Our Team

David has a background in education as a Secondary Headteacher and educational consultant working across the Black Country and Birmingham. The schools David worked in often served diverse and deprived communities. He was a trainer in Leadership, Governance and Safeguarding.  He been an active Volunteer, in many different contexts, throughout his life. 

David was an early member of the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust and has remained a member throughout. He is committed to ensuring that every part of our community has access to wild and green spaces and that individuals and communities work together to protect, restore and enhance the natural environment.

David is motivated by a commitment to equality across all sections of society and at an individual level. He loves the outdoors believing it contributes to physical and mental health. His interests include mountaineering, walking and natural history.

Eamon is a partner in an international law firm and has been a solicitor for 33 years. He is based in its Birmingham office (which he heads up) and also has a broader leadership role within his firm.

Having always had an interest in and connection with the natural world, Eamon relishes the diversity and importance of wildlife and nature around us and is concerned at the erosion of that connection in the UK (and especially in our urban centres). The legal and governance landscape becomes ever more complicated with which Eamon can and does help.

The need for us to speak up for the protection of our natural environment is a passion for Eamon. Seeking the protection of our plants, wildlife and landscapes not only allows nature to recover and thrive but clearly also enhances the quality of life for local people. Eamon regards those as real drivers for his involvement.

James was brought up on the Lickey Hills, where he was encouraged to spend time exploring the Country Park, and now lives in rural Staffordshire with his family who all have an active interest in wildlife and conservation.  Together they manage a small parcel of land for nature on the Trent in Derbyshire and volunteer in support of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. 

He is a chartered accountant having trained with Ernst & Young Birmingham and has since worked in senior finance roles for private businesses. He therefore brings knowledge of finance, governance, legal and human resource matters for charitable entities and SMEs alike.

James has supported the charitable sector for many years and has been a member of the Wildlife Trusts since September 2011.  He has acted as Treasurer for Birmingham Wildlife trust since 2021, for Shropshire Wildlife Trust since 2025 and has been a Trustee of Birmingham Rathbone Society, who support people with mild to moderate learning difficulties, since December 2006.  He has recently become Treasurer for Upswing Aerial a UK-based contemporary circus company working to celebrate diverse artists and communities.

James enjoys spending time in nature and is keen to expand his knowledge of natural history and connecting people with their environment.

Richard is the Director of Final Third, a purpose-led business delivering national campaigns, education programmes, and consultancy related to climate and nature in the sports sector. He has over 15 years’ experience across professional sport, community engagement, and education, with a career focused on using sport to engage and inspire new audiences having previously worked with The Albion Foundation and Planet League.

Richard has led some of the world’s largest sport and climate initiatives, including Green Football Weekend, designing and delivering campaigns that engage communities on climate and nature through sport, which have received three national awards for impact and innovation, and has experience working internationally in 7 different countries.

Richard's work spans professional sports clubs, charities, schools, and governing bodies, combining strategic leadership with hands-on delivery. He holds an MBA and extensive experience translating complex environmental challenges into practical, accessible programmes at scale.

Richard has lived across Birmingham and the Black Country his whole life and cares deeply about protecting and improving the local environment. In urban areas in particular, green spaces and biodiversity are vital for wellbeing, community connection, and for future generations, yet they are under pressure. He strongly believes in local action to protect nature where we live, work, and play. The Trust’s focus closely reflects his own values and lived experience, and he welcomes the opportunity to contribute his professional experience while continuing to learn from the charity and the communities it serves.

Richard is motivated by protecting the local environment and engaging new audiences by meeting people where they are, using inclusive and accessible approaches.

Alex Nicholson-Evans is Founder & Director of Living For The Weekend, the company behind city-wide festivals such as Birmingham Cocktail Weekend and Birmingham Restaurant Festival. Alex is Birmingham’s first ‘City Curator’, a post funded by Colmore BID and operating across the city centre. Since November 2023 she has been working to bring wider partners together on projects that bring the city centre to life - most recently this has included being Festival Director for Birmingham Light Festival.
Alex’s background is in museums & galleries, she was Commercial Director at Birmingham Museums Trust for nearly a decade and she remains a champion of the city’s culture offer and continues to deliver some consultancy work in this space. Previous to that she has held roles in a variety of sectors including marketing and volunteer management.

Alex finds being in nature absolutely restorative and is passionate about ensuring that there are green and wild spaces for people to enjoy in their day-to-day lives. Alex is committed to supporting the Trust to grow and develop the volunteer programme through a new Volunteering Strategy. She wants to support the Trust to create more opportunities for people across the city to play a role in protecting and restoring wildlife-rich spaces.

Alex is passionate about Birmingham and her work centres around seeing the city thrive. Her professional interests include finding creative ways to encourage more people experience the great outdoors as part of everyday city life. This is a passion she has held for a long time, back in 2019 she led the development of the publication ‘Walk Birmingham’ to encourage people to explore the green spaces in their local areas. Outside of her work, Alex is an avid hiker and novice allotment owner.

Clare's career has not been a linear one, and that has enabled her to combine an entrepreneurial mindset with proven process and procedural organisational skills with a deep commitment and love of the natural world.

She has worked with a global reforestation charity which has planted 28 million trees to date, as well as being involved with the launch of the World Economic Forum’s Principles of Climate Governance to Non-Executive Directors and Chapter Zero Alliance with Hughes Hall, Cambridge University.  

Clare is currently the Membership Manager for Sustainability West Midlands – a cross-sector organisation that is convening impactful relationships across the region to reduce carbon and promote the circular economy. She is also the Founder and CEO of Sigalmark, a startup SaaS based technology company which allows education establishments and professional associations to issue digital versions of their qualifications and trademarks, allowing for real time verification of ownership. 

Clare has over 15 years of community engagement at grassroots level in Birmingham, and significant experience of strategic planning as a trustee and board member in Birmingham for a wide range of organisations, including nature focused education and primary school education.

Jack  has over 17 years’ experience working with leading brand businesses across the UK, Asia, and North America, developing strong commercial leadership and delivering effective business strategies. With a career largely rooted in digital, he brings a deep understanding of the tools, processes, and capabilities required to optimise performance. Alongside commercial, marketing, and digital expertise, his core passion lies in people leadership, with a focus on building inclusive and authentic team cultures.

Having grown up in the Peak District, he has a lifelong passion for the natural world, which he is keen to pass on to his children. He believes in urban areas connection to nature is even more important, and enjoys the opportunity with the Trust both for personal development and the opportunity to support a cause he cares deeply about.

Jack can often be found in the surrounding Birmingham countryside with his family. Loves to learn, develop and motivate others.

Waheed is the Head of Programmes and Partnerships for Witton Lodge Community Association. He previously was the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands. He has worked across the public, private and voluntary sectors, regionally and nationally. He works with a range of  organisations and individuals providing support and advice on organisational change, governance, business development and strategic management. Previously he gained director level experience in the NHS working in several strategic areas in different parts of the country. He has been Chair and Non-Executive Director of major national and regional public and voluntary organisations.

Waheed is currently a Trustee of Midlands Air Ambulance and Warwickshire Cricket Foundation and volunteers as a Special Constable with West Midlands Police.

He has led major regeneration programmes and advised Government on neighborhood renewal policy and community development and participated in a special feature for Regeneration and Renewal magazine on future regeneration skills. He has been instrumental in developing leadership programmes for young people and mentors in inner city schools.

Waheed has appeared on regional, national and international TV news channels, appeared in and written for regional and national newspapers and blogs.

He graduated from the London School of Economics in Social Policy.

Katie has lived in Birmingham since 2021, after moving here to take up the post of Learning and Engagement Officer at Birmingham Museums Trust. In that role she worked across two of the Trust's historic properties, Soho House and Aston Hall, to deliver educational programmes, events and activities that connected schools and communities with their local cultural heritage and green spaces. She enjoyed creating opportunities for people to explore and enjoy the greenery attached to the properties where she worked, doing this gave her greater awareness of the enormous benefits of green spaces, and the great inequality in access to them. 

Katie later moved from the Trust to work for the University of Oxford (a bit of a commute!) where she works as a Development Officer at the Faculty of Law. In her current role, she builds philanthropic partnerships between the Faculty of law and donors, particularly corporate partners, in order to raise funds for student support and graduate scholarships.

She has a track record of fundraising successfully from corporate donors, and has developed experience in commercial awareness, donor relations, strategic planning and project management. 

She lives in the Jewellery Quarter and loves exploring the green spaces that surround the area, particularly the canals and the cemeteries; she is always amazed by how nature can thrive in unexpected places! 

She is an advocate for protecting nature in all contexts, but feels particularly passionate about making space for nature to flourish in urban areas across Birmingham and the Black Country. 

She strongly believes in the transformational power of nature: for mitigating the impact of climate change, for health and wellbeing, for social cohesion and for  encouraging people to feel invested in their local area. 

She sees trusteeship of the Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust (BBCWT) as an opportunity to use her skills, experience and enthusiasm to the benefit of the Trust and, in so doing, contribute in a significant way to a cause she cares about. 

Ramandeep is currently in her final year studying a Zoology degree at the University of Reading and is utilising her knowledge of wildlife and climate as well as her skills in fundraising, events management, community organising and volunteer engagement, for the benefit of the Trust.

At university, Ramandeep has been one of two senior representatives for the School of Biological Sciences and she also represented student voice, being one of only four students’ representatives involved with the University Senate.

Ramandeep is actively engaged in working with local communities and stakeholders as a youth representative for British Trust for Ornithology. Over the last three years she has also developed skills in policy, digital engagement, communications and campaigning as she is a key organiser for UK Youth for Nature and part of the Generation Nature podcast team.

Recently, she has been recognised for her work by being awarded Countryfile’s Young Countryside Champion 2024 and The Marsh Award for Young Ornithologist 2025.

She deeply cares about wildlife and helping people from all backgrounds to have the opportunity to connect with nature and the outdoors. Growing up in Walsall, she was keen to support an organisation that is working to protect biodiversity in areas across the West Midlands region.