Her Majesty The Queen has appointed two new members to the Board of Forestry Commissioners, who oversee the work of the Forestry Commission on behalf of the Government.

They are Dr Olutayo Adebowale, of Manchester , who will represent England , and Dr Calum MacDonald, of Lewis, who will represent Scotland .

Dr Adebowale is an environmental scientist and runs her own consultancy.

Her 20-year career has spanned academia, research and private-sector consultancy for a wide range of construction, land management and regeneration projects. She is a non-executive member of the Board of the Countryside Agency, serving on its audit and risk committee, its Landscape, Access and Recreation Task Group, and on the Natural England steering group. She was the first female chair of the Chartered Institute of Water & Environmental Management's (CIWEM) North Western and North Wales branch, and teaches industrial environmental management at Liverpool John Moores University 's School for the Built Environment.

She has been an associate lecturer in environmental control and public health for the Open University, and holds a PhD in industrial waste water treatment from the University of Manchester and a BSc Honours degree in biological sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University . Dr Adebowale will serve on the Commission's National Committee for England . She replaces Dr Victoria Edwards, of Lyndhurst ,  Hampshire, who is stepping down after six years as a Forestry Commissioner.

Lord David Clark, chairman of the Commissioners, welcomed the new appointments, saying,

"I very much welcome these appointments, and all of us at the Commission look forward to their contributions. Tayo Adebowale and Calum MacDonald bring a valuable breadth and depth of experience and expertise to the Commission, and they share our vision of the potential for modern, sustainably managed forests to improve people's lives in many different ways."

For further information contact the Forestry Commission's public enquiry service on 0845 FORESTS (0845 367 3787).