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Jane Madgwick – CEO

Jane leads Plantlife to champion the conservation of wild plants and fungi and deliver nature and climate solutions worldwide.   

She is a passionate and highly experienced conservation leader with a focus on collaboration and innovation to scale up impact and has worked internationally the last 30 years, with a focus on enabling environmental stewardship through connected local to global solutions. Most notably Jane served as CEO of Wetlands International for 19 years after working for WWF in Europe and Australia. She became the first Executive Director of the Global Commons Alliance, furthering earth system science as a basis for systems change, before joining Plantlife in July 2025.  

Jane’s ecological research and conservation work began in the UK including working in senior roles for the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the Broads Authority. Jane has a love of wild places and is a keen amateur botanist.  

“Plantlife has a tremendous role to play in driving and delivering a nature and people positive future globally.  I am honoured to work with this talented and passionate team, trustees, volunteers and partners to make this happen.’