Morgan Williams (ecologist)

Morgan Williams
Dr Morgan Williams in 2007
2nd Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
In office 1997 – March 2007
Preceded by	Helen Hughes
Succeeded by	Dr Jan Wright
Personal details
Born	25 March 1943
Relations	Morgan Williams (grandfather)
Alma mater	University of Bath

John Morgan Williams (born 25 March 1943), known as Dr. J. Morgan Williams or Morgan Williams, is a New Zealand ecologist and agricultural scientist who served as the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment from 1997 to March 2007.

Educated at Rangiora High School, Williams obtained a MSc from Canterbury University, studying biology and ecology, and then studied at the University of Bath where he completed a PhD in population ecology. He worked in Antarctica and Fiji before returning to New Zealand where he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in research, management and policy for 21 years. In January 1996, he joined Agriculture New Zealand Limited, a Wrightson Group company, and the following year he was appointed New Zealand's second Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

Williams joined the board of WWF-New Zealand in 2009 and was elected Chair in 2012.