Pamela Warhurst CBE
Mrs Warhurst is the Chair of the Board of Forestry Commissioners.
She lives in Todmorden in West Yorkshire, and has previously served as a member of the Board of Natural England, where she was the lead non-executive board member working on the Countryside & Rights of Way Bill. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts & Manufacturing, and chairs Pennine Prospects, a regeneration company for the South Pennines, and Incredible Edible Todmorden, a local food partnership.
Mrs Warhurst has also been Deputy Chair and Acting Chair of the Countryside Agency, leader of Calderdale Council, a board member of Yorkshire Forward, and chair of the National Countryside Access Forum and the Calderdale NHS Trust.
She was awarded CBE in 2005 for services to the environment.
Speeches and articles
Pam talks about what makes her tick and why she believes that trees have such an important role to play in all our futures in the Tree Council's 'Tree News' magazine- spring/summer 2011.
Speech at the launch of the Forestry Skills Action Plan, 14 June, 2011
Speech at the London RE:Leaf launch, 21 June 2011
