Governance

Roger Mitchell – Chair & acting Treasurer

Most of my working life has been in Government and the Government Agencies such as  the Nature Conservancy Council and  English Nature. Since then I have been International Chief Scientist at the Earthwatch Institute, Executive Chairman of the NGO Natura International, Environmental Director of the Arcadia Fund, Chairman of the Management Board of the Corrour Estate, a Director of the European Climate Foundation, and a Board Member of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Presently, I am a Director of the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, The Herpetological Conservation Trust and ARC Ecological Services Ltd., a Board Member of Natural Cambridgeshire, on the Editorial Board of Conservation Evidence, and Vice-Chair of the Fens Biosphere Steering Group. I have been involved with CCF since it was formed and have previously served as Treasurer and Deputy Chair.

Vice Chair – vacant

Secretary – vacant

David Noble – Membership Secretary

David is currently Principal Ecologist at the British Trust for Ornithology, where he is responsible for the strategic development of BTO’s monitoring programme and associated research, is the main contact for biodiversity indicators, surveys of taxa other than birds, and for conservation initiatives such as BAP and Birds of Conservation Concern.

Edward Darling – Committee member

Edward Darling is Chief Executive of the charity Redlist Revival.  He has helped the charity create The Life Map to connect knowledge and activity regarding sustainable life. The material for Marine Life and Life on Land reinforces the role of the natural world as the foundation for all subsequent human activity, linking individual and local actions with national and international strategy.

Helen Dye – Committee Member

I am an experienced not-for-profit fundraiser, project manager and communications specialist, having worked with and for environmentally and socially responsible organisations and initiatives for most of my career. Sector specialisms include higher education, health, environment and youth and community. Organisations I have worked for include two Prince of Wales’ charities, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University, the University of Hertfordshire, the Woodland Trust, the UK Government and the Police. My interests lie in creative and innovative approaches to facilitating interdisciplinary learning and knowledge exchange. Since January 2020 I have been developing a place-based community-led model to support local climate change adaptation and mitigation measures for St Ives, Cambridgshire.