Ewen Cameron serves as an independent crossbench Peer in the House of Lords and chairs the House of Lords Select Committee for Natural Environment and Rural Communities. He was Chairman of the Countryside Agency and a member of the Defra landscapes review panel.

Iain is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise at the University of Leicester. He was formerly Director of Science and Innovation at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and lead director for international research across all seven UK Research Councils that are now part of UKRI.

Benet is a senior adviser to businesses and NGOs. He was formerly Director of Corporate Responsibility for the John Lewis Partnership. He is a Trustee of Green Alliance and is Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Environment Network. He has been Deputy Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales and Chief Policy Adviser to Greenpeace UK.

Alexia has a financial services background at leading institutions including Barclays, HSBC, and GIC in Paris, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. She served as Finance Director and Centre Director at the Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation from 2013 to 2019.

Jaqui leads UKCEH’s financial and people resource management, estates, IT and project management. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.

Kathleen leads the business and finance aspects of UK CEH’s operations. She is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and was previously International Finance & Systems Director at Oxfam.

Bridget is a member of the EU Mission Board for Soil Health and Food, was the Specialist Advisor to the 2016 UK Parliamentary Inquiry into Soil Health, and is Chair of the NERC Soil Security Programme Advisory Board.

Gwyn has over 26 years’ experience in applied hydrology. He sits on many national and international committees and expert panels, including the CIWEM Water Resources Panel in the UK and the Advisory Committee of the WMO-Global Water Partnership Integrated Drought Management Programme.

Nick is Science Area Head for Hydro-Climatic Risks. He represents UKCEH on the Steering Group of the Natural Hazards Partnership (NHP) and provided hydrological advice for the National Flood Resilience Review, the Pitt Review and the UK Foresight Flooding programme.

Nick is the UKCEH Director of Impact & Innovation and Managing Director of UKCEH Enterprise Limited, and has responsibility for the impact and innovation strategy for UKCEH alongside business development, external communications, research contracts, commercialisation and quality assurance.