Trustees

Laurence Wilbraham

I have been a member of the Trust for many years and since 2018 have been managing the northern section of the Great Central Way on behalf of the Rotary Club of Rugby. My career in town planning has spanned over four decades in both the public and private sectors. The majority of my work has been in the preparation and negotiation of planning applications, and the legal agreements which often run in parallel, for a wide variety of developments including housing, industrial and leisure projects. I am keen to use my knowledge of the planning system to enhance the Trust's role in responding to planning applications, safeguarding existing habitats and creating new ones as part of new developments.

John McKenzie

With a life-long interest in natural history, I have been a member since 2007. After a career in financial services including commercial banking with the likes of Lloyds Bank, it was only natural for me to use my financial skills for the benefit of the Trust as Treasurer and Chair of the Audit Remuneration Committee. I was also co-opted as a trustee, elected as Treasurer and appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Middlemarch Environmental.

Jacqui Staunton

I have been a member of WWT since moving to the area in the late 1980’s. I worked in Economic Development within the City Council for 25 years and then for a local organisation called Climate Change Solutions for another 8 years. I feel passionately that sustainability, climate change, biodiversity and nature recovery are intrinsically linked, and we must take action on all. I believe it is vital to work in partnership to achieve the twin aims of 30 by 30 and 1 in 4 people acting for nature and hope that my local and regional contacts can be of help.

I love the concept of each of us having a ‘carbon/biodiversity shadow’ - it’s not just our own actions that are important but by using our influence with family, friends, politicians, and at work we can all make an even larger difference. I am looking forward to helping in any way I can.

Marc Sanderson

I have been a member of the Trust for over 20 years, and a birdwatcher and nature lover from childhood. From a base in Warwickshire, I work as a Chartered Marketer and consultant for organisations in many sectors across the UK and abroad. I have extensive experience in the charity, not-for-profit and public sectors, helping trustee, governance and management teams to develop and deliver membership, engagement and communication strategies.

Darren Male

I am Director of Coventry-based The QUENSH Consultancy Limited, which provides advice and support to businesses on safety, health, and compliance matters, and am also Chair of WWT’s incredible Sherbourne Valley Project which is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. I am the WWT Trustee Lead on Safety and Safeguard Matters, and is on the Governance Sub-Committee.

Being a Trustee of Warwickshire Wildlife Trust allows me to share my knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm in regards systems, governance, and compliance, and to assist the Trust to network better, which is one of my core skills. It’s great to see from a Trustee level all the fantastic work the WWT delivery teams do, and to be a part of that success.

Kevin Moffat

I have been a Trust member for fifteen years and an academic biologist for forty years, in Australia and the UK. It feels an exciting time to be involved with the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and to be involved in sharing responsibility for its vision and achievements.

My academic research was largely centred around insect neuroscience and behaviour. I have taught and administered across a broad range of biological sciences in higher education, latterly developing undergraduate and postgraduate communication courses and skills. Before retiring, I was a Director for Outreach at the University of Warwick, interacting with many communities across the UK. I am still passionate about crashing the arts and sciences together to creatively promote public engagement. I now edit and write for a six-form science magazine, run and promote national and international biology competitions for schools, and I am a STEM-for Britain judge. As a trustee, I look to share my scientific background, and my educational and community engagement experience in supporting the Trust’s activities.

Geoff Litterick

My original involvement with the Trust was as a member and volunteer. I was the Voluntary Work Party Leader on Kenilworth Reserves for over a decade and since then have had a similar role at Bubbenhall, Wappenbury and Ryton reserves. I use my experience of working on the reserves to represent volunteers in Trust discussion and debate. An accountant by profession who has spent his working life in the water industry in the UK and many other countries, I have been able to give advice to the Trust on finance and business planning. My work experience has provided an invaluable link between the business and environmental issues facing the Trust.

Duncan McArdle

I continue to follow my life-long passion for the natural environment. I can access amazing countryside from my doorstep and witness the significant challenges nature faces from poor land-use to ill-considered developments. As a long-time member of the Trust, I have seen the critical and incredibly valuable work it does to address these challenges, by protecting and restoring nature.

With a career that has focused on enabling a wide variety of organisations grow and develop across a variety of sectors, both in the UK and abroad, being a Trustee provides me with the opportunity to directly contribute my skills and experience to benefit the Trust and thereby help nature. In addition to being a Trustee I am also a Non-Executive Director of Middlemarch, WWT’s natural environment consultancy.