The Wildlife Trusts are indebted to Peta who did a fantastic job of guiding and supporting the movement of 46 Wildlife Trusts as they developed a new 10-year strategy. 

Duncan Ingram brings extensive knowledge and experience in federal governance gained through his work for the YMCA and he is passionate about the countryside and nature. As a group director at BT, Duncan was responsible for the programme delivering all the fixed and mobile telecommunications for the London Olympics which was essential for the success of the Games.   

Duncan is now on the board of the World YMCA where he has successfully led agreement across 160 countries to major constitutional changes to modernise and streamline its governance. Duncan understands complex institutions both from a national and international perspective.  

As vice chair of YMCA England & Wales – the umbrella charity for the over 100 local YMCA charities – Duncan led a commission collaboratively developing a new model of respective roles and responsibilities for the federation to work to.  

Duncan is a keen walker and trekker and is passionate about the natural world. He travels long distances to visit ancient trees and enjoys accompanying his wife on fungi expeditions. 

Duncan Ingram says: 

“I am thrilled to have been elected chair of The Wildlife Trusts and look forward to supporting its crucial work in bringing wildlife back, empowering people to take action and combatting the climate and nature emergency. The scale of the climate emergency, the loss of our natural environment and its importance to our wellbeing means that the work of The Wildlife Trusts has never been more important.” 

Duncan succeeds biomedical scientist, Peta Foxall, who has given five years of unwavering support and has made an enormous contribution to The Wildlife Trusts. Peta is now going on to be a senior independent trustee of the NHS Confederation.