Anthony Thomas is chief executive officer of the Field Studies Council, trustee and council member of the Royal Geographical Society and chairman of Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; chairman of Communications Committee of RSPB, chairman of Forest Education Initiative; chairman of one of Edexcel’s Examination subject committees, council member and trustee of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom and organiser of the natural environment, Route 2 assessment process, plus fellow of the Zoological Society of London.