Teresa Dent
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| years_active = 2001–present
| employer = Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
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Teresa Ogilvy Dent CBE (born 1959) is the CEO of Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, a British charitable organisation promoting game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation, since 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/teresa-dent|title=Teresa Dent CBE|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}
Biography
Teresa Dent attended the University of Reading, graduating with a degree in agriculture.{{cite web |url= http://www.gwct.org.uk/news/news/2014/july/20140708/|title= Teresa Dent joins the Board of Natural England (press release)|date=8 July 2014|accessdate=22 November 2015|publisher=Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust}}
She joined Strutt & Parker as a farming and business management consultant and was a partner at the firm for 13 years. Her next position was with the Game Conservancy Trust (renamed Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in 2007). She was named CEO of the Trust in 2001.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/teresa-dent|title=Non-Executive Board Member Teresa Dent|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|accessdate=22 November 2015}} She resides in Salisbury, Wiltshire.{{cite web |url=http://www.gwct.org.uk/news/news/2015/june/20150615/|title=CBE for head of Hampshire game and wildlife conservation charity (press release)|date=15 June 2015|accessdate=22 November 2015|publisher= Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust}}
Memberships and affiliations
Awards and honors
In June 2015 Dent was named a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to wildlife conservation" as part of the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honors.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/12/queens-birthday-honours-list-2015-gcb-dbe-cbe|title=Queen's birthday honours list 2015: GCB, DBE and CBE|date=12 June 2015|accessdate=22 November 2015|work=The Guardian}}{{cite web |url=http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/13332635.Chemical_weapons_expert_and_wildlife_chief_named_in_Queen_s_Birthday_Honours/|title=Chemical weapons expert and wildlife chief named in Queen's Birthday Honours|first=Elizabeth|last=Kemble|date=15 June 2015|accessdate=22 November 2015|work=Salisbury Journal}}
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