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Saving the Planet One Species at a Time: Edward Whitley OBE on Conservation, Philanthropy & Jane Austen

Saving the Planet One Species at a Time: Edward Whitley OBE on Conservation, Philanthropy & Jane Austen

Update: 2025-07-08
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Edward Whitley OBE is a financier, philanthropist, author and conservationist whose work has helped protect some of the planet’s rarest species. He’s raised over £24 million for more than 220 conservation projects in 80+ countries, encountering everything from golden-headed tamarins to monkey-eating eagles. 

He’s also written on subjects ranging from Gerald Durrell and Nick Leeson, to Indira Gandhi, Sir John Betjeman, and even Jane Austen vs George Eliot—all while running his own investment firm for over two decades.

In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore endangered wildlife, financial scandals, 19th-century literature, and a closing note from Sir David Attenborough. Informative, surprising, and inspiring—listen now.

Related links:

The Whitley Fund for Nature

Gerald Durrell’s Army

The Graduates

Rogue Trader

Jane Austen and George Eliot The Lady and The Radical

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Saving the Planet One Species at a Time: Edward Whitley OBE on Conservation, Philanthropy & Jane Austen

Saving the Planet One Species at a Time: Edward Whitley OBE on Conservation, Philanthropy & Jane Austen