer London Events Co-ordinator Eleanor Usborne 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 Teresa Jolly (until March); Helen Smith (from October) Membership & Marketing Administrator (p/t) Beverley Mansbridge

Membership Assistant Administration Assistant Press & Publications Manager Publications Officer (p/t) Communications Officer Direct Mail Marketing Officer

Graphic Designer Online Marketing Manager Website Editor Heather Acors Emily Norris (from October) James Swyer Louise Shervington Joel Holt (until December) Amber-Rose Rawlings (until May) Chloe Stevens (from June) Rob Beeson Oliver Dean

Online Marketing Officer National Recruitment Manager Writer & Research Scientist (p/t) Specialist Writer Danny Sheppard Andy Harvey (until March); Les Fisher (from March) Jen Brewin BSc, MSc, PhD Joe Dimbleby

DIRECTOR SCOTLAND Scottish HQ Administrator (p/t) Director of Policy (Scotland) (p/t) Head of Policy (Scotland) Head of Events (Scotland) Regional Organiser Events and Education Officer (p/t) Senior Scottish Advisor & Scottish Game Fair Chairman Trainee Advisor (Scotland) Shepherd Manager GWSDF Auchnerran Adam Smith BSc, MSc, DPhil (until April); Bruce Russell BSc, MBE, DL (from April) Irene Johnston BA Adam Smith BSc, MSc, DPhil (from April) Ross Macleod MA, MBA Sarah Ballantyne BSc Rory Donaldson Iona Laing (until February) Hugo Straker NDA¹ Merlin Becker BSc Allan Wright

DIRECTOR WALES Sue Evans