Chief Executive
Sir James Bevan
Biography
Sir James Bevan joined the Environment Agency (EA) as Chief Executive in late November 2015.
Sir James has had a long career in government. His previous roles include:
- UK High Commissioner to India
- Chief Operating Officer, UK Foreign Office
- Visiting Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard
He has also held a number of senior posts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office including posts in Washington, Paris and Brussels.
Sir James has a BA Honours in Social Anthropology from the University of Sussex.
He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2006 and was awarded a Knighthood in 2012. Sir James was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sussex University in 2012.
Chief Executive
The Chief Executive is the leader of the EA and is responsible for the day to day management of the organisation.
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Crackdown on waste crime: Time to stop trashing our future
- The work of the Environment Agency
- Water is the most important thing there is
- Water: Myths, Facts and Inconvenient Truths
- Take Back Control: Two Futures (or how to beat the climate emergency)
- How to regulate better after Brexit: Think differently, speak softly and carry a bigger stick
- What next after COP? Fund the future or face the fire
- Drought risk in the Anthropocene: from the Jaws of Death to the Waters of Life
- Clean Up, Green Up and Level Up: how to build a future city
- More than Zero: why Net Zero alone won’t save the planet - and what will