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Environment Agency organisation structure
Updated 10 February 2025
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1.Ìý±Ê³ó¾±±ô¾±±è Duffy â€� Chief Executive
2.Ìý´¡±ô²¹²Ô Lovell â€� Chair
3.Ìý³§³Ù°ù²¹³Ù±ð²µ²â, Transformation and Assurance
3.1Ìý°Õ²¹³¾²¹°ù²¹ Bruck â€� Executive Director
Sarah Cook � Director of People and Assurance
- Rob Sutton � Deputy Director People and Inclusion
- Craig Martin � Deputy Director Chief Pensions Officer
- Daniel Hutley � Deputy Director Health, Safety and Wellbeing
- Rachel Jones � Deputy Director Assurance and Risk
Laura Milton � Director of Legal and Audit Services
- Anne Brosnan � Deputy Director Chief Prosecutor � Enforcement and Prosecution
- Will McKenzie � Deputy Director Legal Services � Flood, Planning, Property, Commercial, Employment and Information
- Estelle Palin � Deputy Director Legal Services � National and Environmental Regulation
- Chloe Tyler-Young � Deputy Director Internal Audit
Luke Farrington � Director of Corporate and National Services
- Lisa Harriss � Deputy Director Estates
- Becky Hibbert � Deputy Director Sustainable Business
- Dale Eynon � Deputy Director Defra Group Fleet Services
- Jo Price � Deputy Director Corporate Management, Assurance and Security
- Mark Davis � Deputy Director Contact Centre Services
Matt Cornford � Director of Strategy
- Verity Zurita � Deputy Director Governance and Engagement
- Andy Wilkinson � Deputy Director Future Funding
- Chris Paul � Deputy Director Strategy, Planning and Performance
- Chris Davis � Deputy Director Communications
- Alice Mayne � Deputy Director Strategy
- Harry Walton � Deputy Director Economics Team
Kate Marks � Director of Service Transformation
- Stuart Homann � Deputy Director Data, Digital and IT
- Van Griffiths and Louise Cooke � Deputy Director Data and Digital Transformation
- Phil Armstrong - Deputy Director Transformation
4.Ìý·¡²Ô±¹¾±°ù´Ç²Ô³¾±ð²Ô³Ù and Business
4.1Ìý´³´Ç³ó²Ô Leyland â€� Executive Director
Georgina Collins � Director Regulated Industry
- Steve Molyneux � Deputy Director Waste and Resources Regulation
- Chris Jenkins � Deputy Director Energy, Radioactive Substances and Process Industry
- Liz Parkes � Deputy Director Climate Change, Chemicals and Markets
- Kathryn Richardson � Deputy Director Energy and Resources
Jo Nettleton � Chief Regulator
- Emma Harding � Deputy Director Regulatory Resilience
- Alan Cansdale � Deputy Director Enforcement
- Gillian Pratt � Deputy Director Future Regulation
Robert Bradburne � Chief Scientist and Director of the Chief Scientist’s Group
- John Collins � Deputy Director Evidence, Assessment and Evaluation
- Glenn Watts � Deputy Director Research
- Owen Lewis � Deputy Director Monitoring Insight and Innovation
David Dangerfield and Sam Lumb � Director Strategy and Programmes
- Karen Williams � Deputy Director Change Implementation
- Adam Cookson � Deputy Director Strategy and Business Management
- Gemma Sweet � Deputy Director Engagement and External Affairs
Tony Grayling and Jennie Donovan � Director Nature and Place
- Claire Porter � Deputy Director Planning and Place
- Nicola Riley � Deputy Director Agriculture and Land
- Jenni Balmer � Deputy Director Nature Recovery
Helen Wakeham � Director Water
- Richard Thompson � Deputy Director Water Resources
- Leonore Frear � Deputy Director Water Quality and Investment
- Stewart Mounsey � Deputy Director Operations Catchment Services
- Judy Proctor � Deputy Director Water Industry Regulation
- Anne Dacey � Deputy Director Water Futures
5.Ìý¹ó±ô´Ç´Ç»å and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM)
5.1Ìý°ä²¹°ù´Ç±ô¾±²Ô±ð Douglass â€� Executive Director
Julie Foley � Director FCRM Strategy and National Adaptation
- Ben Plummer � Deputy Director Strategy
- Jonathan Day � Deputy Director Risk Assessment
- Steven Tupper � Deputy Director Surface Water and Pipeline Planning
John Russon � Director Portfolio Management and Assurance
- Mark Garratt � Deputy Director Improvements, Digital and Skills
- Dan Bond � Deputy Director Portfolio Management Office
- Stuart Allen � Deputy Director Regulation and Assurance
Ian Hodge � Chief Engineer, Director Asset Management and Engineering
- Tony Andryszewski � Deputy Director Engineering and Technical Assurance
- James Brameld � Deputy Director Asset Operations and Improvements
- Andrew Pearce � Deputy Director Asset Management Systems
Steve Moore � Director of Operations, Major Projects and Programmes Delivery
- Annemieke Hartman Jemmett � Deputy Director Innovation Delivery Group
- Katharine Matthews � Deputy Director Programme Contract Management
- Jessie Curnow � Deputy Director Environmental Assessment and Services (NEAS)
- Jennie Cooper � Deputy Director Commercial and Framework Management
- Chris Wilson � Deputy Director Portfolio Delivery Office
- Jo Emberson Wines � Deputy Director Senior Programme Director
- Crystal Moore � Deputy Director Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P)
- Claire Bell � Deputy Director Senior Programme Director
- Vacant � Deputy Director Senior Programme Director
Josie Bateman � Director of Innovation, Systems and Services
6.Ìý³¢´Ç³¦²¹±ô Operations
6.1Ìý³§²¹°ù²¹³ó Chare â€� Executive Director
Sue Longstone � Director Operations North
- Jamie Fletcher � Area Director for the North East
- Carol Holt � Area Director for Cumbria and Lancashire
- Mike Dugher � Area Director for Yorkshire
- Neil Longden � Area Director for Yorkshire South West
- Ian Crewe � Area Director for Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire
- Catherine Saxon � Improving Regulation
- Dafydd Evans � Deputy Director, Regulatory Delivery
Simon Hawkins � Director Operations South East and East
- Charlotte Wood � Area Director for London
- Graham Verrier � Area Director for East Anglia (East)
- Sadia Moeed � Area Director for East Anglia (West)
- Anna Burns � Area Director for Thames
- Sally Harvey � Area Director for Kent, South London and East Sussex
- Chris Wilson � Area Director for Hertfordshire and North London
- Helen Todd � Deputy Director Environment, Place and Infrastructure
Norman Robinson � Director Operation Midlands
- Leigh Edlin � Area Director for Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Gary Bywater � Area Director for East Midlands
- Marc Lidderth � Area Director for West Midlands (West)
- Ian Jones � Area Director for West Midlands (East)
Phil Lodge � Director Operations South and South West
- Ian Withers � Area Director for Wessex
- Mark Rice � Area Director for Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Cat Fuller and Simon Moody � Area Director for Solent and South Downs
- Bryan Hemmings � Deputy Director
Paul Clements � Director Incident Management and Resilience
- Peter Connolly � Deputy Director Digital Services
- Jon Goldie � Deputy Director Preparedness and Recovery
- Mark Bowers � Deputy Director Readiness and Response
- Anna Kendall � Deputy Director Incident Management Transformation (IMx)
- Craig Jones � Deputy Director Evidence and Risk
- Vacant � Deputy Director Incident Management Transformation
Malcolm Lythgo � Director of Operations, National Regulation and Monitoring
- Jo Larmour � Deputy Director National Environmental Crime Unit
- Faye Charlesworth � Deputy Director Permitting
- Simon Padley � Deputy Director National Monitoring
- Vacant � Deputy Director Environmental Markets and Regulation
- Alison Matthews � Deputy Director Operations Regulatory Services
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Issue date: February 2025
Next update: April 2025