Richard Astle

Trustee

As a strategic communications, PR and marketing professional, Richard brings valuable skills and experience to the leadership of Natural Cambridgeshire as the organisation seeks to influence stakeholders and members of the public to take action to reverse the ecological and biodiversity crisis locally. Over twenty years, his clients have included many local organisations, public, private and third sector, and he brings strong networks and a good understanding of the local policy framework to the table.

Passionate about nature, although very much a self-declared enthusiast, Richard is familiar with the key issues in the environmental world and the challenges and opportunities for nature. As chair of the Langdyke Countryside Trust, a charity that works around Peterborough to promote nature recovery, he takes an active hands-on role in the management of its seven nature reserves, and he is also chair the John Clare Countryside partnership, which is taking forward a landscape-scale nature recovery project, focused on limestone grassland, woodland and wetlands north of the Nene and south of the Welland rivers in Peterborough. Richard was previously Treasurer of the Wildlife Trusts of BCN for seven years.