On Monday 17th November 2025, we welcomed leadership teams from across our 28 Member Bodies to dig deeper into the development of our new strategy – to be launched in 2026.
Our Member Bodies are key to the success of our professional registrations and how we operate as a whole. Therefore, with the development of our new strategy in full swing, we wanted to get their detailed input once again. This second roundtable of its kind follows an overarching ideas session in May. This time, we aimed to dig a little deeper.
Following the roundtable, Chair of SocEnv, Dougal Driver CEnv, said:
“It was so inspiring to host our Member Body partners to add depth to how the collective knowledge and influence of 650,000+ members can work strategically together, and through day-to-day actions, to drive positive environmental change. The plethora of ideas, along with a collective call to be dynamic and agile in our work, was fantastic to witness.”
The teams within our Member Bodies, alongside countless other stakeholders, are an extension of the SocEnv team. We work closely with them on a daily basis and at a strategic level, but plan to work closer still into this new strategy. We know collaboration is key – it’s in our DNA. That’s why these roundtable sessions make so much sense to us.
The overall tone throughout the day was positive, ambitious, and forward thinking. As a collective, we know SocEnv, our partners, and our registrants have a big role to play in meeting local and global environmental challenges. And the time is now.
Feedback on the day was overwhelmingly positive – from both the SocEnv facilitating team, and from the leadership delegates. Though overall success can only be demonstrated once the strategy starts to bring results – naturally.
Thank you to all those who participated in this Leadership Roundtable. We look forward to the next edition.
– Phil Underwood, Engagement Manager
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Top Leadership Roundtable group photo:
- Adam Donnan CEnv, CEO, Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
- Amanda Williams CEnv, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
- Ashley Oates REnvP, Board Member, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Charles Nicklin, CEO, Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)
- Cynthia Hearing, Membership and Business Development Director, Nuclear Institute (NI)
- Daniel Kenning CEnv, Chair of Trustees, Global Association for Transition Engineering (GATE)
- Dougal Driver CEnv, Chair of the Board, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Emma Wilcox CEnv, Chief Executive, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Gabrielle Mandell, Chief Executive, Institute of Water (IWater)
- Geoff Atkins, Head of Licence Delivery and Quality, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Prof. Ian Barker HonFSE CEnv, Vice Chair of the Board, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Jo Fox-Evans, Director of Membership Engagement, Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF)
- Jonathan Oxley, Trustee, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Libby Meyrick, CEO, Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)
- Mark Apsey, Immediate Past President, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
- Martin Baxter HonFSE CEnv, Board Member/ Deputy CEO, SocEnv / Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP)
- Meghna Das CEnv, Board Member, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Nick Cox, Membership and Professional Standards Manager, Society of Operations Engineers (SOE)
- Peter Egan CEnv, Board Member, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Phil Isaac, IStructE Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
- Rebecca Carey, Head of Qualifications, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- Richard Flynn CEnv, President, Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
- Rory Grunerud CEnv, Board Member, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
- Sophie Dunajko, Director of Membership and Professional Standards, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
- Stuart Parks, Head of Membership and Marketing, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)
- Sue Buxey, Board Member / Director of Operations and Professional Standards, SocEnv / Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP)
- Terry Winter, Head of Membership and Accreditation, Energy Institute (EI)
- Tom Cheek, Education Relationship Manager, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
Above photo:
- Prof. Ian Barker HonFSE CEnv, Vice Chair of the Board, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
Not pictured but attended:
- Barbara O’Keeffe, Registration and Regulation Executive, Engineers Ireland
- James Banks, Head of Membership, Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
- Dr Keith Sunderland, Registrar, Engineers Ireland
- Luay Al-Khatib, Director of the Future Innovation Hub, RICS
- Paul Coulson, Chief Executive, Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM)
- Phil Underwood, Engagement Manager, Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
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