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Our Team at FoTT

Meet Our Team

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Friends of The Thames CEO - Laura Reineke

LAURA REINEKE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The environmentalist and barrister Paul Powlesland made history this summer when he became the first member of a UK jury to swear an oath on river water. Powlesland, the co-founder of Lawyers for Nature, explains why he considers the River Roding to be sacred.

PAUL POWLESLAND - ACTIVIST LAWYER

Alastair Driver is one of the UK’s best known conservationists and is cited in “Who’s Who” for influence and distinction in the field of environmental conservation. He was appointed as the first ever Conservation Officer for the Thames Water Authority in 1984, pioneering many river and wetland restoration and sensitive river management practices in the process and went on to become the national Head of Conservation for the Environment Agency from 2002-2016

ALASTAIR DRIVER, Trustee - DIRECTOR, REWILDING BRITAIN

Erica is the Head of Communities at River Action. She has previously worked for National Trust, Defra, Which? and was the former Head of Government and Rural Affairs at Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) , developing campaigns, policy and political lobbying on affordable rural housing, farm scale and renewable energy.

ERICA POPPLEWELL, Trustee

Richard has spent much of his life around the River Thames and other water bodies. Born in Windsor, he grew up near Henley-on-Thames and has lived in six other locations along its course: Fulham, Barnes, Marlow, Maidenhead, Oxford and currently, Sonning. While living aboard, the Potomac in Washington DC, the harbor in Hong Kong and the Bosphorus in Istanbul were never far away. Richard has also spent much of professional career assessing potential or actual impacts on rivers, particularly from hydropower development.

RICHARD CAINES, Trustee

HONOR TEARE - WEBSITE AND CAMPAIGN MANAGER

From source to sea

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