BGCI Staff

BGCI head office is in the UK. Regional offices around the world can be reached following the links on this page or by using the drop-down menu at the top of the site.

Staff - UK Head Office

Sara Oldfield - Secretary General
Barbara Bridge - Personal Assistant to the Secretary General
Suzanne Sharrock - Director of Global Programmes
Joachim Gratzfeld - Director of Regional Programmes
Douglas Gibbs - Conservation Initiatives Manager
Belinda Hawkins - Research Officer
Julia Willison - Head of Education
Meirion Jones - Head of Information Management
Sarah Dixon - Web Editor
Per Bogstad - Communications and Partnerships Manager
James Wong - Media Relations Officer
Lauren Evans - Development Officer
Sue Malin - Membership Secretary
Bruce Jamieson - Head of Finance and Administration
Vivien Issac - Accounts Officer

Conservation Strategy

Stella Simiyu - BGCI Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Officer

U.S.A. (based at Chicago Botanic Garden, Illinois)

Andrea Kramer - Executive Director

Canary Islands, Spain

Sr Juan Manuel López Ramírez - Head of Canary Islands Regional Office

China

Xiangying Wen - China Projects Officer

Netherlands (Utrecht)

Dr Bert van den Wollenberg - Head of BGCI Netherlands Regional Office

Russia (Moscow)

Dr Igor A. Smirnov - Chairman, BGCI-Moscow Division
Nikita Mergelov - Assistant of Igor Smirnov, BGCI-Moscow office

South East Asia (Singapore)

Bian Tan - South-East Asian Programme Coordinator

Japan

Dr Junko Oikawa - Japan Programme Co-ordinator

UK Volunteers

Christopher Hobson
Jill Skilton
Mark Jacob
Sheila Whitehead
Annalie Melin

Contacting Staff

To contact a specific member of staff by email, our address format is - First name, period, second name followed by @bgci.org

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