Episode 8 | The Anti-Zoo Activist Who Became a Zoo CEO

About this episode

Dr Sharon Redrobe OBE discusses her journey from anti-zoo activist to CEO of Twycross Zoo and the challenges of running a charity.

When Dr Sharon Redrobe OBE first sat in the boardroom as CEO of Twycross Zoo, she was told the reason they were losing A MILLION POUNDS a year was 'they were a charity'. She disagreed, saying they were actually 'a badly run charity'. From there, someone who once protested the very existence of zoos then saw the power in what they stood for in terms of mission and conservationism. In this month's Lead Out Loud podcast, we've paired Sharon with Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Sharon Redrobe Obe

Topics covered

• zoology
• leadership
• conservation

Keywords

• Twycross Zoo
• charity management
• conservationism

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Products: Twycross Zoo

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