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Environment Agency organisation structure
Updated 23 April 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
Chris Austin � Director of Corporate and National Services
- Luke Farrington � 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
Germaine Faulkner � 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
Jo Nettleton � Chief Regulator
- Emma Harding � Deputy Director, Regulatory Resilience
- Alan Cansdale � Deputy Director, Enforcement
- Gillian Pratt � Deputy Director, Future Regulation
- Jim Ratcliffe � Deputy Director, Nuclear Regulation
- Andy Mayall � Deputy Director, Nuclear and RSR Strategy
Robert Bradburne � Chief Scientist and Director of the Chief Scientist’s Group
- John Collins � Deputy Director Evidence, Assessment and Evaluation
- Vacant � 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 Strategy and Adaptation
- Ben Plummer � Deputy Director, Strategic Overview
- Darsha Gill � Deputy Director, Risk Assessment and Research
- Steven Tupper � Deputy Director, Pipeline and Investment
John Russon � Director, Portfolio Management, Assurance and Commercial
- Dan Bond � Deputy Director, Portfolio Management
- Jonathan Day � Deputy Director, Portfolio Reporting and Insights
- Chris Wilson � Deputy Director, Commercial and Framework Management
Ian Hodge � Chief Engineer, Director Standards, Asset Management and Engineering
- Tony Andryszewski � Deputy Director, Engineering and Standards
- Lindsey Sayner � Deputy Director, Asset Operation Services
- Andrew Pearce � Deputy Director, Asset Management Systems
Vacant � Director, Project and Programmes Delivery
- Annemieke Hartman Jemmett � Deputy Director, East and South-East (IDG)
- Claire Bell � Deputy Director, North
- Jo Emberson Wines � Deputy Director, Programme Director (T2100)
- Vacant � Deputy Director, Senior Programme Director (RTS)
- Ed Uden � Deputy Director, Complex Projects
- Vacant - Deputy Director, Midlands and South West
Josie Bateman � Director Innovation, Systems and Services
- Crystal Moore � Deputy Director, Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Louise Cooke � Deputy Director, Digital, Data and IT
- Mark Garrat � Deputy Director, Business Engagement and Capability
- Lee Meaden � Deputy Director, Environmental Assessment and Reservoir Regulation
- Stuart Allen � Deputy Director, Asset Management Transformation
- Joe Cuthbertson � Deputy Director, Flood and Infrastructure Improvement Programme (FIIP)
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
- Martin Pope � 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
- Kate Marks � Deputy Director, Digital Services
- Mike O’Neil � Deputy Director, Preparedness and Recovery
- Mark Bowers � Deputy Director, Readiness and Response
- Gary Bywater � Deputy Director, Incident Management Transformation (IMx)
- Katherine Smith � 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: April 2025
Next update: July 2025