Programme Management
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Dave Hillyard
Director of Programmes - Extn: 819
Dave first joined Earthwatch in September 2000 and has held various positions in the organisation, playing a key role in the development of Earthwatch's work with the private sector. He is currently Director of Programmes, with responsibility for the delivery and development of Earthwatch's field engagement and learning programmes and partnerships with the private sector. Earthwatch has remained at the forefront of NGO/private sector partnerships over the last ten years and it is currently evolving its work in this area. As such, developing new and innovative means of immersing employees and other stakeholders in our field projects is a current focus. This is providing individuals and companies with new and inspiring opportunities to change the way they think and act in relation to the sustainability challenges facing them.
David has a BEng (Hons) from Nottingham University and an MSc (distinction) in Environmental Management from Imperial College, with a long standing passion for the environment and conservation that grew out of a childhood spent in Kenya. He previously worked for Concern Universal, and International NGO and has spent many years working in Southern Africa as well as managing programmes in Asia and Latin America. He has had field experience with Earthwatch in Russia, Iceland, Kenya, Ghana and Botswana.
Tom Burstow
Head of Global HSBC Programme - Extn: 862
Tom joined Earthwatch Institute (Europe) in October 2002 and his main responsibility is to manage Earthwatch's programme of activity with HSBC. This involved the operational delivery of the Earthwatch component of HSBC's Investing in Nature programme and now the second phase of the programme - The Climate Partnership. He has strong interest in the international nature of Earthwatch's work and has had the opportunity to visit four Earthwatch projects: Forest Caterpillars in Costa Rica, Costa Rican Sea Turtles, Brazil's Pantanal and Brazil's Tucuxi Dolphins. He has also visited company offices in France, Malta, the USA and Brazil, on behalf of Earthwatch.
Tom's particular area of interest is working with companies to develop and evolve corporate programmes to maximise the engagement of staff in scientific research and local community projects, in particular focusing on the educational benefit available to individuals and organisations. Tom has also been heavily involved in the development of Earthwatch's own community project (named Peril's Copse), mobilising staff to take part in environmental volunteering locally.
Before joining Earthwatch, Tom worked in corporate recruitment for 18 months in Sydney, Australia, arranging employee recruitment for large companies. He also worked in Ghana developing and supporting various community activities, whilst also teaching at a rural secondary school. He has a BA degree from Nottingham Trent University in Modern European Studies (Geography and French).
Hannah Rooley
Regional Manager for Europe and India, The HSBC Climate Partnership - Extn: 833
Hannah started at Earthwatch at the beginning of 2005, having moved out of a marketing role in the corporate sector. Prior to her current position at Earthwatch, she has held a couple of roles including Expedition Recruitment Manager and maternity cover for the Head of Communications and Marketing.
Hannah is now responsible for setting up the Regional Climate Change research centres for the UK and India - the UK centre opened in May 2008 and the India centre will be up and running from January 2009. These centres will receive "Climate Champions" who will participate in a programme of research and learning around climate change, and will take their knowledge and experience back to their work-place. She also coordinates the local volunteering projects that HSBC employees can participate on - we do this by setting up a network of partnerships with other NGOs across Europe and Asia, enabling large numbers of the bank's staff to get involved with environmental work focused on climate change.
Having graduated from Edinburgh with a Masters degree in French and Sociology in 2001 Hannah is keen to get back into some academic study, so is hoping to start a part-time Masters in International Development Studies this autumn. Outside of Earthwatch she enjoys anything that gets her outdoors, but is also a voracious reader when the English weather keeps her indoors!
Read more about Hannah in our special Day in the Life feature.
Rowan Byrne
UK Regional Climate Centre Director
Rowan started at Earthwatch in October 2007 and is in charge of the HSBC Earthwatch Climate Change Centre in the UK. This involves overall responsibility of the Field Centre management and research whilst working closely with all research and HSBC partners and with a wide range of external scientists and other local and national stakeholders.
Before joining Earthwatch, Rowan spent many years out in the field working on marine research and conservation projects for sharks, whales, and sea turtles from the South Pacific to the Caribbean. He has appeared in a large number of TV programmes and has written numerous articles on worldwide marine issues. In 2005, he worked with the BBC's Natural History Unit on the series Secrets of the Caribbean and with Disney whilst they were shooting Pirates of the Caribbean II and III. Most recently he was the lead researcher on a project satellite tracking the Leatherback sea turtles from the Caribbean. Unsurprisingly, his interests include everything to do with marine life and has even set up a website for all his images over the years - www.marinecreatures.com
Rowan has a Diploma in Technical Writing, a BSc (Hons) in Marine and Freshwater Biology and an MSc in Environmental Management.
Abi Jermain
Learning and Communications Manager, UK Regional Climate Centre
Abi initially joined Earthwatch in April 2006 as a Fellowships Officer working with HSBC, Syngenta and Cadbury as well as on the Capacity Building Programme. In April 2008 she embarked on her new role delivering training sessions and facilitating workshops on climate change and it's relevance for business at the UKRCC. Abi also provides communications from the field for promotional and outreach materials about climate change.
Possessing a BTEC in Conservation and Habitat Protection, a BA in Communications Studies and an MA in Environment, Development and Policy, Abi has worked as a research assistant for the Institute of Development Studies, focusing on biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights. She has also worked as a campaigns assistant for the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the Environmental Investigation Agency, as well as working in a voluntary capacity for several voluntary organisations, attaining an Award of Excellence for 200 hours' voluntary service with the Millennium Volunteers. She is a keen traveller and amateur photographer.
Tim Hall
Logistics & Support Officer, UK Regional Climate Centre
Following a 38 year career in the printing industry, Tim joined Earthwatch as a volunteer in November 2000. After six weeks he was offered a three month temporary post in Accounts, which was extended to six months. He then successfully applied for a Community Officer post, working with the Millennium Programme for the over 50s, helping volunteers to establish local community action projects after returning from Earthwatch field projects. Tim then worked in the Fellowships team, assisting corporate and other privately-funded fellows planning to attend an Earthwatch project and advising fellows on their post-project community activities.
Recently Tim was appointed to the new UKRCC to organise the day to day functions of running the centre as an accommodation base for the HSBC Climate Champions who will be resident there for 12 day teams and to ensure that they are in the right place, at the right time for their field studies. A bonus for Tim is that he will also be able to assist the scientists in the field, with the Climate Champions.
In 1968 Tim married Michele, who has also previously worked at Earthwatch for 7 years and the couple have two children and two grandchildren. One of their favourite holiday destinations is the Scottish Highlands and Islands, walking and wildlife watching.
For many years Tim has been a conservation volunteer and was chairman of two groups in Reading. 10 years ago he moved to a small village near Oxford where he runs a Community Film Club in the village hall and is Chair of a Local Environmental Networking group. An active outdoorsman, he has a general interest in wildlife conservation, gardening, cultivates an allotment and sings bass in the choral section of Abingdon Music Society.
Rachel Phillips
Corporate Learning Manager - Extn: 822
Rachel joined Earthwatch in September 2007 as Corporate Learning Manager. She is responsibility for developing the employee engagement and education elements of the HSBC Climate Partnership, with particular focus on experiential learning and personal behaviour change.
Rachel started her career in Sales & Marketing, working in a variety of national & international roles for Unilever & PepsiCo. In 2003, she decided to take a career break to go travelling and re-train to work in executive coaching and corporate leadership/team development. She has designed and delivered values-based leadership development programmes and developed an innovative approach to leadership and team development, blending experiential group learning and development with community projects from international NGO partner, including Save the Children and NEST, a charity providing low cost sustainable accommodation for orphans & their communities across Africa. Rachel is passionate about the conservation of our planet and communities and developing new, sustainable ways of living and doing business for the 21st century and beyond!
Eve Carpenter (Maternity Leave)
Director of Programmes - Extn: 819
As Director of Programmes at Earthwatch Institute (Europe), Eve oversees the development and delivery of all the corporate engagement and education programmes across the organization as well as being responsible for the management of corporate partnerships.
After graduating from Brasenose College, Oxford with languages in 1990, she started working life as a sales and marketing graduate for Diageo where she spent seven years in a variety of brand marketing and sales management roles. She moved to Accenture in 1998 as a strategy consultant, and worked across a number of industries and multinational clients on strategy development and change management programmes.
She then took a sabbatical for one year, travelling around the world visiting areas of outstanding natural beauty and wildlife. This inspired her to make the change from corporate to NGO and indulge her passion for conservation full time as a career.
She joined Earthwatch in 2000 as Director of Marketing, becoming Acting COO in 2002, responsible for the marketing, ICT, HR and Finance functions. She then moved into Programme Operations in 2004, heading up the retail, marketing and fellowships programmes, moving into the Director of Programmes role after her return from maternity leave in 2006.
Eve's wide ranging corporate and NGO senior management experience enables her to interact effectively with all the charity's stakeholders, and gives her an insight into the sustainability challenges facing both the NGO and corporate worlds.
She loves to go diving, although a recent baby has curtailed more exotic travel, and enjoys walking, travel and film.