Staff
A team of ten staff manage and deliver Borders Forest Trust's projects, operating from our head office at Monteviot Nurseries, near Jedburgh and from an office in Moffat.
Callum Rankine
Director
Callum took up the role of Director in May 2011, moving to the Borders from Ross-shire, where he previously ran an environmental consultancy and Highland Wildlife Tours. From 2006 to 2009 he was Director of the Mammal Society and before that worked for WWF-UK and WWF-International on various species conservation projects. A knowledgeable and committed conservationist, Callum is looking forward to driving forward BFT’s vision for woodlands in the Borders..
Nicola Hunt
Projects Manager
Nicola joined the Trust team in 2001 as the Projects Assistant. Now Projects Manager, she is responsible for the general day to day running of the Trust and the development and delivery of projects. Originally from Hamilton, Nicola moved to Edinburgh to study Ecological Science at the University. From there she worked in a number of jobs including as a ranger in West Lothian before moving to the Borders in 2000 to a mammal research position.
nic@bordersforesttrust.org
Lisa Brydon
Community Woodland Officer
Lisa, a local Borders person, joined the trust in June 2008 as the Community Woodland Officer. She works with the local community woodland groups and manages the Trust’s Woodland Youth Training and Volunteering project. Lisa graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree and Honours in Ecological Sciences. Lisa previously worked for the RSPB in the Tweed Valley as their Osprey information assistant and has a keen interest in wildlife and conservation at both home and abroad.
lisa@bordersforesttrust.org
George Moffat
Woodland Officer
George’s involvement with the Trust stemmed from being a volunteer at Wooplaw Community Woodland. He then went on to study conservation management whilst working locally with land based companies before becoming Warden on Selkirk Hill. He joined the Trust in 1997 as Community Woodland Officer before moving onto ecological restoration within the riparian and ancient woodland project sites.
george@bordersforesttrust.org
Anna Craigen
Community Liaison and Education Officer
Anna started out with the Trust in 2002 as a part-time Community Woodland Assistant and has since become the full-time Community Liaison and Education Officer. Anna delivers Forest Schools and woodland education projects throughout the Borders. She graduated with a Masters in Landscape Architecture from Heriot Watt University and has experience in landscape design, property law and voluntary work in the conservation sector.
anna@bordersforesttrust.org
Sandra Smith-Maxwell
Finance Officer
Sandra joined the Trust in January 2006, having gained an HND in Business Management at Heriot Watt University in 2001. Sandra works part time with BFT and also takes an active part in her husband’s events catering business and fridge trailer hire company.
sandra@bordersforesttrust.org
Louisa Finch
Communications & Fundraising Officer
Louisa joined the Trust in January 2009, working part-time to provide administrative, press and marketing support. Since late 2009 she has also been responsible for the Trust’s fundraising activities. Louisa has worked as a journalist for over ten years, specialising in articles about gardening and the environment, and she was previously a staff writer at The Scotsman.
louisa@bordersforesttrust.org
Tim Frost
Woodland Sites Manager
Tim started with the Trust in December 2010, taking over as Site Manager after a period where the post was vacant. Tim moved up from Kent, where he worked on the MoD's Training Area in the Southeast. Tim has also worked at an open air museum in Kent and has worked on farms; a mixed farm in Yorkshire, a fruit farm in Wales, and an organic mixed farm in Dorset. Tim graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth with a degree in Countryside Management in 2003.
tim@bordersforesttrust.org
Sarah Anderson
Office Manager
Sarah joined the Trust in March 2010, working part-time to provide administrative support to the team. Previously she has worked for a variety of different companies and charities in a similar role, and is keen to assist in the daily running of the Trust. The mother of two boisterous daughters, Sarah spends much of her time with her family in the woodlands in and around the local area.
sarah@bordersforesttrust.org
Phil Roe
Corehead Site Manager
Phil Roe took up the post of Corehead Farm Site Manager in January 2012. He has moved to Moffat from Bolton and previously worked as a Ranger for Bury Council and as a Woodland Creation Champion for the Woodland Trust. As well as his work on UK soil, Phil has experience of working overseas in India and says he is looking forward to “the challenge of the multidisciplinary management role that applies the principles of ecological restoration to native woodland and connects it to the wider landscape through habitat conservation and community involvement.”
