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Delivering a Greener Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group Annual Conference
Speaking today
Anne Selby Anne Selby is CEO of the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and
CEO, The Wildlife Trust Merseyside. As a competent and enthusiastic networker and
for Lancashire, representative of the Wildlife Trusts, she has held various government
Manchester and North appointments, including Board Member for the NW Development Agency,
Lancashire Heritage Lottery Fund Regional Committee and the NW Forestry and
Wildlife Advisory Committee. In Greater Manchester, Anne chairs the
Natural Capital Group (Local Nature Partnership) which champions
environmental matters and reports into the Combined Authority via the
Green City Region Partnership.
Chris Matthews Chris Matthews’ prime focus is to help United Utilities deliver its objectives
Vice Chair, GM Natural in a sustainable way. His role includes shaping how the company reports its
Capital Group and Head responsible business commitments and developing relationships with key
of Sustainability, United stakeholders to further the company’s goals. He works with several groups
Utilities to encourage responsible business behaviour and to explore opportunities
for collaborative working. He is Vice Chair of the Natural Capital Group and
a member of the North West Business Leadership Team’s Essential
Resources Taskforce. Nationally, he is a member of Business in the
Community’s Environment Leadership Team and Water Taskforce.
Tony Juniper Tony Juniper, CBE is Chair of Natural England. Before taking up this role in
Chair, Natural England April 2019, he was the Executive Director for Advocacy and Campaigns at
WWF-UK, a Fellow with the University of Cambridge Institute for
Sustainability Leadership, and President of the Wildlife Trusts. Until
January 2018 he was an independent sustainability and environment
advisor, including as Special Advisor with The Prince of Wales' International
Sustainability Unit. Tony speaks and writes widely on conservation and
sustainability themes and is the author of many books, including the multi-
award-winning bestseller ‘What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?’ published in
2013. Tony began his career as an ornithologist, working with Birdlife
International. From 1990 he worked at Friends of the Earth, initially leading
the tropical rainforests campaign, and from 2003–2008 was the
organisation's Executive Director. From 2000–2008 he was Vice Chair of
Friends of the Earth International.Join the conversation
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Cllr Andrew Western A lifelong Trafford resident, Councillor Andrew Western is the Leader of
Leader Trafford Council Trafford Council and has been a local councillor representing Sale Town
and Green City Region Centre since 2011. Andrew’s professional background is in project
Lead management, predominantly in civil engineering, specialising in supporting
delivery of large-scale infrastructure programmes. He has also worked on
IT transformation projects including at Manchester Airport Group. In
addition to his work as Leader of Trafford Council and on Green City Region,
Andrew sits on the North West Regional Leaders’ Board, serves on the
Board of a local mental health charity and is the Vice President of a
Trafford-based youth association. Andrew is also a non-executive director
of Trafford Housing Trust and is a member of the LGA Improvement and
Innovation Board.
Professor Dieter Helm Professor Dieter Helm is an Official Fellow in Economics at New College,
Chair, Natural Capital Oxford and Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford. He is
Committee Chair of the Natural Capital Committee. Dieter recently completed the
Helm Review on The Cost of Energy for the British Government. Dieter’s
books include: The Carbon Crunch - Revised and Updated Edition (2015),
Natural Capital - Valuing The Planet (2015), and Burn Out: the Endgame for
Fossil Fuels (2018), all published by Yale University Press. His book Green
and Prosperous Land was published in 2019 by William Collins.
Andrea Ledward is the Natural Environment Director at Defra with
Andrea Ledward
responsibility for delivery of the 25 Year Environment Plan and the
Natural Environment
Environment Bill. She has 18 years’ experience in the civil service, including
Director, Defra
eight years at DFID where she led the aid programme in Ethiopia, climate
policy and represented the UK on the Green Climate Fund UK Board, and
eight years in Dept for Communities and Local Government focussed on
communities and social exclusion. She is a trained anthropologist who
spent many years in remote parts of Africa learning about livelihoods and
health issues, and studied at Oxford, Harvard and UCL.
Adam Booth Adam Booth is the Urban Pioneer Programme Manager for the
Urban Pioneer Project Environment Agency. A three-year, co-designed and collaboratively
Manager, Environment delivered programme across a wide partnership. Set within Greater
Agency Manchester, it has developed and implemented solutions to achieve the
aspirations within the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan for national
implementation. He is also the Lead for the Environment Agency’s Water,
Land and Biodiversity Business Group.Join the conversation
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Faith Bulleyment Faith Bulleyment has been working with charities and organisations across
Business Director, the public sector for 18 years, helping them to reach new people, influence
Creative Concern behaviours and thinking, and to realise their potential through great
marketing and communications. Starting her career at Red Rose Forest
(now City of Trees), Faith found a passion for communicating on
environmental and social issues. Faith moved to issues-based
communications agency Creative Concern in 2005, and since then has
worked with a wide spectrum of organisations, from those committed to
transforming our environment (the Forestry Commission, the Woodland
Trust, Roundtable on Responsible Soy) to charities making a huge impact
across a range of social issues - homelessness, health, education, to name
just a few.
Krista Patrick Krista Patrick has more than 20-years’ experience of working as an
Natural Capital environmental planner in the public, private and community sectors, and
Coordinator, GMCA joined the Greater Manchester Combined Authority as Natural Capital
Coordinator in 2016. In this role, Krista provides strategic support on
delivering a natural capital approach as part of the Natural Course EU LIFE
Integrated Project, Greater Manchester Urban Pioneer Project and the
Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group.
Sarah Lindley Professor Sarah Lindley is Professor of Geography at the University of
Professor of Geography, Manchester. She researches the influence of the urban environment on
University of human health and wellbeing. Her research is collaborative and multi-
Manchester disciplinary with a strong emphasis on geographical information science.
Her specialisms include air pollution, environmental risk, urban climate,
climate adaptation and the regulating ecosystem functions of urban green
infrastructure. Although frequently working with partners in Greater
Manchester, her wider research covers Europe, Africa and Asia. She has
worked as a UK government expert, and was a lead author for the Inter-
governmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Dr Konstantinos Dr Konstantinos Tzoulas is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental
Tzoulas Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests
Senior Lecturer, include urban ecology, sustainable development, green infrastructure
Manchester planning, and public health. Konstantinos’ current research evaluates the
Metropolitan University social and economic benefits of peri-urban sphagnum farming. Recently
he worked on evaluating the wellbeing benefits of urban parks for people
with early stage dementia. He has also worked on co-developing a public
action plan for enhancing the ecological and wellbeing benefits of public
gardens.Join the conversation
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Professor Penny Cook Professor Penny Cook is Professor of Public Health and leads a research
Professor of Public group, Equity, Health and Wellbeing, at the University of Salford. Her
Health, University of research focusses on working with communities to improve health using
Salford an asset-based community development model. She is also interested in
health behaviour and carries out research in sedentary behaviour, physical
activity and the health benefits of greenspace. Current and recent research
includes investigating the overlap of health and environmental indicators,
identifying health benefits of urban parks, quantifying access to country
parks, and evaluating the socioeconomic, psychosocial, and environmental
factors that promote sedentary behaviour. Follow her on Twitter
@profpennycook.
Anna da Silva Anna da Silva has worked across the media, international development,
Project Director, and the environment sector for the BBC, the UN and the RHS. She lived and
Northern Roots worked in Africa and the Middle East for several years before shifting her
focus to domestic projects. She specialises in developing new projects
that change lives and places. Anna relocated to the North West in 2011 as
part of the leadership team that moved the BBC to Salford. From 2016-
2019 she lead the team creating the RHS’ new Bridgewater Garden in
Salford. She took on the leadership of Northern Roots in 2019.
Richard Green Richard Green is the Head of RHS Garden Bridgewater. With a background
Head of Site, RHS in leadership and the day-to-day running of large attractions and
Bridgewater museums, he previously worked as Director of Operations at Chill Factore
and, prior to that, in a variety of leadership roles at the Science Museum
Group, where he worked for more than 10 years. The creation of RHS
Garden Bridgewater in Salford is one of the most significant events in the
Society’s 215-year history. When it opens this summer, the garden will
bring world-class horticulture within an hour’s journey of 8.2 million people
in the region.
Jenny Griggs Jenny Griggs has been a community engagement co-ordinator since
Carbon Landscapes starting at Lancashire Wildlife Trust in 2001. She has a specialist interest in
Community organic farming, having written a text book on the subject which is sold
Engagement Officer, internationally, and has run a smallholding/mental health recovery project
Lancashire Wildlife since 2003. She has worked part-time on the Carbon Landscape since
Trust 2017 and has taken the lead on working with 64 groups developing over 30
different projects. Many of these projects involve engagement with young
people.Join the conversation
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Bryan Cosgrove Bryan Cosgrove brings more than 15 years’ experience in the environmental
Resilience Coordinator, sector. Having qualified with a bachelor’s degree in conservation
City of Trees management, Bryan went on to manage habitat protection projects in the
Scottish Highlands. Returning to Manchester, he began working as an
Environmental Protection Officer for the Environment Agency. He returned
to The University of Manchester to complete a Master’s degree in
environmental modelling before moving into local authority to help develop
Manchester’s sustainability and climate change strategies. At City of Trees
his current focus is on modelling provision and the need for ecosystem
services in the urban environment, and development of green
infrastructure plans.
Dr Amanda Wright Dr Amanda Wright focusses on landscape scale initiatives, biodiversity and
Senior Advisor in the protected sites. She currently leads the development and implementation
Cheshire to Lancashire of district level licencing for great crested newts across this area, alongside
Area Team at Natural leading on landscape-scale programmes and projects such as Great
England Manchester Wetlands. She is the lead for the Defra Peat Pilot across
Greater Manchester. She is also the lead for nature recovery across the
area, developing a wetland nature recovery network model with partners,
and is now working with partners to develop this further through Natural
Course. Alongside this, she chairs the Carbon Landscape Partnership and
the delivery of a wetland network for wildlife and people.
Tom Smart Tom Smart completed a Master’s degree in Biodiversity and Conservation
Advisor – Urban and at the University of Leeds, where he developed research interests both in
Wetlands Team spatial modelling and GI techniques, and public engagement and
Cheshire, Greater education. He conducted independent research on zoo visitor education at
Manchester, Merseyside Chester Zoo, where he currently works in the Education Department. Tom
and Lancashire Area has brought these skills to Natural England where he is currently leading on
Team, Natural England the Greater Manchester Peat Pilot evidence gathering, and on wetland
network modelling within Natural Course alongside City of Trees.
Sion Platts-Kilburn Sion Platts-Kilburn joined United Utilities in 2015 and has worked in
Strategy Development strategic roles for nearly three years. This has included working as
Manager (Natural Customer Strategy Development Manager, supporting in the development
Course), United Utilities of the company’s 2020-2025 business plan, but more recently in 2019
joined the Natural Course project collaborative team as the United Utilities
representative.
Craig Higson Craig Higson is the Environment Agency lead on the Natural Course
Natural Course project, an EU partnership project to improve the water environment in the
Collaborative Officer, North West. His background is in nature conservation. His first role with the
Environment Agency Environment Agency was as a Biodiversity Officer, providing advice to
internal and external stakeholders on nature conservation matters. Since
then he has had a range of roles including leading teams in flood risk and
environment planning, and as a programme manager.Join the conversation
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Dave Bell Dave Bell is Natural England’s Partnership and Innovation Manager for the
Partnership and Cheshire to Lancashire Area Team. He leads the Area Team’s work on
Innovation Manager for Sustainable Development and Connecting People with Nature. A lot of his
the Cheshire to time is spent in Greater Manchester embedding nature recovery and
Lancashire Area Team, Natural Capital into policies and strategies as part of the Urban Pioneer
Natural England and Natural Capital Group. He is focussed on increasing the role nature
plays in decision making across all sectors and developing new
partnerships, strategies and tools to deliver thriving nature for people and
the planet.
Petula Neilson Petula Neilson is the Urban, Wetlands and Water Team Leader in the
Team Leader – Urban Natural England, Cheshire to Lancashire Area team. Her work is diverse,
and Wetlands managing a multidisciplinary team covering sustainable development,
Cheshire, Greater landscape scale initiatives including projects such as Great Manchester
Manchester, Merseyside Wetlands, Carbon Landscape and the Defra Peat Pilot for Greater
and Lancashire Area Manchester, protected sites, biodiversity and catchment-sensitive
Team, farming. She is also Lead for Natural England in the Natural Course LIFE IP
Natural England project, working with her team developing a nature recovery network model
for Cheshire and Greater Manchester.
Martin Moss Martin Moss is a Green Infrastructure Senior Advisor for Natural England
Green Infrastructure working within the Connecting People with Nature team, working on the
Senior Advisor for National Green Infrastructure Standards Project and related work on Urban
Natural England Nature Recovery, and the links between environment and deprivation.
Martin has worked for Natural England and its predecessor bodies since
1994 when he joined the Countryside Commission in the Yorkshire Region,
working on a wide range of programmes including the original Country
Stewardship Scheme, Rights of Way, National Trails, Heritage Coasts,
Countryside Character and the Land Management Initiatives, Rural
Transport, Rural Housing and Market Towns.
Derek Richardson Derek Richardson is the Principal Ecologist at the Greater Manchester
Principal Ecologist at Ecology Unit (GMEU). GMEU provides specialist ecological advice to and on
the Greater Manchester behalf of local planning authorities across North West England. He has
Ecology Unit been involved in work to develop Ecological Networks and Nature
Improvement Areas for more than 20 years. Recently he has been helping
to develop a coherent Ecological and Green Infrastructure Network for
Greater Manchester as part of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework,
an emerging strategic plan which will drive sustainable development in the
North West for the next 25 years. He is also involved in work to achieve a
net gain in biodiversity across all future developments in Greater
Manchester.Join the conversation
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Sam Evans Sam Evans is Head of Natural Environment at GMCA, leading the
Head of Natural Combined Authority’s work to improve the city region’s environment
Environment, Greater through developing strategy and policy, delivering key projects and working
Manchester Combined with a range of partners. Sam joined GMCA in October 2018, leading the
Authority development of the Mayor’s Five-Year Environment Plan, launched at the
Green Summit in March. He is on secondment from the Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where most recently he was Head of
Strategic Coordination. Before that, Sam held various roles in the civil
service, including working on local growth and devolution policy with the
Liverpool City Region and designing and implementing the government’s
policy on tackling bovine TB.
Matt Ellis Seconded into the GMCA from the Environment Agency, Matt Ellis has
Climate Resilience been utilising his experience around strategic spatial planning issues to
Officer, GMCA understand and increase GM’s resilience to a rapidly changing climate. Of
particular interest to Matt is the role of the natural environment in providing
vital climate (ecosystem) services. Matt delivered GM’s component of the
www.resin-cities.eu project, sits on the Natural Capital Group, chairs the
Core Cities climate resilience and adaptation working group, and sits on
Defra’s Local Adaptation Advisory Panel.
Amanda Skeldon Amanda Skeldon heads up Business in the Community’s (BITC) Water
Campaign Manager Resilient Cities work. She has managed development and delivery of the
Stakeholder and Water Resilient Cities, SuDS programme in Greater Manchester since its
Communications inception in 2016. Prior to this role Amanda was Regional Head of
Technical Lead – Communications at BITC and has led a range of communications and
The IGNITION Project: stakeholder engagement campaigns on a range of responsible business
Greater Manchester issues. She has worked in communications and campaign management
within the not-for-profit sector for more than 20 years in organisations
including the Royal National College for the Blind, Comic Relief and
Womankind Worldwide as well as establishing a Corporate Social
Responsibility consultancy function within Fast Track (now Chime), a global
sports marketing and events agency.
Jamie Mansfield Jamie Mansfield co-founded Environmental Finance in 2016, where he
Co-Founder and advises on structuring and implementing innovative investment models for
Director, Environmental the natural and built environment. He has led EF’s advisory work on
Finance developing the Natural Capital Investment Plan for Greater Manchester,
Defra’s Natural Environment Investment Fund and RSPB’s Conservation
Investment programme. He also co-designed and manages a £50 million-
impact investment fund that enables community ownership of solar farms.
Jamie has extensive experience across M&A, project financing and debt
underwriting of renewable energy and natural asset projects, and has
structured more than £150m of long-term investments with institutional
investors.Join the conversation
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Rhoda Wilkinson Rhoda Wilkinson is Manager of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s innovative
Myplace Manager, Myplace Team. With a BA Hons in Youth and Community Work, an MSC in
The Wildlife Trust for Environmental Management, and more than 20 years professional
Lancashire, Manchester experience working across the third sector engaging people with their
& North Merseyside environment, Rhoda is passionate about the impact of connection to
nature. Now in its fifth year Myplace is LWT’s innovative eco-therapy
programme, offering an NHS-supported referral pathway that delivers
small person-centred groups, connecting people to nature for their own
wellbeing and recovery, while also supporting nature’s recovery.
Sophie Glinka Sophie Glinka is Chief Officer of The Bureau, a community wellbeing
Social Prescribing Lead charity, which is an established provider of a VCSE-led social prescribing
– Person and scheme. She is also Social Prescribing Lead in the Person Centred and
Community Centred Community Approaches team within the Greater Manchester Health and
Approaches Social Care Partnership. More recently she has taken the role of Regional
Greater Manchester Learning Coordinator for Social Prescribing Link Workers for NHSE. She has
Health & Social Care a passion for social prescribing and community wellbeing and is dedicated
Partnership to scaling and developing social prescribing.
Dr Michelle Howarth Dr Michelle Howarth has a specialist interest in social prescribing and the
Senior Lecturer in use of nature-based, person-centred approaches to promote health and
Nursing at the wellbeing. Michelle is passionate about promoting personalised care to
University of Salford support people with long-term conditions and leads the National Social
and Deputy Director for Prescribing Network Special Interest Group for Nursing through which she
PGR is actively campaigning to raise awareness of social prescribing among
nurses through research, curriculum development and placement
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