The Environment Agency has appointed a new Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee to its board alongside three reappointments.
Jon Watts has been appointed as a Non-Executive Board Member, as well as Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. His appointment began on 1 April 2025 and will run for three years until 31 March 2028. The Committee provides oversight of the Environment Agency’s risk controls and governance.
Watts is a trustee of the Eden Trust and chair of the Finance Audit and Risk Committee. His experience includes being regional Chief Financial Officer of Unilever Latin America, Director of Finance and Control at SABMiller, and global Chief Financial Officer for Save the Children and for the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.
Stewart Davies, Lilli Matson, and Ines Faden da Silva have been reappointed as board members for second terms, all of which commenced on 1 February 2025 and will run for eighteen months until 1 July 2026. Ines Faden da Silva has also been appointed as the new Deputy Chair of the Board.
Stewart Davies is Chair of OPRL Ltd, which serves over 900 companies across the packaging cycle, collaborating to increase circularity and packaging resource efficiency.
He is also founding Chair of the Bradford Sustainable Development Partnership and has served as Chair of the Environmental Services Association and as a Non-Executive Director on the board of Innovate UK.
Matson has worked for Transport for London since 2006 and is currently Chief Officer of Safety, Health & Environment where she leads initiatives to enhance safety and environmental performance across London’s transport network.
Faden da Silva is a part-time consultant at Tideway London, the company delivering London’s super sewer. She is a Committee Member of the Transition Pathway Initiative and Member of the Expert Panel for Accounting for Sustainability.
