Dorset LNP Board

Following an open recruitment process in early 2013, the Board of the Dorset Local Nature Partnership was appointed. See below for a list of Board Members.

The role of the Dorset LNP Board is to:

• Provide strategic leadership
• Set direction for the Dorset LNP
• Link to leaders and strategic partnerships in other sectors

The Board is supported by the Dorset LNP Manager, an officer support group and a broad forum of partners from all sectors.

The first Board meeting took place in April 2013.

Download a copy of the Terms of Reference for Dorset Local Nature Partnership Board.

Board Meeting dates

The Dorset LNP Board will meet on the following dates:

• 9 June 2020
• 9 September 2020
• 9 December 2020
• 10 March 2021
• 9 June 2021

Board Minutes

• March 2020 Board meeting
• December 2019 Board Meeting
• September 2019 Board Meeting
• June 2019 Board Meeting

Please email us at info@dorsetlnp.org.uk if you would like to see any previous minutes.

Board Members

Appointed via open recruitment:

• Will Bond (Vice chair of LNP, farmer, owner of the Holme Estate, owner of Alaska Environmental Contracting Ltd and member of the CLA National Environment Committee)
• Paul Buckley (RSPB Volunteer – formerly RSPB South West Conservation Manager)
• Dr Simon Cripps (Chair of Dorset LNP and sustainability consultant)
• Dr Angela Cott (General Manager Brownsea Island National Trust)
• Dr Bob Huggins MBE (formerly Chair of the Dorset Coast Forum)
• Angela Pooley (Coordinator, East Dorset Friends of the Earth, Trustee of Bournemouth 2026 Trust and Chair of SUSTAIN)
• Simon Williams MBE (planning consultant)
• 2 vacant positions – recruitment process being reviewed

Co-opted members:

• Ruth Barden (Director of Catchment & Environmental,Wessex Water)
• Fiona Bowels (Chair Dorset Catchment Partnership)
• Imogen Davenport (Director of Conservation Policy & Advocacy, Dorset Wildlife Trust)

Local Authority appointments:

• Cllr Ray Bryan (Cabinet Member for Highways, Travel and Environment, Dorset Council)
• Cllr Felicity Rice (Portfolio Holder for Environment and Climate Change, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council)

Appointed on behalf of the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership:

• Luke Rake (LEP Board Member and Principal and Chief Executive Kingston Maurward College)

Appointed on behalf of Dorset’s Health & Well-being Boards

• Dr David Haines (Dorset Health and Wellbeing Board, GP, and Clinical Commissioning Group)