Chris Gleed-Owen

Consultant, manager, ecologist, herpetologist, malacologist, palaeoecologist, geographer, cartographer, biogeographer, project manager, lecturer, trainer, coordinator, facilitator.BSc (Hons) in geography, PhD in palaeoecology/biogeography, MCIEEM, CSCS, First Aid at Work. Twenty-five years of ecological experience, particularly with reptiles, amphibians and non-marine molluscs. Licensed to survey sand lizard, smooth snake, natterjack toad, great crested newt in Britain. Strong track-record of obtaining EPS mitigation licences. Worked in public, private, voluntary and academic sectors. Good all-round ecological and wildlife conservation knowledge. Expertise spanning field ecology, survey design, monitoring scheme construction, conservation strategy, policy development, habitat management, GIS and databases, project management, EPS licensing and commercial consultancy. Formerly coordinated rare species monitoring programmes and NARRS for ARC. Stints at English Nature (earth heritage conservation) and English Heritage (environmental archaeology), Ordnance Survey (MasterMap cartography/QC). Consultancy in a range of sectors, including national and local government, minerals, social housing, renewables, infrastructure, conservation. Extensive research career, with refereed publications including Nature, book chapters, and a PhD elucidating the herpetofaunal history of in the British Isles. Other research on the palaeoecology of Mollusca, Ostracoda, Foraminifera and mammals. Expert at identifying skeletal remains. Research Committee Chair and former Chair of the British Herpetological Society, Full Member of CIEEM.Co-wrote CIEEM survey skills competency notes on reptiles and natterjack toad, and the western green lizard risk assessment for Defra’s GB Non-Native Species Secretariat.