Innovative mammal conservation
Jenny joined VWT in January 2024 as Bat Conservation Officer. Pursuing a career change to follow her passion for wildlife, she completed her BSc (Hons) in Ecology at Cardiff University in 2010. Jenny has volunteered with several local conservation organisations and worked as a freelance ecologist before moving to full-time ecological consultancy in 2021. This Read More
16th January 2025
Katherine joined the Trust in June 2023 as Carnivore Conservation Officer. Childhood holidays in Scotland stirred up a passion for the natural world and she later completed her undergraduate degree in Animal Behaviour at Liverpool John Moores University before going on to complete her Master’s degree in Conservation Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Before moving Read More
14th June 2023
Max joined the team as Wildcat Project Officer in 2023. Following childhood aspirations to become a “Geordie Steve Irwin”, Max started out volunteering on local conservation projects in the North East before receiving a bachelor’s in biology at Newcastle University. After traveling abroad to study crocodilian endocrinology in his second and third years, he joined Read More
11th October 2023
Cathy joined VWT in December 2023 as Barbastelle Conservation Officer for Pembrokeshire. Cathy’s role has emerged from the collaborative Natur Am Byth! project, which is dedicated to monitoring and supporting some of Wales’ rarest species. Cathy completed her BA in Anthropology in 2021, with environmental anthropology being a key interest of her degree. She has Read More
4th December 2023
Katie has always been amazed by the natural world, which inspired her to undertake a BSc in Zoology at the University of Glasgow. She was selected to go on a research expedition to Tobago, where she completed her undergraduate thesis on the effects of habitat disturbances on the host-parasite interactions of bats and their ectoparasites. This Read More
29th September 2021
Charlotte fell in love with the flora and fauna of the UK at a young age. Her interest in wildlife conservation developed throughout school where she was fortunate enough to volunteer on projects in Madagascar and Ecuador. This led her to complete a BSc in Zoology with Conservation at Bangor University. As part of her Read More
20th October 2023
Josh developed a love for the natural world through RSPB magazines, wildlife documentaries and adventuring through the Sussex countryside during his childhood. Inspired by visits to the Knepp estate, this love of nature first translated into a research interest through an early project on the long-term sustainability of rewilding on the estate. Josh then completed Read More
9th July 2024
Georgie is Head of Government Affairs at the National Trust, where she works on public policy engagement, particularly relating to heritage and environment. Her background is in Parliament and public policy, having worked as a clerk in the House of Commons for nearly 10 years, supporting MPs and the work of Parliament, its committees, procedures Read More
4th June 2019
Sarah is the Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Ecclesiastical Insurance, where she moved to in autumn 2020 following just over three years as Chief Risk Officer at Triodos Bank UK Ltd. Similar to the role held at Triodos, Sarah leads the second line of defence and holds the SMF4 regulated responsibility. Ecclesiastical also Read More
15th January 2020
Shelly is an Associate Director at Vidett, one of the UK’s largest professional trustee and pension governance firms. She uses her extensive pension and investment experience to improve member quality of life in retirement, whilst also considering social and environmental outcomes. Shelly has nearly 30 years of investment, pensions, training and business experience across a Read More
28th September 2020
