Governance & Committees

Dougal is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) registered via the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) and Chair of the Society for the Environment Board. He is also SocEnv’s Board champion for World Environment Day.

Dougal is a founder and CEO of Grown in Britain, a not for profit organisation that sets standards for our trees, woods and forests and delivers research to improve local supply chains for forest products. He is also Chairman of the Forestry Commission’s SE Forestry and Woodlands Advisory Committee and a passionate advocate for the promotion of technical qualifications in the UK.

His career includes positions as Head of Profession for the Defence Estate, Regional Director for the Government Office South East and a Rural Director at Defra. Whilst at Defra, he undertook a career highlight in creating the South Downs National Park.

Ian is an independent consultant and commentator on water management, regulation, policy and governance. He is also an Honorary Fellow and Board member of the Society of the Environment, Vice-President Environment, Fellow and non-executive Director at the Institute of Water, a Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter Centre for Water Systems and an advisor to the OECD.

Ian is a Chartered Environmentalist with over 35 years’ experience in the water sector. He had overall responsibility at the Environment Agency for water planning, regulation and management, as well as fisheries, biodiversity and land management, across England and Wales. At the EA Ian worked closely with the government and was responsible for specifying the water companies’ programmes of environmental investment totalling £1 billion per annum, and for reviewing their performance.
With a career that spans over 20 years in the water industry, Natalie has also worked for both Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent Water in roles covering most areas of the business, including operations, capital investment and delivery, asset management, business change and transformation, and minewater treatment and operations.

Simon is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), Chartered Technological Product Designer (CTPD) and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers (iED). He is also a Member of the Association of Project Management. He is a civil engineer, working predominately in the field of bridge and other civil structure design. He has worked on some of the most iconic projects in both the UK and overseas with stints working in Hong Kong, Pakistan and India including the Queensferry Crossing, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge and Hong Kong’s international airport at Chek Lap Kok.

In recent years Simon’s professional focus has been the standardisation, automation and productisation of civil engineering structures to facilitate savings in both materials and processes with the attendant benefits to the environment from reduced wastage and emissions.

Simon is Honorary Treasurer and former Chair of the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) and current Chair of their membership committee where he supports the professional development and registration of others. He is also Chair of HomeStart Portsmouth, a charity committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five.

Natalie is a CEnv registered through the Institute of Water and is also Vice President Environment for the Institute. She was also National Chair and served on the Board between 2015 and 2018.

In her day job, Natalie is the Director of Quality and Environment for South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water. She leads both the water quality division of the business as well as the team responsible for the development and delivery of the long-term water resources management plans, drought plans and the Water Industry National Environment Plan (WINEP) for both companies. She is also leading the development and progression of the Fens Reservoir scheme, a joint water resource solution being developed with Anglian Water.

Martin Baxter is Deputy CEO at the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). He works in the UK and internationally to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future and support people in the development of sustainability skills and green careers.

Martin has national and international experience in developing and negotiating global and European environmental management standards and developing capacity for effective and widespread implementation. Martin heads the UK delegation to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on environmental management and chairs the ISO environmental management systems committee of ~100 countries. He is also vice-chair of the European Standards CEN/CENELEC Strategic Advisory Body on the Environment.

Martin is a Board member of IEMA, the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) and the Broadway Initiative. Martin is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University. In 2024, Martin became an Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Environment (HonFSE).

Sue joined the Institute of Environmental Management (IEMA) at the end of 2016 and is currently Director of Operations and Professional Standards.

She is a senior level operations leader with vast experience gained in the private and public sectors including financial services, telco, and utilities. Sue is experienced in leading multi-site, multi-channel customer service operations in B2C, B2B, international and regulated markets. Previous companies include Severn Trent Water, Vodafone, The Medical Defence Union, Barclays, and the Cabinet Office. Sue has a post graduate qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is an Associate member of IEMA.

Sue is a Board member of the Society and Chair of the Registration Authority (RA) having previously been a member of it for 2 years and is also a member of the SocEnv Nominations Committee. She is also a Director at the Specialist in Land Condition Register (SiLC) since 2019.

Meghna is a Chartered Environmentalist via IEMA and an accomplished leader, with over 20 years of diverse experience across UN, public, private, and charity sectors such as WWF, leading teams and driving impactful global and local initiatives to achieve results for children, sustainable environment and the Sustainable Development Goals. Currently, she is Head of International Programmes Impact at UNICEF UK and also Trustee of Zero Carbon Guildford, providing strategic direction and governance for sustainability initiatives. She has held key roles as Sustainability Officer in Coventry City Council and as a strategic communicator and thought leader, she has authored numerous articles & spoken at several prestigious events.

Martin is an experienced environmental professional with over 20 years’ expertise in environmental consultancy. As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at E3P, he leads the delivery of technically complex land quality and infrastructure projects, specialising in the remediation of brownfield land, mine stabilisation, and environmental risk management for strategic developments across the UK.

Peter is a passionate Chartered Engineer who worked with the Ministry of Defence for 28 years, while driving sustainable outcomes across a range of institutions. He has worked across the Middle East, Africa, South Atlantic and the UK delivering bespoke solutions to UK Defence commitments, where he has incorporated environment impacts against the UN 17 sustainable Development Goals, reducing project environmental impacts. Peters’ passions are education and mentoring engineers and construction professionals in the of delivery biodiverse, carbon reduction and resilient outcomes in all our futures. Peter is now the Head of Critical Infrastructure at the British Museum.

Rory is a Chartered Environmentalist through the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and serves as the Managing Director of ABD Solutions, a technology company specializing in automation, simulation, and sensing for the mining, heavy industry, and defence sectors. With a background as a mining engineer, Rory has led technology and operational teams across the globe for industry Tier 1 companies Anglo American, Newmont, Goldcorp, and BHP. His work focuses on automation, decarbonization, operational excellence, and project management. A British, Canadian, and Argentine national, Rory holds a Professional Engineering (P.Eng) designation from Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC).

Pam is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), a Chartered Ecologist (CEcol) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). She is a senior level leader with significant experience across her career in the environmental public sector, most recently as the national Head of Biodiversity for the Environment Agency in England. She has provided strategic and operational leadership and oversight on a range of applied ecology and environmental management themes and multi-disciplined teams. She has championed the value of training and professional development throughout her career and helped to define the standards for professional competence in environmental practice through her professional and voluntary roles. She is also a mentor and coach.
Pam is a Board member of the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) and the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA). A previous member of CIEEM’s Governing Board and a Chair of their Training, Education and Career Development Committee.

Jennie is a Chartered Environmentalist and a Fellow of IEMA with a broad and accomplished background in environmental protection, sustainability, and climate resilience. She is currently seconded full-time from Sellafield Ltd to Enterprising Cumbria, where she holds the role of Head of Net Zero. Jennie is responsible for leading the delivery of Cumbria’s net zero programme, working in close partnership with Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness Councils, and providing regular updates to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

With over a decade of experience in the nuclear industry, Jennie has led work on environmental compliance, improvement, and climate adaptation. She also has experience in academic research, specialising in ecology and evolution. Jennie’s career spans programme management, environmental innovation, technical communication, and cross-sector collaboration with a strong focus on accelerating the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable economy.

Toby is the Head of Professional Standards at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) where he is also a Fellow and Chartered Chemist. Toby’s current and previous roles at the RSC have been centred around accreditation of both qualifications and individuals, and led the team responsible for first securing the Chartered Environmentalist licence for the RSC. Toby currently sits on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education/Skills England route panel for Health and Science and has experience in the many reforms in the vocational sector which he believes is important for any workforce. Toby also leads the Careers Management team at the RSC which guides its members in reaching their full potential as well as inspiring the next generation of chemical scientists.

Toby has a previous background in the pharma sector where he led synthetic chemistry and chemical technology project teams and always had one eye on sustainability.

Lara joined Cromwell Property Group in January 2023 after working in the construction and engineering industry for over 10 years. As Group Head of ESG, she works on further developing the Cromwell’s existing ESG framework and aligning the ESG strategy with the business’s overall strategic objectives.

Prior to joining Cromwell, Lara was the driving force behind establishing and implementing Costain’s Climate Change Action Plan, which set out a detailed 15-year plan to transition to a net-zero organisation by 2035. She was most recently shortlisted as 2023 Net zero and Energy leader of the year at the edie sustainability awards and was named 2022 Young Person of the Year by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Energy and Carbon Leader of the Year at the 2021 edie Awards. Lara has been the Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineer’s (ICE) Carbon Champion Review Panel since May 2021, has been a Chartered Environmentalist since 2020 and recently became a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

Ashley has over twenty years of experience in environment and sustainability. She began her career as a contaminated land officer in Local Authority and consultancy in Merseyside. Transitioning to construction, Ashley spent ten years in Environmental Management and Project Management roles on major construction projects across the UK, Scandinavia, and the Americas for Skanska. Her interest in materials management led them to six years in the waste, recycling, and resources industry as Head of Sustainability for WARD, alongside serving on the Considerate Constructors Scheme's Performance Management Board.

Currently, Ashley is Head of Environmental Sustainability for Balfour Beatty’s Power Business, overseeing energy projects across the United Kingdom. She is an active member of the IEMA Midlands Regional Steering Group and is passionate about diversity and inclusion, nurturing new talent, and is also an enthusiastic vegetable grower. Ashley is now working towards CEnv registration with IEMA.

Sue joined the Institute of Environmental Management (IEMA) at the end of 2016 and is currently Director of Operations and Professional Standards.

She is a senior level operations leader with vast experience gained in the private and public sectors including financial services, telco, and utilities. Sue is experienced in leading multi-site, multi-channel customer service operations in B2C, B2B, international and regulated markets. Previous companies include Severn Trent Water, Vodafone, The Medical Defence Union, Barclays, and the Cabinet Office. Sue has a post graduate qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is an Associate member of IEMA.

Sue is a Board member of the Society and Chair of the Registration Authority (RA) having previously been a member of it for 2 years and is also a member of the SocEnv Nominations Committee. She is also a Director at the Specialist in Land Condition Register (SiLC) since 2019.

Alastair is an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and following retirement from his role as CEO of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers continues as a freelance specialist in engineering and technology for agriculture. As part of this, and through his association with the Royal Academy of Engineering, Alastair has travelled extensively across Southern Africa and as such has a comprehensive understanding of the context and challenges of agricultural engineering in the region.

During the past year, Alastair has been editing a report for the Pan African Society of Agricultural Engineering titled: Agricultural Engineering in Africa: A Key Driver for Transforming Agriculture to Deliver Food Security and to Support Economic Prosperity. Alastair is active in the developments of professional engineering standards for Engineering UK and acts as Chief Licence Reviewer for the UK Society of the Environment.

Alastair was bought up on a farm in the eastern part of England and originally trained as an Agricultural Engineer. He spent over forty years immersed in the agriculture, engineering and emerging Agritech industries. He spent 20 years working in front line education where he undertook various roles within the teaching and management of agriculture and mechanisation, including irrigation, farm buildings, waste management and financial management.

In 2000, Alastair joined UK national inspectorate for vocational education becoming well known as an inspector of the subject and leader of inspection teams. From 2013 to 2019, Alastair was the Chief Executive of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, the professional body for professional engineers working in the industry.

Alistair is a seasoned construction leader and chartered environmentalist with over four decades of handson experience. Starting as a bricklaying apprentice, he rose through site and project roles to become Regional Head of Safety, Health & Environment at Willmott Dixon since 2014.

Alistair is a passionate advocate for social value. In 2017, he founded “Ready for the Gate” programme offering prisoners accredited health, safety, and CSCS training  He followed this with establishing a drylining training academy at HMP Elmley in 2019, helping inmates build real job skills and move into employment on release.

A firm believer in second chances, Alistair champions “the forgotten workforce” of people with convictions. He’s currently working to scale his model across the UK, combining environmental stewardship with meaningful rehabilitation.

Sophie Dunajko is the Head of Membership and Professional Standards at the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), having previously worked across a number of senior roles in the organisation including events and international development. The institution represents a community of over 10,000 experts managing the natural environment around the world and answering the urgent challenges posed by the climate and ecological emergencies.

Sophie is committed to developing the professional skills of future generations and promoting diversity and inclusion across all areas of professional registration, working towards an inclusive profession, supporting those from diverse backgrounds and advancing individuals throughout their careers.

Dylan Harvey is a highly accomplished Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB), and Chartered Environmentalist, with over two decades of experience delivering complex infrastructure and landmark construction projects. Currently serving as Associate Director of Design & Innovation at CMF Ltd, Dylan is recognized for his strategic leadership in design, innovation, and multidisciplinary project delivery, particularly in the fields of Sustainability, facades, architectural metalwork, structural steel, glazing, and wayfinding.

Dylan is passionate about driving positive change in the construction industry, emphasizing the value of education, professional engagement, and the adoption of digital technologies to improve sustainability and project outcomes. He believes in “adding value in everything you do,” drawing on lean principles to guide his approach to project and team leadership.

Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE), Graham has been fully active in the sphere of agricultural engineering from hand-held devices for the agricultural crop trials industry right through to large scale commercial farming machinery and everything in between. Joining IAgrE as a student at Writtle College, and progressing to local branch office holder. Currently, Graham chairs his local branch and sits on a range of IAgrE national committees, including Executive and Membership committees.

Year 2000 saw a career shift to engineering education and training, currently working at Harper Adams University, via an enjoyable two-year sabbatical in the motor industry. In his role, Graham delivers education and training to engineers and agriculturalists in the spheres of design and operation of machinery and infrastructure for effective and efficient use, with consideration of environmental impacts, such as, watercourse pollution and soil health.

As a registered engineer and the ninth Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP), Graham is an advocate of professional status at all levels, frequently mentoring and supporting applicants.

I started my career as a design engineer in the civil service within the Department of Environment and specialised initially in Aviation Ground Lighting and HV distribution. Trained as a Building Services Engineer I gained my BEng & MSc via Brunel University and worked in that field for the likes of Troup, Bywaters & Anders covering a variety of establishments from Crown owned property, ancient & historic, NHS and Military establishments, including involvement in Bomb blast assessments during the early 90’s.

I joined Serco in in the late 90’s maintaining a number of military training estates where interest in the environment became prevalent in the thought process.

Now a director of a multi-disciplinary design consultancy, the environment and the carbon footprint are at the forefront of our design process, working with the likes of Network Rail in ensuring design take full cognisance of sustainability and carbon reduction culminating in us designing the first carbon neutral station refurbishment in Europe at Denmark Hill, London.

I am a IED Fellow and member of the IED’s education & training committee. I am a Chartered Environmentalist via the IED and serve as a Licence Reviewer for the Society.

Ruth began her career at the CIOB in 2011. She leads strategies and engagement efforts to grow and support a diverse, global community of built environment professionals. She also drives initiatives that enhance the value of chartered membership, create accessible pathways into the profession and support the long-term development of a skilled, ethical workforce.

Ruth holds a degree in Logistics from Aston University and spent 15 years at CEVA Logistics in Business Development, gaining expertise in strategic growth, client engagement and operational leadership. Her commercial experience brings a valuable, business-focused perspective to the professional body sector.

Ruth is a passionate advocate for professional excellence, inclusion and sustainability.

Karl is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) through Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM) & Chartered Landscape Architect with over 24 years’ professional experience (including Expert witness) in landscape and environmental sectors. Experienced in LVIA, LCA, Green Belt Review, landscape planning and design and restoration detailing of industrial, mineral, landfill and brownfield sites and supervision of EIAs and planning applications for utilities and wind farm, housing and mixed-use masterplan schemes, EMPs and landscape contract administration work. He is Managing Director of Crestwood Environmental Ltd.

Karl is a current member of the Registration Authority for the Society for the Environment, a recent long-standing member of the Technical Committee of the Landscape Institute (LI), previous LI Mentor for ‘Pathway to Chartership’ and previous committee member of the ialeUK. Karl as contributed to a number of publications including BS42020 Biodiversity: Code of Practice for Planning & Development. Author of forthcoming Technical Information Note on Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment of Artificial Light & Lighting and on committee reviewing PLG04: Guidance on Undertaking Environmental Lighting Impact Assessment.

Stuart has been managing membership schemes in the non-profit sector for 25 years, and since 2014 has been the Head of Membership and Marketing at Licensed member body, CIEEM. In this role, Stuart has been responsible for the administration and promotion of the Chartered Environmentalist Register to CIEEM members, in the process building a thorough understanding of the standards required to attain this status.

Stuart has broad experience in the membership and professional body sector, including devising and launching new membership grades, improving member benefits, adapting application and assessment processes, building accessible routes to membership and chartership for neurodivergent applicants, and most recently adopting the use of AI into assessment processes.

Having spent more than a decade working alongside the Soc Env team, Stuart welcomes the opportunity to contribute more directly through his role on the Registration Authority.

Naresh is a multidisciplinary and accomplished Water-Environmental Sustainability Consultant with nearly a decade of combined and applied professional and postgraduate experience.

In his working role he is a Lead Environmental Consultant within Aqua Consultants' Environment & Sustainability Advisory and part of the Adler and Allan (A&A) Group of Environmental Services. His responsibilities include the growth, development and deliverables of the team and integration across A&A. His experience spans regulatory and investment planning, asset management, environmental enabling of infrastructure, biodiversity, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Blue-green Infrastructure (BGI).

He is a former committee member of the CIWEM SW Branch and a contributing author to the IAM Climate Emergency Action Planning (Oct 21) white paper in the run-up to COP26.

Naresh is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) with IEMA, a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (C.WEM) with CIWEM and a Chartered Manager (CMgr) with CMI.

David Richards was head of the structural dynamics and environments group at Hunting Engineering Ltd, which later became part of Lockheed Martin. Since 2014 the director of a private company providing specialist engineering support to the MOD and defence companies. This includes leading the revision of Def Stan 00-035, chairing of the UK WSRF Through-Life Expert panel, and undertaking work on the effects of climate change on weapon life.

David Richards has a long history of chairing national and international technical committees. He has been involved in the generation of UK national environmental test standards, as contributor, primary editor as well as providing strategic direction. Past President of the Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies and still chairs a technical panel. David Richards, is an active participant of IEC TC104, currently Convenor of WG15 and MT17 as well the chair of the BSI shadow committee.

Past Chairman of the Society of Environmental Engineers and on its liquidation was invited to join the SOE Membership and Professional Standards Committee.

David Richards is CEnv, CEng, Fellow of the SOE and IMechE and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers.

Rod is a hydrologist by qualification (a member of the British Hydrological Society), who worked for Severn Trent Water Ltd and its predecessor organisations until his retirement in 2012. He continues as a Consultant Hydrologist with a specialist area in strategic water resources planning. However, his experience extends to water treatment and operational planning, along with reservoir safety assessments and operational risk analysis.

Rod is also a member of four Standards Committees on hydrometry and flood risk at the British Standards Institution (BSI). He is also a regular UK delegate at meetings of the mirror committees of CEN, the European standards organisation, and ISO, the International Standards Organisation. With ISO, he is the Chair of the technical sub-committee on flow measuring structures.

Rod is a Fellow of Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), with which he is a Professional Reviewer and member of its higher education course Accreditation Board. He has also mentored several C.WEM and CEnv candidates. He has been associated with SocEnv since its inception and has extensive experience as a Licensed Member Reviewer. He is Lead Assessor with the RA’s Review Panel.

Abigail Dombey (CEnv CEng) is an Energy and Sustainability Engineer with an extensive background in carbon reduction across the public sector, having spent 10 years as Head of Sustainability at the University of Brighton. She now primarily focuses on decarbonisation projects, recently Project Managing a number of innovative DESNZ funded Industrial Fuel Switching trials.

Abigail is a Non-Exec Director at Shoreham Port in Sussex, Chair at Hydrogen Sussex and Community Transport Sussex, and sits on the Southern Regional Advisory Board of the Greater Southeast Net Zero Hub and the Greater Brighton Infrastructure Committee.

I am a Local Authority Ecologist working in Hertfordshire. My career in local govt began in 1998 in the planning department at Watford Borough Council, moving to the County Council and on to becoming a team leader in the Local Records Centre at the turn of the century. After a short period as a full-time mum living in Australia I returned to local government as an ecologist, this time for a unitary authority.

Interested in national policy, when Natural England began recruiting for Local Nature Recovery Strategies in 2021, I was drawn to yet another level of government with LNRSs being overseen by DEFRA. I have now come full circle and I’m back working for a district council in the planning department getting to grips with Biodiversity Net Gain. I sit on the Future Homes Hub BNG Implementation Board.

I joined CIEEM as a student back in 1994 while studying for my Masters in Environmental Policy and Management, applying to become a Chartered Environmentalist shortly after the Society received its Royal charter in 2004. I have been a judge on the CIEEM best practice awards for 10 years and look forward to joining the SocEnv awards panel.

Syd Cottle is a Chartered Environmentalist and estates and facilities leader with over 30 years’ experience embedding sustainability and resilience across large, complex, multi-site property portfolios. As Director of Estates and Infrastructure and the institutional lead for Environmental Sustainability at the University of Liverpool, Syd oversees multi-million-pound capital and revenue programmes and drives initiatives that put environmental performance and Net Zero objectives at the heart of estate operations. He led the introduction of ISO 14001 accreditation both at the University and previously within a NHS Foundation Trust. Syd also serves as a Director of the University of Liverpool Energy Company, aligning energy strategy with long-term decarbonisation and resilience.

Syd introduced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the University, establishing the framework that has driven measurable progress via a sustainability strategy, annual SDG reporting, integration of sustainability risk, cultural change, staff training, circular economy initiatives, and improved ethical procurement. As Chair of the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE), Syd represents the UK higher education estates sector, working internationally and remaining active in AUDE’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Professional Development Groups. He is also a former Northwest Chair of CABE and a Fellow of CABE, Chartered Builder, and Certified Member of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management.

Based in North Somerset, Nick is Farms Director for Alvis Brothers Ltd. He is responsible for the farming business which includes dairy farming, arable, beef, contracting and property. Away from the business Nick is Chair of the Farmers Club Charitable Trust, Fellow and immediate past Chair of the Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies (CARAS), Fellow of the Institute of Agricultural Management, Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), Chartered Environmentalist, Nuffield Scholar and Trustee of FarmLink Education Ltd.

Victoria Hooper is currently the Ecology Practice Manager (South) for AtkinsRéalis and, as a key technical lead, plays an integral role in delivering technical excellence and technical assurance activities across the ecology team, providing strategic overview and direction and driving technical innovation and service excellence to deliver the Business Strategy.

As someone extremely passionate about the natural environment, outside of AtkinsRéalis Victoria undertakes work to drive nature conservation and biodiversity benefits across our profession. This includes being part of the authoring team developing the CIEEM competency standard for hazel dormouse survey, mitigation and management; sitting on the CIEEM Raising Standards Committee for the past three years; and most recently joining CIEEM’s Registration Authority and volunteering as a Chartered Ecologist Assessor. On behalf of the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme (NDMP) Victoria has, over the last 19 years, trained over 30 people towards gaining personal dormice survey licences.

Leanne Marle is the Senior Programme Manager for Science Awards and Grants at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). She leads the strategic development and management of the RSC’s portfolio of science prizes and researcher grants. Since joining the RSC in 2007, Leanne has held a range of roles across publishing and in supporting the chemicals science community. Her publishing experience includes launching new journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, and serving as Commissioning Editor for materials science books. More recently, she managed programmes for the Analytical and Organic Communities. Leanne holds a PhD in miniaturised analytical systems for environmental applications from the University of Hull.

Gill Mulroe is a governance-led sustainability leader, recognised in 2025 as a finalist in the Environmental Professional of the Year and named to the Environmental 100 Leaders List. A triple Chartered Fellow and Manager, Gill brings over two decades of cross-sector experience across housing, banking, public service and private industry.



She leads strategic programmes, embeds decarbonisation into core operations, and shapes national policy through advisory roles. Gill is a qualified carbon accountant and passionate advocate for neurodiversity, using public speaking and published thought leadership to drive inclusive, credible change.