2018 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 (from September) Nick Sheeran BSc, ACMA, CGMA Leigh Goodger Hilary Clewer BA Lindsey Chappé De Leonval Helen Aebischer Corinne Duggins Lic ès Lettres Alastair King Chartered MCIPD, MAHRM John Owen Craig Morris Steve Fish Theresa Fish (from March) James Long BSc Charles Fisher (until May); Dean Jervis HNC, BA (from October)

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Prof. Nick Sotherton BSc, PhD, ARAgS Personal Assistant (p/t) Lynn Field Public Sector Fundraiser Paul Stephens BApp.Sc Public Sector Fundraiser Administrator Ben Stephens Head of Fisheries Dylan Roberts BSc Head of Fisheries – Research Rasmus Lauridsen BSc, MSc, PhD SAMARCH Senior Fisheries Scientist William Beaumont MIFM Fisheries Scientist Stephen Gregory BSc, MPhil, PhD SAMARCH Fisheries Ecologist Luke Scott SAMARCH Project Scientist Céline Artero BSc, MSc, PhD SAMARCH Fisheries Project Officer Will Beaumont BSc (from February) SAMARCH Research Assistant Thomas Lecointre (from December) SAMARCH Research Assistant Jessica Picken BSc, MSc (from October) PhD Student (University of Southampton) - beavers and salmonids Robert Needham BSc PhD Student (University of Queen Mary London) - Ranunculus Jessica Marsh BSc, MSc PhD Student (University of Queen Mary London) - low flows on salmonids and river ecosystems Jessica Picken BSc, MSc PhD Student (Bournemouth University) - smolt migration and survival Olivia Simmons BSc, MSc (from September) 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 MSc student (University of East Anglia) Charlotte Parker BSc (March-July) Placement Student (Manchester Metropolitan University) Meg Speck (until June) Head of Wetland Research Andrew Hoodless BSc, PhD Research Ecologist Kaat Brulez MSc, PhD (until March) Research Ecologist Lucy Capstick BSc, PhD Research Assistant Ryan Burrell BSc (from April) Research Assistant Jodie Case BSc (from May) Ecologist – LIFE Waders for Real Lizzie Grayshon BSc Research Assistant/PhD Student (p/t University of Nottingham) - woodcock Chris Heward BSc MSc Student (University of Reading) - lapwing chick survival Giselle Hynes BSc MSc Student (University of Newcastle) - predator abundance Heather Warrender BSc MSc Student (University of Reading) - invertebrates in wet grasslands Jessica Grimbley BSc Placement Student (University of Bath) Eleanor Ness (until August) 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 Research Assistant Rosanne Powell (April-December) PhD Student (University of Sussex) - solitary bees Rachel Nichols BSc, MSc MSc Student (Harper Adams University) - Sussex pitfalls Susan Hammond (April-December)

Visiting PhD student (Newcastle University) Nick Bailey BSc (April-June) Placement Student (Reading University) Chris Wyver (until September) Placement Student (Reading University) Ellen Knight (from September) Placement Student (University of Nottingham) Amy Corrin (from September) Director of Upland Research David Baines BSc, PhD Office Manager, Uplands Julia Hopkins (until May); Helen Allinson BSc (Jan-March), Sarah Grondowski (from Dec) Senior Scientist Phil Warren BSc, PhD Research Assistant Michael Richardson BSc Senior Scientist Sian Whitehead BSc, DPhil Research Ecologist Langholm Sonja Ludwig MSc, PhD Seasonal Field Assistant Melissa Dawson BSc (May-August) Placement Student (York University) Beth Goodman (until August) Placement Student (Leeds University) Hannah Coyle (until August) Placement Student (University of West of England) Hannah Weald (from September) Placement Student (University of Nottingham) Megan Roberts (from September) Senior Scientist - North of England Grouse Research David Newborn HND Senior Research Assistant - Scotland Nick Hesford BSc, PhD Senior Scientist - Scottish Upland Research Kathy Fletcher BSc, MSc, PhD Head of Advisory Roger Draycott HND, MSc, PhD² Co-ordinator Advisory Services (p/t) Lynda Ferguson Biodiversity Advisor – Farmland Ecology Peter Thompson DipCM, MRPPA (Agric) Biodiversity Advisor – Farmland Ecology Jessica Brooks, BSc, MSc, ACIEEM Head of Education Mike Swan BSc, PhD³ Regional Advisor – central England Austin Weldon BSc, MSc 4 Game Manager (p/t) – Allerton Project Matthew Coupe Biodiversity Advisor – northern England Jennie Stafford BSc Game Manager – Rotherfield Park 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) Sofi Lloyd (until March); Henrietta Appleton BA,MSc (from April) Head of Research for the Allerton Project Prof. Chris Stoate BA, PhD Ecologist John Szczur BSc Soil Scientist Felicity Crotty BSc, PhD (until October) Research Assistant Gemma Fox (from October) Welland Project Officer Geoff Gilfillan BSc, PhD (until December); Chris French (from December) PhD Student (Harper Adams University) - multifunctional field margins Claire Blowers BSc, MSc PhD Student (Leicester University) - soil biology Falah Hamad BSc, MSc PhD Student (University of Nottingham) - soil properties Stephen Jones BSc, MSc PhD student (University of Nottingham) - cover crops Sam Reynolds Head of Education and Development Jim Egan Project Development Officer Amelia Woolford BSc Farm Manager Philip Jarvis MSc Farm Assistant Michael Berg

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Nicholas Aebischer Lic ès Sc Math, PhD, DSc Secretary, Librarian & National Gamebag Census Co-ordinator Gillian Gooderham Senior Conservation Scientist Francis Buner Dipl Biol, PhD Placement Student (Nottingham Trent University) Holly Kembrey (until September) Placement Student (University of East Anglia) Elouise Mayall (from September) Head of Geographical Information Systems Julie Ewald BS, MS, PhD Partridge Count Scheme Co-ordinator Neville Kingdon BSc Biometrics/GIS Assistant Ryan Burrell BSc (until April); Sam Gibbs BSc (from June) Placement Student shared with Predation (University of Plymouth) Megan Baldissara (until September) Placement Student shared with Predation (University of Plymouth) Alex Shishkin (until September) Placement Student shared with Wetlands (University of Southampton) Kit Lawson (from September) Placement Student shared with Wetlands (University of Sheffield) Samantha Skinner (from September) Computer Science Placement Student (University of Kent) Katherine Harrap (until September) Computer Science Placement Student (University of York) Daniel Kosky (from September)

DIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING Jeremy Payne MA, MInstF Prospect Researcher Tara Ghia (from January) London Events Manager Jo Langer London Events Assistant Molly Smith (until July); Eleanor Usborne Northern Regional Fundraiser (p/t) Sophie Dingwall Southern Regional Fundraiser Max Kendry Eastern Regional Fundraiser 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 Regional Organiser (p/t) Anna Norris-Jones (until May) National Development Manager (p/t) Jennifer Thomas (until July) Administration Assistant Daniel O’Mahony DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP Andrew Gilruth BSc Team Assistant Teresa Jolly Membership & Marketing Administrator (p/t) Beverley Mansbridge Membership Assistant Heather Acors Communications and Fundraising Manager Gillian Kenny (until January) Press & Publications Manager James Swyer Publications Officer (p/t) Louise Shervington Communications Officer Joel Holt Direct Mail Marketing Officer Amber-Rose Rawlings (from July) Online Marketing Manager Rob Beeson Website Editor Oliver Dean Online Marketing Officer Danny Sheppard (from July) National Recruitment Manager Andy Harvey Writer & Research Scientist (p/t) Jen Brewin MSc, PhD Specialist Writer Joe Dimbleby (from January) DIRECTOR SCOTLAND Adam Smith BSc, MSc, DPhil Scottish HQ Administrator (p/t) Irene Johnston BA Head of Policy (Scotland) Ross Macleod MA, MBA (from February) Head of Events (Scotland) Sarah Ballantyne BSc Regional Organiser (p/t) Rory Donaldson Events and Education Officer (p/t) Iona Laing (from February) Senior Scottish Advisor & Scottish Game Fair Chairman Hugo Straker NDA¹ Trainee Advisor (Scotland) Merlin Becker BSc 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 (University of Edinburgh Napier) – breeding biology of waders Kirsty Maden BSc MSc Student (University of Aberdeen) – rabbits and laser deterrent Andy Gibb BSc Placement Student (University of Keele) Grace Edmondson (until September) Placement Student (University of Southampton) Minna Ots (until September) Placement Student (University of Plymouth) Katherine Thorne (from September) Placement Student (University of Swansea) Bethany Conway (from September) Shepherd Manager GWSDF Auchnerran Allan Wright

DIRECTOR WALES Sue Evans Curlew Country Amanda Perkins (from April) Advisor Matthew Goodall (from July) 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 and Wales; 4 Austin Weldon also runs the Allerton Project shoot.