Committees
ADA has two committees who meet throughout the year to discuss issues and topics affecting our members.
Our Committees complete projects, known as Workstreams, that they, our Board of Directors, and our Branches identify as important to the work of ADA’s members.
You can find out more about the constitution of our committees in the ADA Committees Guide. The membership and minutes from our Committees’ meetings are available below. To request any Committee papers please contact us.
Technical & Environmental Committee
ADA’s Technical & Environmental Committee discusses engineering, health and safety, environmental and operational matters.
Members
Committee Chairman
Charles Mills
Members
Phil Camamile (Water Management Alliance)
Chris Manning (Water Management Consortium)
Andy Morritt (The Coal Authority)
James Yarham (Environment Agency)
Mat Jackson (West Sussex County Council)
Gary Leatherbarrow (Bedford Pumps)
Oliver Pantry (Upper Medway IDB)
Ed Johnson (Witham Fourth District IDB)
Diana Ward (Independent consultant to Bedford and Ely Groups of IDBs)
Martin Shilling (Witham 3rd IDB)
Dan Martin (Yorkshire & Humber Drainage Boards)
Iain Sturdy (Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium)
Catherine Weightman (Natural England)
Ex Officio
Robert Caudwell (ADA Chair), Peter Bateson (Company Secretary), Innes Thomson (Chief Executive), Ian Moodie (Technical Manager), Mark Phillips (Natural England Representative)
Meetings & Minutes
2023
- 24 May – Environment Agency TEAM 2100, London
- 12 September – In Person
2022
25 January | 24 May | 13 September
2021
8 February | 26 May | 14 September
2020
8 January | 2 June | 16 September
2019
4 September | 5 June | 9 January
2018
18 September | 5 June | 9 January
2017
20 September | 8 June | 10 January
2016
22 September | 11 May | 12 January
2015
16 September | 13 May | 21 January
2014
Policy & Finance Committee
ADA’s Policy & Finance Committee discusses governance, legal, financial, audit and policy matters.
Members
Committee Chairman
Tim Farr
Members
Catherine Harris (Wilkin Chapman LLP)
Andrew McLachlan (Yorkshire & Humber Drainage Boards)
Nigel Everard (Selby Area IDB and Kyle & Upper Ouse IDB)
Matthew Harrison (Lincolnshire County Council)
James Addicott (Environment Agency)
Andrew McGill (Water Management Consortium)
Lorna McShane (Middle Level Commissioners and IDBs)
Richard Powell (RFCC – Anglian (Eastern))
Pete Dowling (River Stour (Kent) IDB)
Carol Tidmarsh (Defra)
Steve Larter (Witham 3rd IDB)
Manjit Pope (Lower Severn IDB)
James Yarham (Environment Agency)
Ex Officio
Robert Caudwell (ADA Chair), Peter Bateson (Company Secretary), Innes Thomson (Chief Executive), Ian Moodie (Technical Manager)
Meeting & Minutes
2023
- 3 February – Online Meeting
- 23 May – Environment Agency TEAM 2100, London
- 13 September – In Person
2022
19 January | 25 May | 21 September
2021
9 February | 15 June | 15 September
2020
8 January | 17 June | 15 September
2019
4 September | 4 June | 5 February
2018
18 September | 6 June | 9 January
2017
19 September | 7 June | 10 January
2016
21 September | 12 May | 12 January
2015
16 September | 13 May | 21 January
