Rebecca Pow, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Chair: Jane Findlay CMLI, President of the Landscape Institute

Rebecca Pow, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rebecca Pow is the Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In 2018, she was awarded a Green Heart Hero Award by The Climate Coalition, a coalition of over 100 charities and community groups across the UK, for being the “Greenest New MP” for her environmental work. She was instrumental in gaining extra protection for ancient woodland and veteran trees; bringing forward the ban on microbeads and for getting soil health on the agenda.

Jane Findlay CMLI, President of the Landscape Institute

Jane Findlay is a Landscape Architect, the founding director of Fira and President Elect of the Landscape Institute. She is an experienced masterplanner and designer of the large and complex projects, particularly experienced in the design of the healing landscape for healthcare and delivered some of the most complex healthcare projects in the UK.