Name
Professor Sallie Bailey
Job Title
Chief Scientist
Company
Natural England
Speaker Bio
Sallie is Chief Scientist at Natural England the UK Government’s adviser on the natural
environment, leading the Chief Scientist’s Directorate of 550 staff in science, evidence and analysis functions and building upon Natural England’s scientific, data and
technical capability.
Previously, Deputy Chief Science Advisor for Scottish Government in the areas of environment, natural resources and agriculture bringing scientific evidence to the centre of decision-making in government and to provide oversight and assurance of science capability and activities.
She has experience working internationally, pan UK and in Scotland across science, evidence-based policy, regulation and delivery all within the spheres of natural resource management, biodiversity and the environment.
Previously, she’s held leadership roles in the UK state forestry sector. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, mentor for the Emerging Leaders Programme and Trustee of the Educational & Science Trust and the Vincent Wildlife Trust. She is also an active member of the British Ecological Society (BES) serving as a BES Ambassador and Policy Committee member. She has an Honorary Professorship at the University of Stirling, affiliated to the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
She has worked with Statutory Nature Conservation Agencies leading application of remote-sensing and GIS. Following her PhD at the University of Nottingham (spatial and woodland ecology & biodiversity) she completed a post-doctorate at the Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University considering biodiversity, forest and agro-forestry ecosystems in Costa Rica, arid ecosystems of Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, Colorado.
environment, leading the Chief Scientist’s Directorate of 550 staff in science, evidence and analysis functions and building upon Natural England’s scientific, data and
technical capability.
Previously, Deputy Chief Science Advisor for Scottish Government in the areas of environment, natural resources and agriculture bringing scientific evidence to the centre of decision-making in government and to provide oversight and assurance of science capability and activities.
She has experience working internationally, pan UK and in Scotland across science, evidence-based policy, regulation and delivery all within the spheres of natural resource management, biodiversity and the environment.
Previously, she’s held leadership roles in the UK state forestry sector. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, mentor for the Emerging Leaders Programme and Trustee of the Educational & Science Trust and the Vincent Wildlife Trust. She is also an active member of the British Ecological Society (BES) serving as a BES Ambassador and Policy Committee member. She has an Honorary Professorship at the University of Stirling, affiliated to the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
She has worked with Statutory Nature Conservation Agencies leading application of remote-sensing and GIS. Following her PhD at the University of Nottingham (spatial and woodland ecology & biodiversity) she completed a post-doctorate at the Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University considering biodiversity, forest and agro-forestry ecosystems in Costa Rica, arid ecosystems of Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, Colorado.