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Our Trustees

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Alan Wilson

Alan is a long service Waitrose partner and our Chair. He joined the trust hoping to further understand the natural world and fascinated that John Lewis had been so forward thinking in developing a stand alone Trust dedicated to biodiversity. His hobbies are veg growing, potato varieties, football, heritage trains and walking to a coffee shop or pub.

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Alison Meade

Alison worked at Leckford Estate for 25 years and therefore knew about the Trust. She volunteered to help with the Accounts and hasn’t left.

She enjoys learning about the nature that inhabits the Estate and surrounding area, and wishes to help the Trust conserve nature for the future. Her hobbies include walking the dog, gardening and meeting up with friends.

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Glynne Evans

Glynne is our longest serving trustee and has been active with us since the 1980s. He is a keen biologist, especially moths and birds. He is a very active recorder in the local area and organises many surveys. 

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Andrew Ferguson

Andrew is the farm manager at the Leckford Estate. He actively supports biodiversity and research on the Leckford Estate. As a trustee he helps ensure a close relationship between the trust and the estate.

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Mike Westby

Nick is a retired farmland wildlife biologist and trustee of the Trust. His primary expertise is in coleoptera (beetles) and he enjoy surveying birds on farmland and helping farmers do the same.

Mike grew up in rural Somerset, near the Somerset Levels, and has always had a keen interest in conservation, nature & the environment. He is a Compliance Manager for Waitrose and joined the Trust in 2021 as it gave him the opportunity to spend time with like minded people and, importantly, to give something back by helping to support the diversity of wildlife that surrounds us. He now lives in the Blackmore Vale in Dorset and his hobbies include gardening, travelling and visiting AONB within the UK.

Professor Simon Potts

Simon is a Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Reading. He joined the Trust as it offers a great opportunity to bring together wildlife conservation, farming and people. Outside of work he spends as much time as he can outdoors hiking, running and mountain biking with family and friends. He’s travelled and worked in more than 140 countries and still thinks you can’t beat the British countryside.

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