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Edward John Whitley OBE is a British financial advisor and philanthropist. Edward Whitley founded Whitley Asset Management, a privately owned investment advisory firm, in 2000. The firm provides financial advice to families, charitable trusts and individuals www.whitleyasset.com Edward Whitley set up The Whitley Awards in 1993 in order to provide funding to local nature conservationists working around the world. The Trustees of the Whitley Fund for Nature (www.whitleyaward.org), which administers the Whitley Awards and other grants, are Sir David Attenborough, Tim Dye, Lady Catherine Faulks and Francis Sullivan. HRH The Princess Royal is Patron. Starting with an annual income of some £15,000 in 1993, the Whitley Fund for Nature is now supported by many donors, both individuals and other charitable trusts, and raises and distributes some £1 million a year. The charity has funded the work of some 180 conservation leaders working in 80 different countries. The Whitley Awards are given at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society, London and are unofficially known as the Green Oscars. Prior to founding Whitley Asset Management, Whitley was a banker at NM Rothschild and author. Edward Whitley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to wildlife conservation. ==Books== The Graduates, published by Hamish Hamilton, 1986 Gerald Durrell’s Army, published by John Murray, 1992; Pan, 1993 Rogue Trader (with Nick Leeson), published by Little,Brown 1996 Losing My Virginity, Richard Branson’s Autobiography, published by Virgin 1998 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Whitley (environmentalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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