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Agenda: 31 July 2025

Published 21 May 2026

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Forestry Commission board of commissioners 940th meeting, Thursday 31 July 2025, 09:00–11:30 in person at Sheffield and via MS Teams.

1. Attendees

Sir William Worsley (Chair)
Hilary Allison
Jo Bradwell
Kate Cheetham
Peter Latham
Ross Murray
Jennie Price
Neil Sachdev
Richard Stanford
Sandy Storrie

Bianca Ambrose-Oji
Anna Brown
Julian Evans
Julia Grant (item 6, 7)
Tony Hutchings (item 10)
John Lockhart
Derrick Osgood
James Pendlebury
Matt Perkins
Rebecca Rhodes
Mike Seddon
Andrew Stirling
Crispin Thorn
Ian Tubby (item 10)
Sarah Clancy (minute secretary)

Apologies: Chris Simpson, Gurch Randhawa

2. Agenda

  1. Introductions and apologies – Sir William Worsley.
  2. Declarations of interest – Sir William Worsley.
  3. Minutes of the commissioners board, 18 March 2025 and matters arising – Sir William Worsley. (5 mins)
  4. Chair’s update (10 mins) – Sir William Worsley.
  5. Corry/Hancock review (15 mins) – Richard Stanford.
  6. Gravetye governance (15 mins) – Derrick Osgood.
  7. Gravetye annual update (10 mins) – Julia Grant.
  8. Spending review update (15 mins) – Richard Stanford, Derrick Osgood.
  9. Corporate plan update (10 mins) – Derrick Osgood.

Comfort break

10:20 (10 mins)

10. Strategic opportunities discussion (35 mins):

  • green finance – Ian Tubby, John Lockhart
  • ecological resilience of England’s trees, woodlands and forests – Tony Hutchins, Julian Evans

11. Forestry Commission People Awards (5 mins) – Derrick Osgood.
12. Forestry England Non-Executive Director appointment (5 mins) – Mike Seddon.
13. Verderer appointment (5 mins) – Crispin Thorn.
14. Terms of reference (5 mins) – Sir William Worsley.
15. Any other business (5 mins) – Sir William Worsley.

  • Gravetye
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