needed from government and elsewhere. In April 2016 RBG Kew announced a positive 4 year funding settlement from the UK government through DEFRA. Deverell has also been behind a higher profile for botanical science at RBG Kew since he became Director, with the unveiling of a new Science Strategy in 2015, the launch of the first State of the World’s Plants report in 2016, and the first Kew Science Festival in August 2016. Personal life Deverell is married with three children. References Interviews Standard.uk: "£33m rescue for Kew’s glorious glasshouse" Horticulture Week: "New study shows Kew offers 'excellent value' for taxpayer" The Guardian.com: "Sculpture controlled by bees" 1965 births Living people 21st-century British botanists 21st-century English businesspeople Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Deverell, Richard BBC News people British management consultants English botanists English horticulturists English nonprofit executives English television executives Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew