The Team

The Team

Dedicated to wild fish conservation

Our experienced and enthusiastic team is committed to the protection of wild fish and their habitats.

  • Nick Measham - Wildfish
  • Dr. Janina Gray - Wildfish
  • Rachel Mulrenan - Wildfish
  • Lex Rigby - Wildfish
  • Lauren Harley - Wildfish
  • Immy O’Keeffe - Wildfish
  • Guy Linley-Adams - Wildfish
  • Dr. Justin Neal - Wildfish
  • Daniel Nixon - Wildfish
  • Dr. Sam Green - Wildfish
  • Ursula Lewis - Wildfish
  • Ingrid Burt - Wildfish
  • Kim Sargeant - Wildfish

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Atlantic Salmon

Nick leads the WildFish team. He feels strongly that evidence is key to influencing Governments and the regulatory bodies responsible for protecting wild fish. Nick’s obsession with water and fishing began when he was nine. He has been passionate about wild fish populations ever since. Nowadays, though, it is almost enough simply to know the fish are there.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Grayling below the water, Kingfisher above!

Janina joined WildFish in 2007. Her priority is to protect and restore water environments and their wildlife for everyone to enjoy. Previously, Janina completed a PhD in hydroclimatic variation impacts on salmon populations. With 15 year’s experience working in water policy, Janina and her team use scientific evidence and the law to drive change.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Atlantic Salmon

Rachel’s focus is the farmed salmon campaign at WildFish. She also coordinates the organisation’s wider work across Scotland. A trained journalist, Rachel has spent the past five years campaigning for greater sustainability across a number of industries, from fashion to food.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

The humble river lamprey!

As WildFish’s farmed salmon campaign manager, Lex coordinates our ambitious Off the table coalition campaign calling on chefs, restaurants and catering businesses to take farmed salmon off their menus. She’s worked at the forefront of animal protection for almost two decades, tirelessly advocating for a kinder world through high-impact campaigns and hard-hitting investigations.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Freshwater Pearl Mussel

Lauren heads up our SmartRivers volunteers. She uses citizen-science to generate data with policy relevance that can drive real improvements to the quality of water flowing through our rivers. With a flair for creativity, Lauren also leads on asset design and construction to deliver scientific content in an accessible way.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Dipper

Immy heads up our communications at WildFish. Working alongside the campaign teams, Immy oversees our internal and external communications, ensuring that our message is consistent, engaging and raises the profile of wild fish conservation.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

The great diving beetle

Guy is our in-house solicitor. Formerly Head of Legal at Fish Legal, he trained initially in natural sciences and environmental technology before converting to law. With over 30 years of experience, Guy has dealt with successive Governments and various regulators on water pollution and conservation matters.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Sea trout

Justin is our environmental lawyer who deals with water resource issues including abstraction licensing and water company planning, as well as sewage-related pollution.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Pike

Building a strong evidence base is Daniel’s focus. He researches the latest scientific data for water quality issues such as pollution and open-net salmon farming to support our campaign teams. Daniel’s love for the environment stems from an early age and was fostered growing up close to the beautiful yet fragile waterways of the Lake District National Park.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Brown Trout and Northern Pike!

Sam is our resident freshwater ecologist. He analyses and interprets data from our SmartRivers hubs to support local activism and national campaigning. Sam’s love for the natural world comes from a childhood spent on or by the rivers of South East England. Safeguarding our watery places is Sam’s priority.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Grayling

Ursula runs our fundraising events. She draws on over 25 years’ experience in marketing and communications to research and develop alternative avenues of revenue for WildFish. This includes grant applications, partnership development and key donor relations.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Brown Trout

Drawing on more than twenty years experience of working in the environmental and river ecology sector, Ingrid runs our ever-popular annual fundraising auction. The auction sources generous, interesting and diverse fishing lots as well as varied hospitality and collectable donations. If you wish to donate or learn more about our annual auction Ingrid will be happy to help.

Favourite Freshwater Species?

Three Spined Stickleback

Kim has been with WildFish since 2020, overseeing all the administrative functions in the virtual office. She directly handles all membership matters such as new members, renewals & account updates. If you have a membership question, she’s your contact! Also, direct any administrative issues you have her way and she’d be happy to help you.

Trustees & Leadership

Consultants

  • Andrew Graham-Stewart
  • Dr. Cyril Bennett

Trustees

  • Bill Hicks (Chairman)
  • Victor Beamish
  • Simon Browne
  • Neil Cooper
  • Angela Webb
  • Philip Studd
  • Robert Hollis
  • Carl Sayer
  • Ian Cowx
  • Philip Chessum
  • Digby Flower
  • Lucy Mantle
  • Robert Walton

Vice presidents

  • Feargal Sharkey
  • Matthew Wright
  • Ross Brawn
  • Stuart Crofts
  • Paul Proctor
  • Jack Perks
  • Andy Majerus
  • Tarquin Millington-Drake
  • Steve Edge

Executive Vice Presidents

  • Richard Bronks
  • Anthony Bird
  • George Westropp
  • Anthony Bostock MBE
  • David Rowley

Life Vice President appointed for outstanding contributions to WildFish

  • Governor, the Honourable the Irish Society
  • Mrs KCR Howman MBE MIFM
  • The Rt Hon Lord Marnoch LLD

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