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 ADA Tech. & Eng. Forum

Witham Fourth District IDB

31/03/2028
Phil Brewin Ecologist ADA Environment Forum

Somerset Drainage Boards’ Consortium

31/03/2028
Sallyanne Jeffrey Chief Financial Officer (RFO) Water Management Alliance 31/03/2028
Andrew McGill Chief Executive Water Management Consortium 31/03/2027
Andrew McLachlan Chief Executive / Asset Manager Yorkshire & Humber Drainage Boards 31/03/2028
Oliver Pantry Clerk Upper Medway IDB 31/03/2028
Iain Sturdy Chief Executive Somerset Drainage Boards’ Consortium 31/03/2026
Steve Larter Director of Finance & Governance Witham & Humber Drainage Boards 31/03/2026
Nicola Oldfield Chief Engineer Middle Level Commissioners 31/03/2027
Mhari Baldwin Lowland Resilience Manager Environment Agency n/a
David Lettelier Head of Operations South Wales Central Natural Resources Wales  31/04/2027
Richard Powell Chair Anglian (Eastern) RFCC 31/04/2028
Matt Jackson Senior Flood Risk Management Officer West Sussex County Council 31/03/2028
Matthew Harrison Flood & Water Manager Lincolnshire County Council 31/03/2028
Lu Webb Flood & Coastal Erosion Principal Adviser Natural England n/a
Carol Tidmarsh Senior Policy Advisor, Flood Risk Management Defra n/a
Innes Thomson Chief Executive ADA ex-officio
Robert Caudwell Chair ADA ex-officio
Ian Moodie Technical Manager ADA ex-officio

Meetings


2026

22 Jan 2026

King’s College, London

18 May 2026

King’s College, London

10 Sept 2026

King’s College, London

2025

22 Jan 2025

Agenda | Minutes

12 May 2025

Agenda

10 Sept 2025

Agenda | Minutes

2024

22 May 2024

Agenda  Minutes

11 Sept 2024

Agenda  Minutes