MEET THE TEAM

Tessa Bartlett

Director of Operations

With a background in higher education, communications and high-performance sport operations, I specialize in establishing and optimising efficient organisations. My passion lies in safeguarding and enhancing our natural environment, recognising the potential for a multiplying effect with nature connectivity on a national scale. While climate change poses a huge global challenge, I firmly believe in making small improvements to our individual corners of the planet. Dedicated to the cause, I work towards fostering a positive ripple effect in the fight against climate change.

LinkedIn | tessa@woodlandsavers.org

Christoph Warrack

CEO

Christoph builds his work at Woodland Savers on a career helping communities to advance their wellbeing, skills, and pathways. After 11 years in the film industry, he founded Open Cinema, Airbase, and B Foundry, and is an advisory co-founder of Moving Beyond. Christoph has presented on social innovation at international conferences and universities, is a TEDx speaker, and a mentor at the Imperial College cleantech accelerator. He is a trustee of the Polyphonic Collective and his children’s school, and is a volunteer river guardian for the Western Sussex Rivers Trust. He loves gathering communities organisations and nature, and helping the magic happen. 

LinkedIn | christoph@woodlandsavers.org

Mark Hilleard

Head of Woodlands

A passionate belief in the environmental, economic and social benefits well managed woodlands bring to communities has shaped my personal and professional life. Since graduating from Bangor University with a BSc in Conservation and Forest Ecosystems I’ve worked a wide range of forestry and land use roles both in the public and private sector. From managing national pest and disease outbreaks and their impact on trade in government, to supervising large woodland creation projects as a forest manager.
 
As Head of Woodlands at Woodland Savers I work directly with communities to deliver projects on the ground. My aim is to improve communication and collaboration between different land use sectors to more effectively to respond to the climate crisis through community ownership.

mark@woodlandsavers.org

Woodland Savers Limited Board

Bill Carman

Director

Bill used to be a medical virologist but now spends his time working on larger things like trees. His family foundation supports ecological restoration projects across the UK, but mainly in Scotland. He is Chair of the Highlands and Islands Environment Foundation and the Neighbourhood Nature Revival Fund which helps communities to get going in their ecological efforts.

Michael Norton

Director

Michael Norton is a social entrepreneur and founder of the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action which promotes, supports and invests in social innovation and social innovators. 

Holly Turner

Director

Holly is the climate specialist across Schroders Capital, the private assets division of Schroders; enabling and overseeing climate integration and the development and delivery of strategies aligned to climate change and natural capital. Holly has a history working within climate change research for Schroders and has a Masters in climate change, management and finance at Imperial College London. Holly has recently completed the ‘Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course’ through the Nature Based Solutions initiative in partnership with the University of Oxford.

Jonny Page

Director

Jonny is responsible for Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s impact investing. Before joining Esmée, Jonny managed impact funds as Investment Director at Big Issue Invest Fund Management and is a Chartered Accountant from Deloitte. Jonny holds several advisory roles, including the Impact Investment Advisory Group at the BVCA, co-chairing the Social Impact Investors Group, a Visiting Fellow at Zinc VC, and the Social Enterprise Investment Committee at Trust for London.

Tessa Bartlett

Woodland Savers Foundation

Christoph Warrack

WSL CEO

Community Advisory Board

Bridie Ashrowan

Bridie Ashrowan was appointed Chief Executive of EVOC (Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council) in March 2021. She has over thirty years’ experience in the community sector, having worked with a variety of different organisations including start-ups, social enterprise and also in business. Prior to joining EVOC, Bridie was Chief Executive at Space and Broomhouse Hub, a local community development trust in an area that has some of the highest child and in-work poverty in Scotland. She has held positions on boards, such as Southern Upland Partnership and Alchemy Film Festival. She has also worked with Borders Forest Trust and Woodland Trust. Bridie is currently on the board of Community Land Scotland and the Poverty Alliance Scotland. Her passions are nature, community and the arts.’

Jessica Allen

Institute for Health Equity

Jessica is the Deputy Director for the Institute for Health Equity. She has shaped the strategic direction of the Institute and overseen its work and development. She has worked closely with international organisations, national and local governments, businesses and the economic sector, third sector organisations and public health and health care systems. She has published widely on the social determinants of health and led much of the Institute’s work and leads the IHE’s work with global organisations including the UN

Jenny Edwards CBE

Angela Terry

OneHome

Nick Gardner

National Lottery Community Fund

Ecology Advisory Board

Brontie Ansell

Lawyers for Nature

Brontie is the Co-Founder and Director of Lawyers for Nature, a Community Interest Company acting to represent the natural world, developing the Rights of Nature and Nature-Positive Corporate Governance. Brontie, as lead lawyer, has pioneered the company’s work to put ‘Nature on the Board’.

Russell Horsey

Chartered Arboriculturalist

Sir Tim Smit

Eden Project

Baroness Kathy Willis

University of Oxford

Financial advisory board

Alasdair Maclay

Global Steering Group on Impact Investment

Alasdair Maclay is a farmer and impact Investor. Day job is as Chief Strategy Officer at GSG www.gsgii.org. Previously at Actis www.act.is. Focused on natural capital impact measurement and valuation. Also driving financial inclusion impact as co-founder of Briisk www.briisk.io.

Michael Norton

CIVA

Michael Norton is a social entrepreneur and founder of the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action which promotes, supports and invests in social innovation and social innovators. 

Emily Gowers

Bain and Company

Dan Gregory

Social Enterprise UK

Dr Mark Collins

LifeX