GOODBYE RSPB, HELLO BTO! JULIET VICKERY SET TO TAKE OVER REINS AT NORFOLK-BASED TRUST

                                                                    

Juliet Vickery - "exciting opportunity"

CONGRATULATIONS to Juliet Vickery who has today been named new chief executive of the BTO!

Prof Vickery,  currently the RSPB’s Head of International Conservation Science, will join the Norfolk-based organisation in November and take over the reins from Dr Andy Clements when he steps down the following month.

Says Juliet: "To have been entrusted with this position is an enormous privilege and an exciting opportunity.

"I am looking forward to building on what has gone before, particularly the BTO's  long-term partnership between professional and citizen scientists."

Prof Vickery has a 35-year career working in conservation science and academia including a previous 11-year spell at BTO, leading work on the conservation and ecology of farmland birds. 

Prof Jenny Gill, chair of BTO’s board of trustees, comments: "Juliet will bring a wealth of experience in ornithology, a deep understanding of the community and an exceptional capacity to inspire." 

According to Dr Clements, his successor is "an outstanding science communicator". 

He adds: "Her work on equality and diversity ensures that the continuing growth of BTO's constituency of support is assured."

* Photo: David Thomas via BTO