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Environmental consultant

Since the end of my career as a senior civil servant, during which time I worked for Goverment bodies such as the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Cabinet Office, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, I have restarted work as a freelance environmental consultant. During my later Government years, my specialisms included business strategy, the development of target operating models covering a network of bodies, policy development, lobbying, stakeholder management and negotiation. I have worked in Whitehall, the European Union and United Nations. I have ample experience leading large teams, managing budgets of £20 million, and briefing Ministers up to the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary.

Recent strategy or communications clients include Scottish Seabird Centre, BirdLife International and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. I also do various field surveys (Breeding Bird Surveys, Winter Walkover Surveys, VPs, Marsh Harrier surveys, surveys of visitor disturbance on birds) for a selection of corporate and public sector clients.

In a prior life from 2006-09, I did various bits of environmental consultancy. For example:

I advised the World Bank in Argentina on a project to develop an international market for 'biodiversity-friendly beef'.
I was lead author on a Footprint Ecology report for Natural England on reconciling public access and nature conservation
I also worked for Footprint Ecology on contracts for clients such as the New Forest National Park Authority and Dorset County Council.
I advised an Argentine landowner how to develop an international ecotourism service offering.