Yavinder Malhi is reappointed to the Natural History Museum Board

Yavinder Malhi 

Appointed for a four year term which commenced on 13 April 2024. 

Professor Yadvinder Malhi CBE FRS is Professor of Ecosystem Science at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford; Director of Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and a Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford.

His research interests focus on how the living world is responding to global environmental change including climate change, how protecting and working with nature can help mitigate and adapt to climate change and how we can enable nature recovery at scale and reverse the ongoing global decline in biodiversity. Much of his research has focused on tropical forests and savannas, but recent work has also explored the challenge of nature recovery in the UK.

He is past-President of the British Ecological Society and the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and is passionate about increasing global equity in the practice of science and conservation.

Remuneration and Governance Code

Trustees of the Natural History Museum are not remunerated. This appointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments.

The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Yavinder Malhi has not declared any significant political activity.