Stephanie Hilborne

Stephanie Vera Hilborne (born 3 March 1968) is a British scientist and the CEO of Women in Sport.

Education

Hilborne has a first class degree in Biology (1990) and an honorary doctorate in science (2015) from Bristol University. She earned a Master's in Biology and Conservation from University College London in 1992.

Career

As of 2010, Hilborne joined the board of trustees of the UK Green Building Council. She later became vice chair of the UK Green Building Council.

Hilborne was one of the members of an independent panel on forestry which was formed in December 2010 and reported on 4 July 2012. Hilborne served on the Smarter Environmental Regulation Review of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2014-2015.

She was chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts from 2004 to 2019. She became the CEO of Women in Sport in 2019.

Honours Hilborne was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to nature conservation.