BANC
Personnel
Honorary Officers
President
John
Bowers
Retired Reader in Applied Economics at the University of Leeds,
specialising in environmental and agricultural policy,
John also
campaigns to protect the natural environment of the Aegean island of
Lesbos.
Vice Presidents
Professor Adrian Phillips CBE
An expert in countryside planning and conservation policy,
Adrian's career has included
inter
alia
more than ten years as head of the Countryside Commission and a
six-year stint as chair of the IUCN's World Commission on Protected
Areas.
Professor
Duncan
Poore
Duncan is a renowned authority on post-1945 UK conservation
and on tropical forestry, whose publications include
No Timber Without Trees
and
Changing Landscapes.
Marion
Shoard
An author and campaigner, Marion's works include the
ground-breaking
Theft
of the Countryside,
This Land is Our Land
and
A Right to Roam.
BANC
Council
BANC is a UK-registered charity, governed by a Council of
elected (and, exceptionally, co-opted) members. Elections are held
annually at the Annual General Meeting. All BANC members are entitled
to stand for office and Council and to vote. An annual report and
independently-audited accounts are submitted to the Commissioner for
Charities.
Officers
Chair - Adrian Koster
Secretary -
Ruth Boogert
Treasurer -
Derek
Bensley
Other Council
Members
Nicola Walker
Andy Harby
Emily Adams
Rose Goodwin
Matthew Frith
