Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
Trustees if the Gloucester-based trust have announced the appointment of Andrew McLaughlin to the top role. Prior to joining Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Mr McLaughlin spent more than a decade working as head of communications at the National Trust before becoming general manager of NT property Kingston Lacy.
He moved to a new role as chief executive of The Student’s Union at the University of Bath in 2016, before most recently heading up the new strategy and innovation division at South Gloucestershire Council.
In his new role, Mr McLaughlin will deliver Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's 2030 strategy, which has broad aims across three key areas: stopping and reversing wildlife declines, more people taking action for nature and normalising natural solutions to climate change.
Mr McLaughlin will commence his new role in September. He said: “My family and I have deep connections with Gloucestershire and I’m thrilled to be joining the county’s largest membership organisation as their new chief executive. Like many people, I’ve become increasingly alarmed at the decline of nature both here in our county and across the UK and see my role as chief executive as ensuring we have everything in place to make our ambitious strategy a reality, for the wildlife and people of Gloucestershire. I can’t wait to get started.”
Dr David Bullock, chair of trustees at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust commented: “After a long and thorough selection process, we are very pleased to have appointed Andrew as our new chief executive. His breadth and depth of experience will enable him to lead the Trust in delivering our ambitious plans with confidence and expertise. We very much look forward to working with him in this role at such a crucial time for the recovery of nature.”
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