The ADA Policy Committee guides ADA on all matters related to flood and water level management policy and delivery. Covering the work of ADA’s members, including, but not limited to, the following matters: technical and engineering, environment, development and planning, professional, financial, governance, health, safety, and welfare.
The Committee scrutinises topics that impact ADA’s members and researches and develops policy proposals accordingly. Developing, prioritising, reviewing, and recommending actions and outcomes to ADA and our members on any issues and policies requiring a consistent and national approach across all or parts of ADA’s membership.
The Committee is responsible for determining policy priorities for ADA and setting its annual work programme to address these.
Terms of Reference
Name |
Role |
Organisation |
End of current term |
Charles Mills (Committee Chair) | Vice Chair | ADA | 31/03/2026 |
Ed Johnson (Committee Vice Chair) | Engineer | Witham Fourth District IDB | 31/03/2025 |
Diana Ward | Environment Consultant | Bedford Groups of IDBs | 31/03/2025 |
Andrew McGill | Chief Executive | Water Management Consortium | 31/03/2027 |
Andrew McLachlan | Chief Executive / Asset Manager | Yorkshire & Humber Drainage Boards | 31/03/2025 |
Oliver Pantry | Clerk | Upper Medway IDB | 31/03/2025 |
Nigel Everard | Clerk | Selby Area IDB | 31/03/2025 |
Iain Sturdy | Chief Executive | Somerset Drainage Boards’ Consortium | 31/03/2026 |
Steve Larter | Finance Director / Operations Manager | Witham & Humber Drainage Boards | 31/03/2026 |
Nicola Oldfield | Chief Engineer | Middle Level Commissioners | 31/03/2027 |
James Addicot | Manager Engineering – Policy | Environment Agency | n/a |
David Lettelier | Head of Operations South Wales Central | Natural Resources Wales | 31/04/2027 |
Richard Powell | Chair | Anglian (Eastern) RFCC | 31/04/2025 |
Matt Jackson | Senior Flood Risk Management Officer | West Sussex County Council | 31/03/2025 |
Matthew Harrison | Flood and Water Manager | Lincolnshire County Council | 31/03/2025 |
vacant | Natural England | n/a | |
Carol Tidmarsh | Senior Policy Advisor, Flood Risk Management | Defra | n/a |
Innes Thomson (ex-officio) | Chief Executive | ADA | n/a |
Robert Caudwell (ex-officio) | Chair | ADA | n/a |
Ian Moodie (ex-officio) | Technical Manager | ADA | n/a |