Our people

All Staff April 2022
325 Volunteers
27 Staff
7 Trustees
33 Nature Reserves

Our Staff

We have 27 members of staff working across Gwent. 

Our staff team simply could not work without the dedication of our governing board, presidents, ambassadors and patrons, thousands of members, hundreds of volunteers, partner organisations and contractors, business people, teachers, local landowners and everyone else who champions nature conservation and supports our work in any way. 

Our Governing Board

We are governed by our elected Board of Trustees:

Chair - Marc Leppard

Vice-Chair - Robert Waller

Secretary - Sue Finn

Treasurer - John Newton

Trustees - Jonathan Stephens, David Rees, Lucy Holland, Richard Howell, Kate Coleman. 

Meet our Board of Trustees

Our Patron and Presidents

Patron - Iolo Williams

President - Chris Hatch

President Emeritus - Roger James, a lifelong title, to reflect Roger James' enormous contribution to Gwent Wildlife Trust over many decades, as Volunteer, Trustee, Chair, Speaker, Fundraiser and President.

Vice-Presidents - Julia James, Stephanie Tyler, Richard Waller

Roll of Honour

These people are being honoured for the years of dedication which they have given to the Trust: they have provided unstinted volunteering and expert advice in many fields, especially ecology.  Each person is presented with a Gwent Trust RoH badge; it was specially designed by Lowri Watkins and shows a water vole.  Recipients are also presented with a Roll of Honour Certificate at the AGM, signed by the Chair of the Trust. 

NAME                                           CONTRIBUTION 

(2022)

Alison Willott                               Former Chair of the board and Monmouth Local Group

(2018)

Trevor Evans                               Former vice-president 

Mary Field                                   Long-time volunteer, former vice-president 

David Parsons                            Former vice-president 

Norman Williams                        Trust treasurer for 14 years 

Local Groups

Gwent Wildlife Trust is supported by six Local Groups of volunteers. Each group is run independently and most of them host a series of walks, talks or work tasks at different times throughout the year. 

Our networks of people are the foundation of our ability to protect, enhance and restore vital habitats and ecosystems for wildlife in Gwent.

Interested in working for Gwent Wildlife Trust?

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