Our Board

Chris is Priest in Charge of St Martin’s Church Gospel Oak in North West London. From 1993 – 2008 he was Adviser for Social Justice in the Diocese of London where he pioneered Diocesan involvement with environmental issues and, in 1999, helped produce one of the first environmental audits for churches. He was elected as Chair of the ON Board in May 2010.

 Colette Annesley-Gamester has engaged with environmental issues on a practical level since childhood. A former Head of English Language in the VI Form sector, she is now training for the Anglican priesthood. Environmental stewardship is vital to her ministry. Colette is also a member of A Rocha and the Resurgence Trust. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Jonathan.

Ruth read chemistry at Oxford before her career in the semiconductor industry. She is a trustee of Christian Ecology Link and lives in Hampshire with her husband and three children. She attends the local evangelical C of E church.

Mark Letcher is the Director of Climate Works a sustainable energy and climate change consultancy. Much of his current work is about developing responses to the direct and indirect impacts of climate change and bringing together behavioural and technical measures to cut carbon emissions. Mark lives in Bristol with his wife and two children.

Steve joined the Methodist Church in 2003 as Secretary for International Affairs and coordinates the Methodist Church policy in the area of environment and climate change. Prior to this he worked in the field of international development with particular experience in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Reggie spent many years working for Oxfam in Latin America and also spent time as the chair of Anti-Slavery International. He now lives in Faringdon, Oxfordshire and devotes much of his time to climate change action.

Sister Louisa, a member of the Sisters of St. Louis, represents the Catholic Bishops' Conference on the Environmental Issues Network of the CTBI, ECEN (European Christian Environment Network), the Environment Committee of the National JPIC Network (Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation) and is Convenor of the Environment Committee of the National Board of Catholic Women.

As well as being a director of Operation Noah, Paul is currently chair of Christian Ecology Link, the UK charity which established Operation Noah until it became independent.  His professional interests are in local and regional policy, and he lives in Nottinghamshire.

Ruth Conway leads the Education Group of ECEN and represents it on CTBI's Environmental Issues Network. She is author of Choices at the Heart of Technology - A Christian Perspective (Trinity Press 1999) and, locally, she manages a once derelict churchyard as a wildlife space.

Terry has been an Anglican priest for over 40 years and now lives and works as a Hospital and Prison Chaplain (both part-time) in Lichfield. Terry's passion is to convince the person in the street that Climate Change is a serious matter, and requires everyone to take action.