We’ve simplified the sale and purchase of biodiversity units
Biodiversity net gain regulations have thrown developers a curveball. They need to comply with the rules whilst avoiding the pitfalls associated with an untested market.
For sellers, there’s an opportunity to restore habitat and boost biodiversity, but it’s coupled with a risk of increasing costs and a complex sales process. BNGx set out to create a clear and simple solution to match buyers and sellers and automate trades.
Our cutting-edge digital exchange has been created by a team with expertise in coding and biodiversity net gain. We match buyers with units provided by high quality sellers registered with Natural England, and we facilitate safe, quick and easy execution and documentation of the trade.
What makes BNGx unique?
Innovative
We’ve combined innovative coding and a deep understanding of BNG to create a digital marketplace that enables the sale and purchase of biodiversity units.
Streamlined
We make the process seamless for buyers and sellers. Our exchange matches developers with units and streamlines the execution and documentation process.
Reliable
Our exchange delivers on every front. We’ve tested it rigorously to make sure BNGx does what we say it can do – make buying and selling units easy.
We are a team of coding and biodiversity net gain experts who have a network of strategic partnerships to deliver BNGx.
‘We know that most of our customers just want this to go away. That’s why we’ve gathered the brightest minds in BNG, coding and app development to create a solution that really works. We really can help.’
– Alex Dowding
Andrew Hicks
Andrew, a former management consultant and banker, is CEO of Biodiversity Exchange…
Alex Dowding
As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Alex leads the design and development of…
Simon Evans
Simon co-founded Hanbury Strategy, a public affairs and communications agency, in 2016 and…
Andrew Hicks
Andrew, a former management consultant and banker, is CEO of Biodiversity Exchange Limited, a company he established with Dr Alex Dowding in February 2023. The company’s mission is to provide a cutting-edge, online digital marketplace which can safely and efficiently service the needs of buyers and sellers of biodiversity units. As a management consultant, he advised on complex change management projects, including leading the design and reorganisation of the corporate and institutional banking operations of a leading UK banking group. As a banker, he worked for NatWest for more than 20 years in a variety of businesses, including Sovereign Risk, Major Corporates and Capital Markets, where he headed up the Debt Structuring business. He has a degree in Economics and holds banking and treasury qualifications.
Alex Dowding
As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Alex leads the design and development of the BNGx platform alongside Andrew. Previously a researcher and lecturer at Oxford, he is an experienced software architect and head of product, having launched several matching-focused technology products. Based in Dorset, he is passionate about England’s countryside and has worked in the BNG sector since 2022. When not in front of his screen, he can be found kayaking the Jurassic Coast or enjoying a windy walk on the Purbeck Heaths; England’s first “super” National Nature Reserve.
Simon Evans
Simon co-founded Hanbury Strategy, a public affairs and communications agency, in 2016 and is the company’s Chief Operating Officer. In 2021, Simon co-founded Stack Data Strategy, an opinion research and data firm, and Forefront Advisers, a macro political insight business. An experienced board member, Simon was formerly Head of Government Affairs and Regulation at an international strategic advisory firm and has worked with some of the world’s largest technology companies, advising them on policy, regulation and strategy. Simon qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and spent the early part of his career working in international law firms.
Josie Cadwallader-Hughes
Josie has a decade of experience working across SME and FTSE 100…
Rupert Eastwood
Rupert acts as Strategic Advisor to the company. He was founder, in 2002, and CEO…
Archie Struthers
Archie is CEO of Nattergal, one of the country’s leading nature restoration specialists…
Benedict James
Benedict is a preeminent financial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience, 24 of them…
Josie Cadwallader-Hughes
Josie has a decade of experience working across SME and FTSE 100 developers pushing towards the leading edge of sustainability, with a passion for building partnerships to distinguished organisations with a long history of championing change. Her influence within the Built Environment includes advising on a number of cross-industry programmes enabling zero carbon placemaking through the Future Homes Hub. As Sustainability Director at Thakeham, Josie is responsible for the development and implementation of the Sustainability Strategy, including industry-leading roadmaps to Net Zero, supply chain due-diligence, and award-winning nature recovery actions.
Rupert Eastwood
Rupert acts as Strategic Advisor to the company. He was founder, in 2002, and CEO of a global equities brokerage business with regulated subsidiaries in London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. He listed the brokerage on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2002 and successfully exited in 2015. He has over 25 years’ experience advising and investing in SaaS and Fintech businesses, particularly in the areas of corporate governance, fundraising and shareholder engagement. He holds an ACA from Price Waterhouse and MA from Cambridge University.
Archie Struthers
Archie is CEO of Nattergal, one of the country’s leading nature restoration specialists. Archie has over 2 decades of global executive leadership experience, having developed multiple innovative investment solution capabilities primarily at BlackRock and then Standard Life/Aberdeen. He also oversees his family estate where he grew up in Argyll, Scotland.
Benedict James
Benedict is a preeminent financial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience, 24 of them as a partner. He practises at a leading City of London law firm, where his work includes advising major clearing houses (or their dealer groups) in the UK, Europe and Asia. Benedict specialises in advising financial institutions on the prudential and structural regulatory landscape, especially the changes resulting from the recent financial and political crises. Benedict has a first in Classics from Cambridge and owns a small organic olive farm in Italy.
Our partnerships
Nattergal works to deliver nature recovery at scale, buying, leasing and managing ecologically degraded land and seascapes to recover biodiversity, providing vital benefits for society and delivering sustainable financial returns.
Joe’s Blooms helps small property developers comply with England’s biodiversity net gain regulations, using best-in-class digital tools and specialist support to provide the legal documentation required under the Environment Act 2021.