Policy Committee


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

Committee Members


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

Meetings


2025

22 Jan 2025

Calendar

20 May 2025

Calendar

10 Sept 2025

Calendar

2024

22 May 2024

Agenda  Minutes

11 Sept 2024

Agenda  Minutes