IEMA Board

The Institute is governed by a Board, which is appointed by a representative Council. The rules of the Institute are available to download (members only):  IEMA Articles ratified 05 06 2008.pdf (96.86 KB)

The IEMA Corporate Governance Document can also be viewed here  IEMA Corporate Governance Revised March 2008.pdf (412 KB)

IEMA Board Members

Name	Position	Organisation
Adrian Belton	Chief Executive	The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA)
Barrie Clarke		Undercurrent Communications
Jiggy Lloyd	Independent consultant in public policy, corporate strategy and sustainable development
Jonathan Garrett MIEMA, CEnv	Group Head of Environment	Balfour Beatty Group
Paul Pritchard MIEMA, CEnv	UK Head of Corporate Responsibility	RSA Group
Ian Russon FIEMA, CEnv	Manager of Systems and Resources	Tata Steel
Diana Montgomery FIEMA, CEnv	Deputy Chief Executive	Chemical Industries Association
Ian Hill AIEMA	Chief Sustainability Officer	Openreach
Martin Baxter FIEMA, CEnv	Executive Director Policy	Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA)
Jan Chmiel	Chief Executive	Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA)

Adrian Belton

Adrian was elected by the IEMA Board as its Chair in 2009. Adrian is currently Chief Executive of the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), an Executive Agency of Defra. Prior to this, Adrian was a member of the Executive Board of Natural England, having led the project to establish the new NDPB in 2006. Adrian was also a Corporate Director of Nottingham City Council, with responsibility for Corporate Services. He has held senior executive roles in Risk and Governance with Barclays and Bradford & Bingley PLC, working with the Boards of both. Adrian is also a Council member of Yorkshire Innovation, and a member of the Board of the Association of Chief Executives.

Barrie Clarke

Barrie studied languages and history at university. Teaching English in comprehensive schools for four years led to a career in marketing communications and public affairs in food and drink, property and the environment. He worked in brand management and consumer affairs for Whitbread, Imperial Foods and IGD, the food industry research group. At the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Barrie managed teams responsible for research, marketing and government and member relations. Barrie is now Director of Communication at Water UK, the association that represents the water industry at national and European level. His interests are bird watching, walking, sport, music, contemporary fiction and theatre.

Jiggy Lloyd

Jiggy Lloyd is an independent consultant in public policy, corporate strategy and sustainable development. She is an Associate of Green Alliance, the environmental policy think-tank, member of Friends Provident’s Committee of Reference and former member of the Government’s Sustainable Procurement Taskforce.

From 2003 to 2005 she was Group Director of Corporate Responsibility at AWG Plc; prior to this she held senior environment and government affairs posts in Severn Trent Plc and the Vivendi (now Veolia) businesses in the UK. This followed posts in government, consultancy (now ERM) and policy advice. Jiggy Lloyd has degrees in ecology and forestry. She is a Nuffield Scholar, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Vice-President of the Town and Country Planning Association and a Trustee of Transport 2000 Trust.

Jonathan Garrett MIEMA, CEnv

Jonathan is currently Group Head of Environment for the Balfour Beatty Group. Jonathan was previously Health, Safety and Environment Director at Premier Foods plc, the UK’s largest food producer, employing over 20,000 people across 60 major sites. Prior to this, he led a major restructuring of the central HS&E function at RHM plc, before its merger with Premier Foods in early 2007. Before entering the food industry, Jonathan spent 7 years as Environment, Health and Safety Director at Smiths Group plc, the global engineering and technology company. He began his career with 10 years as an environmental consultant. Jonathan has been a Full Member Assessor since 1998 and is also a Principal Environmental Auditor assessor.

Paul Pritchard MIEMA, CEnv

Paul is Corporate Responsibility Manager for the RSA Group, with responsibility for environmental strategy in the UK. He has held a number of positions at RSA over the last ten years in the Risk, Commercial Insurance and Strategy functions. While he has focused on environmental issues other areas of work have included operational risk and capital modelling.

Prior to this he worked in environmental consultancy for nearly ten years including three as Technical Director at Ashdown Environmental. He is a Chartered Chemist and has had a long involvement with IEMA as a Principal Environmental Auditor ( latterly as an examiner) dating back to EARA days. Current interests include the quantification of environmental risks and the embedding of green issues within corporate operational frameworks. Paul is currently the Vice Chairman of IEMA

Ian Russon FIEMA, CEnv

Ian Michael Russon worked within the Iron and Steel industry for 16 years. Graduated from Newcastle University with a (Hons) degree in chemistry and holds a Masters degree in environmental management from UMIST. Fellow of the IEMA and a Chartered Environmentalist. Chairs the European Coil Coaters Associations, Environment and Sustainability Committee. Current role is Manager of Systems and Resources at Corus Color responsible for Environment, Health and Safety, Business Management Systems and Human Resources for the Colorcoat Construction business of Corus Colors and a member of the business management team.

Diana Montgomery FIEMA, CEnv

Diana is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Chemical Industries Association. In her role she is responsible for leading policy development and for the chemical industry’s Responsible Care programme, the sector’s climate change agreement and for running the CIA’s events programme.

Prior to joining the CIA in 2006 Diana has had experience leading sustainability and environmental programmes for well-recognised UK brands, a FTSE 30 utility company and at the beginning of her career she was in academia. Diana is a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and she has a degree in Chemistry from St Anne’s College, Oxford and a doctorate in environmental management from Imperial College, London.

Ian Hill AIEMA

Ian is Chief Sustainability Officer with Openreach, responsible for leading sustainable business development in BT's local loop business. Ian has had a varied career in BT, in a number of operational, strategic and financial roles, and prior to joining BT he held financial roles in a number of organisations. As well as being a qualified accountant, Ian holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business Leadership from Cambridge University, and a degree in Modern History from Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Martin Baxter FIEMA, CEnv

Martin is the Executive Director of Policy at IEMA. Martin is the UK’s Expert, appointed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to the European Commission’s EMAS Regulatory Committee; a member of the British Standards Institution (BSI) committee responsible for environmental management standards; chair of the BSI Panel on Environmental Communication and a member of the UK environmental management delegation to the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

Martin is Chair of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service’s Environmental Management Stakeholder Advisory Committee and is a member of the Society for the Environment Registration Authority. Martin also Chaired DEFRA’s Advanced Waste Management Technologies Education and Training Strategy Committee.

Jan Chmiel

Jan was appointed as Chief Executive of IEMA in November 2009. He has a strong background which specialises in building, managing and leading businesses throughout the world in the energy and sustainability sectors. He has held a number of senior roles in large international organisations including Shell, the BG Group and the Energy Saving Trust.

As a Director in previous roles, Jan has been responsible for developing and implementing strategies for sustainable energy. He also has experience of working with CEOs in the automotive, retail and the waste sectors in a consultancy role, specialising in change management and operational improvements.

Meetings

The minutes of IEMA Board Meetings are available to view here: