Impact Assessment
Impact assessment aims to ensure that environmental and social issues are identified and factored in during the development and adoption of public policies and plans, and the consenting of public and private development projects. At its best, impact assessment helps ensure social value to communities and economic value to investors, without eroding biodiversity and natural capital and without pushing beyond environmental limits.
The Impact Assessment Network draws together professionals across all aspects of the discipline to provide leadership and definitive guidance. The role of the steering group is to oversee the delivery of an annual work programme of activities, including webinars, workshops, reports and much more.

Members
The membership of the steering group is as follows.
Stephanie Ball
Environmental Advisor, National Highways
Ros Boalch
Associate Director, Waterman Infrastructure & Environment Ltd
Stefan Boss
Director Environmental Planning, Stantec UK
Owen Cahill
Environmental Engineer, MKO
Paul Darnbrough
Consents Manager, SSE Renewables
Alex Hampson
Principal Environmental Consultant and EIA Division Lead, Xodus Group
David Hoare
Technical Director, RSK
Lewis Jenkins
Associate, Quod
Emma Magee
Senior Environmental Project Manager, Environment Agency
Nicola Parker
Senior Environnemental Planner, Defence Infrastructure Organisation
Jeremy Randall
EIA Practice Lead, Mott Macdonald
James Sanders
Director, Temple Group
Ursula Stevenson
Tresor Consulting
Urmila Jha Thakur
Lecturer in Environmental Planning and Management, University of Liverpool
Sam Timbrell
Principal EIA Specialist, Mott Macdonald
Simon White
Divisional Director – Environmental Assessment, Jacobs
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