On this page is some information about the board of trustees of the Eric Hosking Charitable Trust:
David Hosking FRPS
David is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has been an examiner on the RPS Associateship and Fellowship Assessment Nature Panel. He is also a Fellow and Vice President of the British Naturalists Association; founded in 1905 the BNA promotes the study of all branches of Natural History. With his wife, Jean, he is also a director of FLPA Ltd, an extensive and rapidly expanding web based photographic stock library, specialising in Natural History. His photographs have appeared in a vast range of magazines and books, including over twenty which were the product of his happy and prolific partnership with his late father, Eric Hosking OBE, Hon FRPS.
Dawn Balmer
Dawn has worked for the BTO since 1992 in a range of roles covering census methods, fieldwork, ringing and BirdTrack. She was the National coordinator for Bird Atlas 2007–11 and now works as National Survey Coordinator. Dawn is a keen birdwatcher and ringer and enjoys all aspects of natural history. She is on the Editorial Board of British Birds and writes regularly in Sandgrouse and British Wildlife.
Professor Richard Chandler
Richard has a particular interest in waders and in wildlife photography. He has had an involvement with British Birds Magazine since 1980 when he became a Photographic Consultant, and subsequently joined the Editorial Board in 1987. He was one of the team that took over the running of BB in 2000 and is a former Chairman of Directors and retired as a Trustee in 2014. As an academic engineer by training, he was lucky enough to be involved in a number of projects of considerable environmental interest, notably the construction of the reservoir now known as Rutland Water, and the raising of the dam that retains Abberton Reservoir in Essex.
Mark Hosking
Mark is Eric’s grandson, and son of David Hosking. He qualified as a solicitor at a City firm in 2012 and specialises in employment law. He is a keen traveller and has visited 80 countries around the world, with aspirations to see them all!
Robin Hosking
Robin is a retired Design & Technology teacher with 35 years experience. He taught for most of his career at North Leamington School in Warwickshire where he was Head of Department and also Year Head. He was also very involved in national examinations holding the positions of O’level Chief Examiner for 6 years and GCSE Principal Moderator for 15 years. He now splits his time between the UK and Spain with his wife Julie.
Edward Keeble MA (cantab)
Ed is a senior consultant at Slaughter and May specialising in environmental and health and safety matters. He has had a lifelong interest in ornithology and bird painting.
Paul Williams MA (Cantab)
Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant, looks after the Trust’s financial affairs. Finance Director of an Aim Company, Paul is also a bird ringer and for a number of years was Eric’s accountant.