Teresa Dent

Teresa Ogilvy Dent
Born 1959 (age 5556)
Nationality British
Occupation CEO
Years active 2001—present
Employer Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

Teresa Ogilvy Dent[1] CBE (b. 1959) is the CEO of Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, a British charitable organisation promoting game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation.

Biography

Teresa Dent attended the University of Reading, graduating with a degree in agriculture.[2]

She joined Strutt & Parker as a farming and business management consultant[3] and was a partner at the firm for 13 years.[2] Her next position was with the Game Conservancy Trust (renamed Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in 2007). She was named CEO of the Trust in 2001.[3] She resides in Salisbury, Wiltshire.[4]

Memberships and affiliations

In 2014 Dent was named to the board of Natural England.[2] She was previously Chairman of the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Partnership.[3][4] She is a board member of the Langholm Moor Demonstration Project.[3]

She is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.[3]

Awards and honors

In June 2015 Dent was named a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to wildlife conservation" as part of the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honors.[1][5]

References

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