Defra appoints new board member at Natural England
Defra has appointed Clare Fitzsimmons to the Natural England Board for a three-year term running until 11 September 2024.
Defra has also reappointed Lord Blencathra, Catherine Dugmore and Henry Robinson for a second term following six-month extensions to their first terms. Their second terms will run until 11 March 2024.
And Sue Hartley has left the Natural England Board on having completed three-and-a-half years.
Fitzsimmons is a senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Degree Programme Director at the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, where she currently chairs the Industrial Advisory Board. She has commercial experience gained in defence and consultancy sectors.
Lord Blencathra is a member of the House of Lords, chairs a Select Committee and has been appointed to the Council of Europe.He is also a Board Member of the Food Standards Agency and sits on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Dugmore is a chartered accountant and a trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and WWF-UK. She also has a non-executive role at Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust and has worked in the NHS since 2013.
Robinson is a trustee of: two large estates; the Hawk and Owl Trust; and chairman of trustees at Rendcomb College. He has farmed in the Cotswolds since 1978.
Under a requirement of their appointment, Fitzsimmons, Dugmore and Robinson have declared that they have not taken part in any significant political activity in the past five years. Lord Blencathra declared that he takes the Conservative Whip in the House of Lords and he makes speeches neither on party political matters nor issues related to Natural England.
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