I have worked for Surrey Wildlife Trust for over 26 years, latterly as Director of Biodiversity, before becoming CEO in February 2019. My main focus has been achieving impact through partnerships and the implementation of innovative and meaningful projects. I co-authored the ‘Natural Capital Investment Plan for Surrey’ and have recently become the Chair of Nature South East. In the recent past I have been a Trustee of the Surrey Hills Society and a Board member for the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership as well as Chair of the Ecosystems Knowledge Network. I lead SWT’s strategic approach based on ‘Restoring Surrey’s Nature’ to create a living landscape with connective hedgerows, rivers, nature reserves and green spaces across Surrey. I am particularly interested in the emerging interface between nature, business and technology; this led to a successful £1.5M Space4Nature partnership project bid with University of Surrey, Buglife and Painshill Park Trust. I am also very interested in developing nature investment markets and we have recently completed Biodiversity Net Gain sales of £1.3m.