Meet the Team
The Tir Natur team came together with a shared passion for nature recovery and a collective understanding of the scale of the problem we are facing.
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If you are interested in joining the Tir Natur team, or contributing in some way, then please get in touch by emailing team@tirnatur.cymru.
Ambassador
Iolo Williams
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Naturalist and TV presenter, Iolo Williams, has joined Tir Natur's team as our ambassador:
“Cymru is one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet and the State of Nature report shows that, despite conservation efforts, wildlife numbers are still falling. In my lifetime, I have witnessed huge declines in species such as hedgehogs, lapwing and yellowhammer. If we are to turn things around, we must show more ambition.
We must look at restoring ecosystems at a landscape scale so that nature can lead the way and its recovery can be scaled-up. In short, we must rewild."
The Team
David Kilner
Development &
Programme Lead
Dan Ward
Policy Lead
Elen Robert
Welsh Culture Lead / Community Engagement Coordinator
Emma Worsley
Admin & Individual Giving Assistant
Gwenan (Gwenni)
Jenkins-Jones
Individual Giving Manager
Jo Denham
Volunteer Coordinator
Siân Stephen
Community Engagement Volunteer
Adriana de Nicolay
Communications Lead
Eben Myrddin Muse
Community Engagement Volunteer
Jonathan Hughes
Corporate Lead
Board of Trustees
Tasha Reilly (Chair)
Tim Birch
Richard Wheat
Tash is a farmer managing 70-acres in Carmarthenshire where she is developing a model for a farm that will run with 60% of the land in beef and pork production as well as agroforestry and the remaining 40% supporting and increasing biodiversity. Tash wholeheartedly supports rewilding in Wales and working with other farmers and landowners to increase our natural capital. Tash's career started as a plant scientist at Kew Gardens and her love for the natural world was born. Tash has gone full circle as she is currently studying an environmental science degree with the Open University. Tash's interest in rewilding started at a workshop in Glen Affric in 2018 and she is still learning.
Tim works for River Action and is their Policy and Advocacy Manager. He has been working in the environment and nature conservation sector for over 20 years, with a variety of organizations including Wildlife Trusts Wales, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, RSPB, Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International. "We are in the middle of a nature and climate crisis. It is clear that new approaches are urgently needed to tackle these threats. Rewilding is one such approach. It is about restoring nature at scale where natural processes are allowed to thrive, and missing species are returned. It is also about reconnecting people to a world where nature is thriving, and communities are sustained for the long term".
With a background in fine art and television production, Rich brings a creative energy to Tir Natur. He is passionate about finding practical solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises and is focused on ways to rekindle people’s often broken relationship with nature. He came up with the concept for our Interactive Ecosystems, as a way to engage a new audience with rewilding, creating a dynamic, stimulating approach to education and fundraising. He lives in South Pembrokeshire on a smallholding dedicated to nature restoration, complete with traditional hay meadows, ponds and overgrown hedgerows.
James Hitchcock
Tom Roberts
Pamela Noakes
James is the Wales Advocacy Coordinator for Rewilding Britain and has worked in the environmental sector for over 20 years, most recently as CEO of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, leading them through a period of growth and the acquisition of Pentwyn Farm. ​ He secured funding and developed stakeholder relationships, conducting campaigning and advocacy and landowner advice programmes.  James is passionate about the need to scale up our efforts for nature's recovery, which can only be achieved by increasing our ambition and embracing natural processes, extensive/wilder grazing and rewilding.
​Tom is realising a lifetime ambition to create a small nature reserve through natural restoration. He acquired an 11-acre sheep farm in Ceredigion and is busy creating ponds and planting native trees and wildflower meadows – with an emphasis on rare Welsh species such as the black poplar and alder buckthorn trees, and the near-extinct Deptford pink, corncockle, Dyer’s greenweed, small-flowered catchfly, autumn squill and other wildflowers. The reserve is a home for recovering hedgehogs released from a local animal hospital. Tom’s previous career was making international documentaries during which he accumulated well over a 100 broadcast credits as a director/producer. He founded the indie production company October Films.
A long-time nature lover, Pamela became concerned by the declining wildlife she saw, from silent fields to bug-free windscreens. After buying her home in 2013, she saw how quickly nature returned when chemicals were removed from her garden. She had heard Isabella Tree speak of her work at Knepp then came across Tir Natur – offering an opportunity for nature restoration at landscape scale. She knew she wanted to help make it a success. Pamela has over 25 years’ experience in social and environmental impact across charity, government, and private sectors, and is also a Trustee of Southwark Law Centre.
Frances Walton (Treasurer)
Frances has always loved wildlife and appreciated the importance of natural habitats. More recently, birdwatching has become a passion, and it was on a birding holiday that Frances heard about Tir Natur. She knew she wanted to help make this ambitious project a reality. With a maths background, Frances was delighted to be offered the role of Treasurer, combining her love of nature with her love of spreadsheets. Frances worked in adult education, in the prison sector then The Open University. Now retired she is channelling her energies into Tir Natur and becoming more sustainable.
Volunteers
​​Alongside our active Board of Trustees and team of Staff, the hub and heart of Tir Natur are our dedicated and talented team of volunteers.
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With skills and backgrounds ranging from architecture and law, to politics and media, this team is driving the organisation towards its goals. They are Katherine, Elen, Rachel, Matt, Maeve, Austin, Ashley, Anya, Emma, Gethin, Karen, Mick, Sam, Siôn Emlyn, Lloyd, Daisy and Jen.
Diolch i chi! ​
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If you would like to offer your help as a volunteer, then give us a shout or fill in this form!