Management Group

UKEOF is governed by a Management Group (MG) comprising representatives of the UKEOF partners and the Secretariat. The MG meets four times a year (two physical meetings and two telecons).

Chair: Ben Ditchburn, Forestry Commission (interim role)

Membership

British Geological Survey (NERC)	John Bloomfield
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)	David Charlton (corresponding member)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Amy Thomas-Sparkes
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs	Mark Jacob
Economic and Social Research Council	Lizzie Hinchcliffe
Environment Agency	Jennifer Taylor
Forest Research	Sheila Ward Ben Ditchburn (MG Chair)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee	Hannah Hoskins
Met Office	Tom Butcher Kirsty McBeath
Natural England	Katie Clark Oliver Grafton (alternate)
Natural Environment Research Council	Simon Kerley
Natural Resources Wales	Sue Byrne
NatureScot	Philippa Vigano
Office of National Statistics	Hazel Trenbirth
Scottish Environment Protection Agency	Peter Singleton
Scottish Government	Sandra Marks
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Eleanor Blyth
UK Space Agency	Beth Greenway
Welsh Government	Oliver Massey

UKEOF Secretariat (based at UKCEH)	Don Monteith (Secretariat lead) Dan Morton Lisa Norton Michael Pocock Dan Read Hannah Risser Jo Savage (MG meeting secretary) Andrew Sier Marcia Spencer Stephen Turner Gayatri Suman

(Last revised 15 May 2023)