Message from John Leigh Pemberton, Chair of Trustees:

‘A special thank you to Tim Rowland, who has left the Trust, for all his work as CEO. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Tim for his 10 years on behalf of the Board and for all he has done for the Trust and to wish him well for the future.”

“While we go through the succession process I shall be the main point of contact for funders and for governance matters concerning the Trust. My email address is john.leighpemberton@futuretrees.org and I can also be contacted on 07768 351275. During this time, the work of the Trust will continue as normal and we will be planting out new trials in the coming months.”

Dr Jo Clark, our Head of Research, will remain the main point of contact for all matters concerning our research projects and research policy. Jo can be contacted at the Trust’s office in Oxfordshire which has become our registered address and administrative base:

Future Trees Trust

Harwell Innovation Centre,

Building 173

Curie Avenue

Harwell

Oxford

OX11 0QG

Telephone: +44 (0)7896 834518

Email: info@futuretrees.org

We have exciting plans to increase significantly the scope and depth of our work as the only UK charity dedicated to improving broadleaved trees by conventional selective breeding to deliver vital environmental, economic and wellbeing benefits for current and future generations. We will be able to share more details about this with you in the New Year and very much look forward to implementing these with our new Chief Executive in place.