Trustees and Governance

Earthwatch Institute's Board of Trustees are responsible for the governance of the charity and overseeing its strategy and direction. The Trustees meet quarterly with members of the charity's Executive Team. Trustees are normally elected for a three year period with the possibility of being re-elected at the end of that time.

Trustees

David Macdonald Professor David Macdonald DSc
Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford, Department of Zoology
Trustee of Earthwatch since June 2007 and Chairman since 2010
Herschel Post

Herschel Post, MBE
Former International Managing Director, Business Development, Christie's International
Trustee of Earthwatch since 1987 and Chairman 1997-2010

Louise Barrett Louise Barrett
Business Coach
Trustee of Earthwatch since June 2004
Richard Donkin Richard Donkin
Author and Journalist
Trustee of Earthwatch since 1997
John Hemming Dr John Hemming, CMG
Former Director of the Royal Geographical Society, London
Trustee of Earthwatch since June 2004
Whitney L Johnson Whitney L. Johnson
Chairman of EWUS and Principal, PlumRiver LLC
Trustee of Earthwatch since March 2007
Chairman EWUS Board
Daniel Rubenstein Professor Daniel I. Rubenstein
Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University USA
Earthwatch PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR , Zebras of Kenya
Trustee of Earthwatch since October 2003
Charles Swingland
Charles Swingland
Solicitor
Trustee of Earthwatch since December 2003
Sagarita Chatterjee Sagarika Chatterjee
Senior Analyst, Governance & Sustainable Investment at F&C Management Limited
Trustee of Earthwatch since December 2007
Tony McMahon Tony McMahon
Trustee of Earthwatch and Honorary Treasurer of Earthwatch since 2009
Robert J. Stack Robert J. Stack
Former Chief Human Resources Officer, Cadbury Schweppes Group
Trustee of Earthwatch since 2009
Andrew Christie Andrew Christie
Chairman of Ark Therapeutics Group plc.
Trustee of Earthwatch since 2010
Mark Ward Mark Ward
Senior Partner of the Financial Services Group, Deloittes.
Trustee of Earthwatch since 2010