After periods in the public and commercial sectors, the majority of George’s career has been in the voluntary sector.  He was Head of Marketing and Communications at the British Red Cross before ten years as chief executive at the Motor Neurone Disease Association.  For the past fifteen years he has been consulting on leadership, governance and strategy, most of his clients being charities and other civil society organisations.  He has been a trustee of several organisations and is currently chair of Rewilding Britain.

Miles has degrees in political science from both St Andrews and Reading universities. He spent five years working in Parliament as Chief of Staff for Environment Minister Richard Benyon and the late Secretary of State for Wales, Dame Cheryl Gillan. He was elected as a councillor in 2015 at the age of 26, later becoming Deputy Leader of Newbury Town Council until 2019. Over the past six years he has led Thames Water’s communication, stakeholder engagement and government work, and sits as part of the business’s senior leadership team. He enjoys exploring BBOWT nature reserves in his spare time.

Andrew is a chartered landscape architect with experience of private and public practice. For nine years he worked for English Heritage as Deputy Director for London, and for the last 12 years he has worked for The National Lottery Heritage Fund – the largest investor in nature outside central Government – as Head of Land and Nature Policy. He leads the Fund’s investment in landscapes, nature, the marine environment and environmental sustainability. He is also the Development Director for the Future Parks Accelerator, a joint venture with the National Trust focused on improving urban green space for all. Andrew lives in the Chilterns and is a keen walker and gardener.