ExCo consists of individuals elected from the UK organisations in the IUCN membership. Those elected can then co-opt individuals to enhance the expertise of ExCo and assist in country representation. The State Member, Defra, represents UK Government and we would like to broaden this to subnational IUCN Members and the conservation agencies of the four nations. It is hoped there will be more representatives of the IUCN Commissions until all IUCN Commissions are represented, in addition to those connections provided by the expert working groups.
Meeting four times a year, ExCo conduct the business of the national committee in conjunction with the Chief Executive and Secretariat and reports to members at least once a year at a Members Meeting and AGM. In the national committee’s lifetime ExCo has met over 100 times.
Individuals representing Member organisations on the Executive Committee:
Elected Members:
Stephen Grady (Chair NCUK, Joint Nature Conservation Committee)
Katie Beckett/Shayna Kowalczyk (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Kevin Austin (Royal Society for Protection of Birds)
Tomos Avent (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust)
Jo Judge (British and Irish Association of Zoos & Aquaria, Co-Chair Species Survival WG)
Leigh Morris (The Wildlife Trusts)
Vacant (WWF-UK)
Co-opted advisors:
Joanna Robertson (Hon. Archivist)
Catherine Wensink (UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum)
Gemma Woodfall (Governance Advisor)
Ashley Norman (Administration Advisor)
Ex Officio:
Richard Jenkins (IUCN Secretariat, Global Species Programme)
Emma Hinchliffe/Jane Akerman (IUCN UK Peatland Programme)
Angus Tree (NatureScot, Chair, IUCN NCUK River Restoration & Biodiversity Programme)
Pamela Abbott (Independent, Chair, Ecosystem Restoration WG)
Nida Al-Fulaij (People’s Trust for Endangered Species, Co Chair, Species Survival WG)
Kate Jennings (RSPB, Co-Chair, Protected Areas WG)
Katherine Hawkins (The Wildlife Trusts, Co-Chair, Protected Areas WG)
Charlotte Smith (Chester Zoo, Chair, Education and Communications WG)
Karen Hulme (University of Essex, Co-Chair, Environmental Law WG)
Chloe Anthony (University of Sussex, Co-Chair, Environmental Law WG)
Lissa Batey (Independent, Chair, Environmental, Economic and Social Policy WG)
Zoe Quiroz-Cullen (Chair, Climate Action Working Group)
Chief Executive and Secretariat:
Chris Mahon