Introducing our new trustees
Published 26/07/2024
We’re delighted to welcome four new trustees who bring a wealth of experience to guide Rewilding Britain in achieving our charitable objectives. Let us introduce you to Justin Albert (Chair elect), Beth Collier, John Cook and Rachel Solomon Williams.
Justin Albert (Chair elect)
Justin has spent his career championing our natural world.
As a filmmaker for the National Geographic and Discovery Channel and as Head of Development and Production for Animal Planet, he’s helped deliver inspirational people and nature stories globally. For 13 years he ran National Trust Wales, protecting cherished landscapes.
He now partners with Sir Tim Smit (founder of The Eden Project) on radical climate solutions, is Vice Chair of the University of Wales and lives with his wife on a regenerative farm in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons).
Beth Collier
Beth is a Nature Allied Psychotherapist and Ethnographer who teaches natural history and woodland living skills.
Beth is the Founder and Director of two organisations: Wild in the City, supporting well-being through relationships with nature with a focus on supporting people of colour; and Nature Therapy School, which offers professional training for psychotherapists in Nature Allied Psychotherapy.
Beth previously worked in the human rights field for 15 years, researching conditions in refugee producing countries and was commissioned by UNHCR as an international expert in gender based persecution.
John Cook
John is a lifelong farmer in the North York Moors National Park. He’s always had an interest in managing landscapes for nature and food production.
John has previously been on the board of an agricultural marketing cooperative and his local NHS Trust.
His spell on the advisory committee of his local BBC Radio Station gave him full understanding of the need for effective communications.
Rachel Solomon Williams
Rachel is Executive Director at Aldersgate Group, a cross-sectoral alliance of businesses and other organisations championing a prosperous, environmentally sustainable economy.
Rachel has over 20 years’ experience of working in environment and climate policy, primarily as a civil servant but with time spent in the private sector. She has a passion for collaborative and systems-led policy development, looking across traditional sector boundaries.
Rachel is also a keen amateur musician and mountain walker.
