On 6 June 2023 the Society for the Environment held its 19th Annual General Meeting, where Dougal Driver FICFor CEnv was elected Chair of the Board.
The SocEnv 2023 AGM was formed of voting Members in General Meeting who represent each of the Society’s Member Bodies. For the first time, the newly formed Nominations Committee provided their applicant recommendations, against which Members could cast their deciding vote.
Dougal is a founder and CEO of Grown in Britain, a not-for-profit organisation that sets standards for trees, woodlands and forests and delivers research to improve local supply chains for forest products. He is also Chairman of the Forestry Commission’s South East Forestry and Woodlands Advisory Committee and a passionate advocate for the promotion of technical qualifications in the UK.
