Tanya Steele (CBE) has led WWF-UK since 2017 as its first female CEO, leading an ambitious strategy to tackle the catastrophic global decline in species and habitats. Tanya sees WWF as a critical force for driving change, from wildlife recovery to climate change, the food system and clean oceans. Tanya began her career in the tech industry with senior roles at Siemens and BT. Inspired by a volunteering assignment with the Red Cross, after 15 years in the private sector Tanya joined Save the Children in 2004 as Executive Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Communications, and later as interim Chief Executive. Tanya saw first-hand the impact environmental destruction and degradation have on people’s daily lives, and she has continued to witness this in visiting WWF’s work in South America, Africa and south and east Asia. Tanya is also a trustee of the Disasters Emergency Committee and the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance.