Shaun Spiers

Shaun Spiers has been chief executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England since 2004. CPRE campaigns for a beautiful and living countryside. It has a branch in every English county, over 200 district groups and over 2,000 member parish councils, and is the country's main third party participant in the planning system. Before joining CPRE Shaun was chief executive of ABCUL, the credit union trade association. From 1994 to 1999 he was a Member of the European Parliament, serving on the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.