Annual General Meeting

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Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting 2023

This year's Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 21 October 2023 at 2.00pm at the Education Centre, Whisby Nature Park.

All members have the right to appoint a proxy (someone else voting on your behalf), this may be the Chair (see ‘Quick Vote’ on the proxy form enclosed with your latest mailing). A proxy is entitled to attend, to speak and vote at the meeting. If you wish to appoint a proxy please complete the proxy form and return it to arrive no later than Wednesday 18 October 2023.

 

Agenda

  1. Minutes of the 73rd AGM held on Saturday 22 October 2022
  2. Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023
  3. Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
  4. To re-appoint Wright Vigar Limited as Auditors for 2023-2024
  5. Election of Trustees

Nominations recommended by the Board of Trustees

Eve Crook

Eve is seeking election as a new Trustee. She is currently Head of Brand at The Trussell Trust and previous roles have been in the public, private and charity sectors including National Trust. Eve is a Chartered Marketer, has a BA (Hons) in International Tourism Management and has completed a Mini MBA in Brand Management.

Kitty Hamilton

Kitty was appointed a Trustee in 2020. She is a director of Willoughby Farms Ltd and Alford Crematorium Ltd. Kitty is a Member of the Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel (IAAP) (ministerial appointment) since 2014. She has an MSc in Biological Recording and is a member of Lincolnshire Bird Club. Kitty competes in eventing at international level with her two horses and also does a bit of running.

Sophie Harris

Sophie is seeking election as a new Trustee. She is currently an Associate Director Quality, Safety, Health and Environment at Micronclean Ltd and she has had previous environmental leadership roles in water companies. Sophie is a Chartered Fellow and Environmentalist, has an MSc and MBA and has previously been a school governor. She is a member of the Women & Enterprise All Party Parliamentary Group.

Professor Libby John

Libby is seeking election as a new Trustee. She is a retired Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Science at the University of Lincoln but retains a part-time role there as Dean of Sustainability. Libby is a plant ecologist and researcher who finds teaching about plants and the natural world incredibly rewarding, especially if it involves field work. She has a PhD in Plant Ecology (on lichens) and MSc in Environmental Technology. She is also a Trust volunteer plant recorder. Libby is passionate about the importance of nature and efforts to support nature recovery.

Sam Kemp

Sam is seeking election as a new Trustee. He is currently Executive Director of Finance and Resource at, Sustrans UK and formerly worked at Save the Children International. Sam has a broad range of functional experience across various senior leadership roles. He is a Chartered Management Accountant, has a MPhil in Conservation Leadership and is a recently elected local councillor.

Caroline Steel

Caroline is seeking election as a new Trustee. She retired from the post of Head of Conservation for Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in 2017, having spent her career in nature conservation, working locally for the Devon and Manx Wildlife Trusts and nationally for the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Caroline is a Chartered Environmentalist and has a MSc in Conservation. She currently volunteers as a botanical site surveyor, GLNP Wildlife Sites Panel member and Lincoln Commons Advisory Panel representative.

Roe Deer

Donald Sutherland

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