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Register of board members' interests 2025

Updated 14 October 2025

Applies to England

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Register of interests: Board members  

Alan Lovell, Chair  

Additional roles 

  • Partnership at Palace House International (two) LLP since 2007  

Remunerated interests  

  • SIG plc – Non-Executive Director 

Significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies 

  • Progressive Energy  

  • Highview Power 

  • Abundance Investments 

Ines Faden da Silva, Deputy Chair  

Unremunerated interests  

  • LSE Transition Pathway Initiative Centre – Member of Commercialisation Committee 

  • Accounting for Sustainability – Member of Expert Panel 

  • Chapter Zero – Member 

Significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies 

  • International Distributions Services Plc 

  • Citigroup Inc 

Mark Suthern, Board member  

Remunerated interests  

  • H.L. Hutchinson Limited – Member of the Hutchinsons Sustainability Advisory Council   

  • Mark Suthern 63 Ltd – Director and Shareholder. Private consultancy business focused on agriculture and supply chain 

  • Robofruits.AI. Limited – Part-time Chief Executive Officer with 10% shareholding (Company currently dormant)   

Unremunerated interests  

  • Arthur Rank Centre – Trustee 

  • Ceres Agri-Tech – Member of Investment Committee 

  • Institute of Agricultural management – Trustee  

  • Lincoln Cathedral – Lay canon and Chapter member 

  • Lincoln Diocesan Synod and Deanery Synod – Churchwarden and member  

  • College of the Chapel of St George – Organiser  

  • Fix Our Food – Chair of Advisory Board  

  • Lincolnshire Agricultural Society – Member 

  • The Farmers Club – Member  

Significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies 

  •  Barclays Plc 

Lilli Matson, Board member  

Remunerated interests  

  • Transport for London – Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer  

  • London Underground Limited – Director (role part of employment by TfL) 

  • Rail for London Limited – Director (role part of employment by TfL) 

Unremunerated interests  

  • London Transport Museum – Trustee 

Sarah Mukherjee, Board member 

Remunerated interests  

  •  Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) – Chief Executive Officer  

  • John Lewis Partnership plc – Advisor to the Ethics and Sustainability Committee 

Stewart Davies, Board member    

Remunerated interests  

  • OPRL Limited – Non-Executive Chair  

Unremunerated interests  

  • University of Bradford Council – Lay Member and Trustee 

  • Bradford District Sustainable Development Partnership – Chair  

Significant shareholdings or interests in public or private companies 

  • PinPoint Data Science Ltd 

Other interests 

  • Oak Beck river is located at the boundary of owned property in Yorkshire  

Maya Leibman, Board member 

Remunerated interests   

  • Enterprise Alumni – Non-Executive Director  

  • Acuity Brands – Non-Executive Director 

Unremunerated interests  

  •  Breaking Down Barriers – Non-Executive Director  

Brittany Harris, Board member    

Remunerated interests   

  • Qualis Flow – Chief Executive Officer   

Unremunerated interests  

  • Royal Academy of Engineers – Enterprise Fellow  

  • Institution of Civil Engineers – Fellow and Member 

Relevant family members’ interests or persons living in your household 

  • Arcadis – Landscape architect  

Jonathan Watts, Board member    

Remunerated interests   

  • CIFF General Partner Ltd – Non-Executive Director 

  • Consultancy to charitable foundations and Non-Government Organisations – Self-employed  

Unremunerated interests  

  • Eden Trust – Trustee  

Other interests 

  • Owns property in Cornwall that is protected by an Environment Agency asset  

Register of interests: Executive Directors  

Philip Duffy, Chief Executive 

Other interests 

  • Owns property in Kent which is protected by an Environment Agency asset 

Sarah Chare, Executive Director Local Operations 

Unremunerated interests  

  • The Land Trust – Non-Executive Director  

Relevant family members’ interests or persons living in your household 

  • EDF Energy – Lawyer 

  • Novuna Vehicle Solutions – Accountant   

Caroline Douglass, Executive Director Flood and Coastal Risk Management    

Unremunerated interests  

  • Institute of Directors – Member 

  • National Trust – Member 

  • Ramblers – Member  

Tamara Bruck, Executive Director Strategy, Transformation and Assurance  

No interests declared.  

John Leyland, Executive Director Environment and Business   

No interests declared.

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