Biography

12 years as a Forester/Head Forester on private estates in Yorkshire

5 years as a planning and conservation forester with the Forestry Commission in the Scottish Highlands and Cumbria

14 years teaching forestry and conservation subjects at Newton Rigg College, and the University of Cumbria

10 years as a self-employed forestry and woodland consultant

Qualifications and memberships

BSc Honours Forestry (Bangor University)

MSc Conservation and Biodiversity (Lancaster University)