Lydia Burns

Lydia is the Associate Director for Trusts & Foundations at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she builds relationships with philanthropic institutions to deliver impactful conservation and research projects. Prior to her role at Kew, she was Grants Manager at The Mental Health Foundation where she raised and managed restricted funding for England and Wales.  Lydia has a BA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Exeter and before moving to the not-for profit sector she was Financial Controller of a Research and Development Engineering company.