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Our members

We are governed by a Board of Trustees and have Our Trustees oversee the work of the organisation,
eight infuential organisations as our members. ensuring we stay on track to deliver our charitable
Their expertise and experience encompass a wide objectives and provide scrutiny to our processes
variety of sectors. and decisions.

Our Trustees

Peter Smith Walter Menzies
Appointed Chairman of the Land Trust in June 2010, Peter is also Chairman Walter has a wealth of experience in the environment and regeneration
of Savills plc, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc; a non- sectors. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool; Chair of
executive director of Associated British Foods plc and of Paris Orleans SCA. Manchester and Pennine Waterway Partnership (part of the Canal and River
Formerly, he was a Senior Partner and member of the global leadership team Trust) and board member of Atlantic Gateway Partnership. He was CEO of
at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and a member of the Finance Committee the Mersey Basin Campaign, CEO of Sustainability Northwest and Regional
with the London and South East Regional Committee of the National Trust. Director for Groundwork Northwest, where he led on many high profle
regeneration and development initiatives.
Ian Piper (appointed 19 November 2014)
Ian is Head of Land at the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). Prior to Jeffrey Moore
joining the HCA he was Chief Executive of Forward Swindon. Jeffrey is a qualifed accountant and previously CEO of East Midlands
Development Agency. He is a non-executive Director of Batemans Brewery
Lady Garrett and Sharing in Growth, an aerospace supply chain development company.
Jane is a former Chief Executive of CL:AIRE and the Brogdale Horticultural He is also Chair of the Foresight Nottingham Investment Fund advisory
Trust and was on the Board of Covent Garden Market Authority. She has had a committee.
successful and entrepreneurial career, operating in the commercial, charitable
and political sectors. Robert Morley
Robert was a founder Director of the Land Restoration Trust when it was
William Hiscocks (appointed 27 November 2014) established in 2004 and became a Trustee of the Land Trust when it became
William (Bill) has 30 years experience of working in fnancial services, both as a charity in 2010. A mechanical engineer with over 20 years experience in
an investor, portfolio manager and private banker. He was honorary treasurer agricultural and construction equipment, Robert subsequently became Chief
of Fauna and Flora International from 1998 to 2000. Executive of The Conservation Volunteers. He is also currently Vice Chairman
of Groundwork South and a Trustee of the Stowe House Preservation Trust.
Simon MacGillvray
Simon is a Chartered Forester and has had a varied career working in a range Dinah Nichols
of diverse occupations ranging from the banking sector to the NHS. However, Dinah is currently Chair of Keep Britain Tidy and a Trustee of the South West
over the past thirty years, he has been working within the environmental Lakes Trust. She was a Crown Estate Commissioner, a non-executive Board
and forestry sectors, holding a number of senior executive posts within member of Pennon Group plc. and of Shires Smaller Companies, a Scotland-
environmental organisations working across the UK. He oversees the forestry based Investment Trust. Her background is in government, housing, property
and woodland management on a number of Scottish estates as well as being and regeneration with a focus on sustainable development policy, climate
Senior Vice President of the Royal Scottish Forestry Society. change, waste and environmental quality.
Sarah Whitney
Sarah is a chartered accountant and former investment banker, having
specialised in real estate. She holds a Visiting Fellowship at the Department
of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, where she teaches on
planning, regeneration and development.

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