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Land Trust Annual Review 2020

Dinah Nichols

Dinah Nichols was appointed to the
Board of Trustees in June 2010, and
she is Chair of our Remuneration
Committee. She is currently a
Governor of Plymouth University and
a Trustee of the South West Lakes
Trust. Previously she was a Crown
Estate Commissioner; a non-executive Board member of
Pennon Group plc (South West Water and Viridor Waste)
and of Shires Smaller Companies; and Chair of the
Bill Hiscocks – Chair National Forest Company.
appointed December 2019
In her full time career in Government she was
Bill was appointed Chair of the Director-General Environment with responsibility for
Land Trust in December 2019 international, EU and domestic policy on sustainable
having joined the Board in 2014. development, climate change, waste and environmental
He has over 30 years’ experience quality, and she also held senior posts in housing,
of working in financial services. property and regeneration.
After graduating from the
University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Commerce, Dinah has also been Chair of Groundwork North London;
Bill joined the private equity group 3i (then called a founder member of the Carbon Trust and the Travel
ICFC) in 1981 and was both an investor and a portfolio Foundation; a Board member of Toynbee Housing
manager for over 21 years. He worked in a number of Association; and served on the Policy Advisory Committee
locations in the UK and also the Channel Islands and of CPRE.
Asia Pacific. From 2003 until 2012 Bill was a private
banker and was employed by two European banks. She is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Water
Conservators and the Worshipful Company of Musicians
One of Bill’s many interests is conservation and he was and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway and Bedford
honorary treasurer of Fauna and Flora International New College, University of London.
from 1998 to 2000. Bill now acts as trustee for a
number of organisations.

Simon MacGillivray

Sarah Whitney Simon MacGillivray was appointed
to the Board of Trustees in June
2010. Simon has had a varied
Sarah Whitney brings financial
Our trustees and property expertise to the career working in a range of
diverse occupations ranging from
Land Trust. She is a chartered
accountant and former investment the banking sector to the NHS.
banker who has specialised in real However, in the past thirty years he
Our Trustees oversee Our thanks also estate for much of her career, both has been working within the environmental and forestry
sectors, holding a number of senior executive posts within
as a corporate finance partner at
the work of the go to Peter Smith, PwC and then heading the Consulting & Research arm environmental organisations working across the UK.
organisation, ensuring Jeff Moore and Jane of DTZ. Sarah subsequently established and led the
we stay on track to Garrett who retired Government & Infrastructure practice at CBRE. Simon is a Chartered Forester and oversees the forestry
deliver our charitable from their roles in and woodland management on a number of Scottish
objectives and December 2019 Sarah holds a Visiting Fellowship at the Department estates as well as being Senior Vice President of the Royal
providing scrutiny to and who played of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, Scottish Forestry Society, the oldest English speaking
where she teaches on planning, regeneration and
forestry society in the world. He also hold directorship in
our processes and such a vital role in our development. She is also a Lay Member at University Cashel Native Woodland which extends to over 1,200ha
decisions. success in 2019-20. College London, where she sits on the Finance and near Loch Lomond and sits on a number of forestry
Investment Committees. Sarah also serves as Chair of committees as well as the Local Access Forum dealing
our Audit Committee. with access issues under the Scottish Land Reform Act.

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