Our People

Technical Director – Strategy & Planning

Mark specialises in the development and use of asset resilience techniques to understand operational and business risks in the water and gas sectors. He consults on projects spanning potable water storage optimisation and CFD modelling to cost and carbon modelling.

Technical Director

Jane has extensive experience in waste characterisation, resource efficiency studies and evaluating recovery opportunities for waste in line with circular economy initiatives. We work with environmental regulators to inform policy and business decisions, and the regulated to support the UK in delivery of sound decisions based on the performance of the waste for industrial waste producers, waste management companies and their trade bodies.

Technical Director, Environmental Geoscience & Hydrology

Catherine has over 20 years’ experience as a geo-environmental specialist. Her particular focus is hydrological, hydrogeological and peat impact and risk assessment, including water environment and ground conditions assessments for renewable energy, grid connection and infrastructure projects. She is involved in peatland restoration work, relating to habitat improvement and water management as well as the Peatland Code and carbon credit schemes.

Technical Director – Assurance & Accreditation

James has over 15 years’ experience in the Water and Wastewater Sector specialising in management systems, potable distribution networks (including customer side lead supply pipes, Water Regulations and Water Efficiency). James leads WRc Approved, Testing and Meter Testing alongside Technology & Innovation teams.

Associate Director

Kevin's expertise lies in municipal and industrial water treatment processes, specialising in operational & strategic risk management and substantial multi-site operational management. His work also helps clients to mitigate odour, optimise micropollutant removal solutions and discover opportunities for water reuse and wastewater recycling.

Head of Technology

Leo's expertise lies in technology and innovation in the water sector, with projects including technology transfer between water and gas sectors. He also delivers guidance on applications and standards, and performs technology testing, approval and certification for our WRc Approved scheme.

Head of Pollution and Flooding Reduction

Wastewater flooding and wastewater pollution specialist Peter has an extensive background in sewer flow surveys, pipeline condition assessment and inspection, and rehabilitation using innovative techniques to determine remaining asset life. 

Head of Wastewater Infrastructure

Paul has +25 years’ experience in the water industry, relating to the technical delivery of sewerage studies, including the project management of feasibility studies and projects. Paul also has recent experience of strategic planning, asset management and the inputs to the regulatory price review process. As Head of Wastewater Infrastructure at WRc, Paul is tasked with providing leadership and taking ownership in terms of the development of the strategy for business growth for our UK and international client base. He is responsible for engaging with clients and the broader RSK community, to set the strategy for the growth in the wastewater infrastructure area and demonstrating thought leadership in this space. As part of Paul's role, he actively engages with relevant scientific organisations and communities to build strong relationships and continue to secure WRc’s reputation in this area.

Principal Consultant

Andy's expertise covers all technologies of flow measurement across clean and wastewater applications. He designs and performs test and evaluation exercises against requirements on meters, and has been closely involved with the EA's MCERTS scheme for water monitoring.

Principal Consultant

Nick is a C.WEM and C.Eng specialising in sewers: inspection technologies; deterioration mechanisms; collapse analysis; hydraulic modelling; and cost analysis of flooding schemes. He was a major contributor to the SRM Sewer Risk Management website Sewer Renovation Design Guide.

Principal Engineer

James has extensive experience working in the water industry, encompassing all aspects of water supply and distribution. He leads WRc's engineers in helping water utilities to analyse network-wide performance and optimise networks using modelling, contributing to leakage reduction.

Principal Toxicologist

Ehi is a Principal Toxicologist at the National Centre for Environmental Toxicology (NCET). She has over 20 years’ experience in undertaking research and providing scientific assessments on the health effects of exposures to chemicals. She leads the toxicology team at WRc and specialises in undertaking chemical risk assessments in drinking water. She is a UK and EU registered Toxicologist.

Technical Manager

Anthony specialises in advising on, developing, and implementing innovative techniques and solutions for pipeline condition assessment, inspection and leak detection (including Sahara®, SmartBall®, and PipeDiver®), as part of WRc's wider goal to help reduce leakage.

Principal Consultant

Jeremy's expertise lies in the modelling of systems, processes and hydraulics at sewage and industrial effluent treatment works. He is the lead developer of WRc's software tools for dynamic wastewater plant modelling (STOAT) and design (Plan-It STOAT), and helped develop WRc's cost and carbon modelling software (TR61) and catchment-scale modelling software (SIMPOL ICM).

Principal Consultant

Stewart is technical lead for our thermal treatment projects and closely involved in the EfW BAT review and the extension of the UK ETS to the sector. He has over 20 years’ academic, consultancy and operational experience in waste.

Principal Consultant

Richard is a process engineer with over 12 years’ experience in waste and recycling. He specialises in the development and evaluation of separation and recycling processes for a range of materials, including waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), automotive shredder residue (ASR), packaging and construction products. Richard also provides support to brands, retailers and product designers to improve product recyclability and circularity.

Head of Regulatory Assurance

Gareth is Head of Regulatory Assurance at WRc, with experience across the UK and international water sector. He has worked across the full value chain, from strategy, sector reform and economic regulation to operational delivery. In the UK, he has led price reviews, WRMPs and operational teams, and now provides consultancy and advisory support to clients.

Principal Consultant – Water Treatment

Tom has over 15 years’ experience of drinking water treatment. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) and holds a MSc and PhD from Cranfield University. His expertise lies in the control of aquatic pollutants during water treatment. These include micropollutants such as PFAS, natural organic matter and disinfection byproducts.

Head of Water Networks

Richard, an experienced Civil Engineer, is the Head of Water Networks at WRc responsible for leading multiple potable water projects. He has 37 years' experience in the UK and overseas providing professional water supply services in design and planning of strategic water supply systems, distribution system optimisation, all-mains hydraulic modelling, and operational support. Richard has experience leading teams in technical assurance, writing design standards and specifications, and reviewing operational procedures for utilities, governments and regulators. He is technical lead for the publication of the Civil Engineering Specification for the Water Industry, which is the civil engineering standard used by all UK water companies and their contractors.

Principal Consultant (System Optimisation & Resilience)

Kirsty is a Principal Consultant with over 13 years’ experience in the water industry. She is a Chartered Environmentalist with experience in leakage, asset planning and now specialises in clean water systems optimisation and resilience. With a keen interest in systems thinking, Kirsty has led teams of engineers to design and deliver source to tap solutions which maximised the value of asset investments and achieved multiple benefits. As an Experienced Professional member of the Institute of Water, Kirsty is currently South East Area Chair, a professional registration assessor and mentor.