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Staff

Dr Steve Carter – Carnivore Programme Manager

 As Carnivore Programme Manager, Steve is responsible for VWTs portfolio of carnivore conservation projects and activities in line with the Trust’s Ten-year Strategy.  Steve is a zoologist with a background in research on a number of mammal species, including water voles and badgers, and with a particular interest in the smaller carnivores. He has a PhD, from Read More

21st September 2016

Dr Jenny MacPherson – Principal Scientist

As Principal Scientist for VWT, Jenny oversees the design and implementation of the Trust’s research projects to ensure they are rigorous and of the highest scientific standard. Jenny is a zoologist with a background in research on a range of mammal species, including pine marten, dormice, red squirrel, water vole and mink. She gained an Read More

30th March 2015

Daniel Hargreaves – Bat Programme Manager

As Bat Programme Manager, Daniel leads the development and delivery of VWT’s Bat Programme in line with the Trust’s Ten-year Strategy. Daniel rescued his first bat when he was seven years old and has been fascinated by bats ever since. He has been involved with numerous global bat conservation projects, working with a wide range Read More

7th June 2022

Dr Stephanie Johnstone – Project Manager for Martens on the Move

Following her role as Project Manager during the successful development phase of VWT’s Martens on the Move project, Stephanie joined VWT in January 2024 as Project Manager for the four year delivery phase of the project, enabled by a further grant award from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. She has a background in conservation biology and Read More

12th May 2022

Victoria Chanin — Martens on the Move Project Officer

Victoria joined VWT in March 2024 as Project Officer with Martens on the Move. She will be working in the south of Scotland and north of England setting up a network of volunteers and training them in monitoring and surveying pine martens in Strategic Recovery Areas. Victoria comes to VWT from Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels, where Read More

13th March 2024

Marina Bollo Palacios – Senior Bat Conservation Officer

Marina joined the trust in 2018. As part of her role, she manages the Trust’s lesser horseshoe bat reserves in England and Wales, which includes monitoring the bat colonies, maintaining the roosts and enhancing them for the bats, all with the help of VWT volunteers. Marina also leads on the long-term ringing projects for Barbastelles Read More

15th November 2018

Jim Mullholland – Senior Bat Conservation Officer

Jim joined the Trust in 2023 as Senior Bat Conservation Officer. He is an ecologist and arboriculturist with specialisms in veteran trees and bats. He has worked for national charities — the Ancient Tree Forum and the Arboricultural Association — during which time he helped raise professional standards by writing industry guidance, delivering high-quality education Read More

29th June 2023

Katherine Morley – Carnivore Conservation Officer

Katherine joined the Trust in June 2023 as Carnivore Conservation Officer. Childhood holidays in Scotland stirred up a passion for the natural world and she later completed her undergraduate degree in Animal Behaviour at Liverpool John Moores University before going on to complete her Master’s degree in Conservation Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Before moving Read More

14th June 2023

Max Henderson — Wildcat Project Officer

Max joined the team as Wildcat Project Officer in 2023. Following childhood aspirations to become a “Geordie Steve Irwin”, Max started out volunteering on local conservation projects in the North East before receiving a bachelor’s in biology at Newcastle University. After traveling abroad to study crocodilian endocrinology in his second and third years, he joined Read More

11th October 2023

Cathy Jewson — Barbastelle Conservation Officer

Cathy joined VWT in December 2023 as Barbastelle Conservation Officer for Pembrokeshire. Cathy’s role has emerged from the collaborative Natur Am Byth! project, which is dedicated to monitoring and supporting some of Wales’ rarest species. Cathy completed her BA in Anthropology in 2021, with environmental anthropology being a key interest of her degree. She has Read More

4th December 2023
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