Merrick Denton-Thompson is a Landscape Architect who has worked across all levels of the public sector, both in executive and non-executive positions. Specialising in Strategic and Local Planning, Urban Regeneration and Rural Land Management. He left Local Government to become a Board Member of Natural England. Recently he has been helping the UK Government in the design of the Environmental Land Management system that will replace the Common Agricultural Policy.

He is the founding trustee of the Learning Through Landscapes Trust.