Dr Sam Rose is responsible for the overall coordination of the delivery of the Management Plan for the World Heritage Site.  In addition to managing the specialists in the Jurassic Coast Team, each of whom have responsibility for one of more of the Aims in the Plan, Sam has a specific role with respect to developing partnerships with local, national and international organisations, and in the development of major projects.  Sam is the primary contact for all contact and negotiations between the World Heritage Site and UK Government and UNESCO, but is equally happy helping out with Dinosaur Jigsaws and Fossil Dig trays at events such as the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival.

By way of background, Sam completed a PhD into Tropical Rain Forest Biodiversity at the University of Leeds in 1996.  He subsequently managed biodiversity research projects in South America, and supported international development work for VSO in countries as diverse as Kazakhstan, Tuvalu and Sri Lanka, so is not quite sure how this led him to be Site manager for a geological World Heritage Site.