Meet the team

Andy Bell

UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve Co-ordinator ​

Responsible for developing the UNESCO International Biosphere Reserve.  He is our favourite boffin and all round good guy.
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Kay Willmott

Administrator

Responsible for Biosphere office management.
 Kay is responsible for the co-ordination the team, updating the Biosphere website and the management of data.
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Nicola Corrigan

Operations Manager
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Nicola is reponsible for operational management of the Biosphere and partnership.

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Sophia Craddock

FARM ADVISOR

​Providing practical solutions for farmers to improve water quality and reduce the amount of valuable soils leaving agricultural land. She can typically be found welly-deep in mud!

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Emily Willoughby

Pledge for Nature Coordinator

Emily coordinates the calls to action and galvanises pledges from the community, particularly land managers, to assist in nature’s recovery in North Devon.
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Sarah Jordan

Biosphere Experiences 
​Project Support​

Sarah supports the local implementation of the BioCultural Heritage Tourism Project in North Devon. Her duties include interviewing and engagement with stakeholders such as North Devon Marketing Bureau, the District Councils, County Council, and local transport companies, and data gathering and collation of itineraries. 

Adeline Gladieux

BioCultural Heritage Tourism Project Coordinator

Adeline is responsible for coordinating the partners for this project which will develop a new sustainable model of tourism in four Biosphere Reserves. She is fluent in French, English and (soon) Devonian.



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Jane Hart

Taw Valley Facilitation Group Coordinator

Jane is responsible for coordinating joint advisory and collaborative activities for members of the Taw Valley Facilitation Group, encouraging and supporting sensitive management that improves the natural environment on a landscape scale.
She’s equally happy in field or forest.
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Phil Metcalfe

Farm Advisor

Phil is responsible for catchment wide surveying and mapping of surface water run-off that affects water quality and flooding in the Biosphere. He is mostly soggy.








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