Martin Spray

Martin Spray "has been Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) since March 2004.

"Almost the first half of his career was spent in the government sector in a variety of managerial positions.

"In 1988 he moved into the conservation world as Area Manager with the World Wide Fund for Nature and three years later to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust as its first Chief Executive. Prior to moving to WWT he was seconded to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts as its Acting Chief Executive.

"Martin is currently a member of the IUCN's UK Executive Committee and a trustee of the Veolia Environmental Trust.

"Past roles have included founder trustee of Pond Conservation and Chairman of the North Wessex Downs AONB Council of Partners and of the Oxfordshire Environment Group. In addition he has served on the Thames Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee of the Environment Agency, the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum, the Oxfordshire Community Partnership, Wildlife & Countryside Link and a number of other public bodies."