Submit a tip
Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters? Here’s how.
Contributor
Dr Mike Barrett
Director of Science and Policy, WWF-UK
Dr. Mike Barrett trained as a geologist before specialising in hydrogeology. He worked for 8 years in
groundwater resources, with a focus on water and sanitation both in the UK and East Africa. He then
joined the UK Civil Service and over a 12 year period worked in both the Environment and Finance
Ministries, also spending a year in 2004 working for the Prime Minister’s Commission for Africa.
During this time, his focus was primarily on biodiversity, international forestry, and climate change
policy. In November 2013 he joined WWF UK as Director of Science and Policy.