24/01/2005 - Tricia Henton
has been appointed Director of Environmental
Protection for the Environment Agency. A
past Chief Executive of the Scottish Environmental
Protection Agency (SEPA), Tricia Henton
brings vast expertise in environmental policy
and regulation to the Environment Agency
for England and Wales.
Chief Executive of the Environment Agency
Barbara Young said:
"I am very pleased that we have been
able to persuade Tricia to join the team.
Her experience across a wide range of environmental
issues and her in-depth involvement with
regulation and business fits her excellently
for this role. I am looking forward to working
with Tricia as part of the Directors team
here."
Tricia, who has worked for both the public
and private sector, is looking forward to
her new role. She said:
" I am absolutely delighted to be
joining the Environment Agency. I have always
been passionate about the environment and
have spent nearly all my working life trying
to protect and improve it in ways which
take forward the need for social and economic
progress. I look forward with enthusiasm
to helping the Environment Agency take forward
its agenda of sustainable development."
Tricia Henton's career has encompassed
a broad range of roles advising on environment
regulation, policy and risk assessment.
At the Scottish Environment Protection Agency,
where Tricia was first Director of Environmental
Strategy and then Chief Executive from 1995,
she directed production of the national
waste strategy and SEPA’s environmental
strategy. Prior to this role from 1983 she
established an environmental consultancy
business, Aspinwall & Co Ltd. In addition
to building the business, her technical
work encompassed waste, water and corporate
environmental report auditing.
Tricia chairs the Forestry Commissioners
Advisory Panel and Defra's Regulatory Agencies
Strategy Board. She is a member of the RSPB
Council and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Advisory
Committee.
Tricia is a past president of the Chartered
Institution of Water & Environmental
Management and is a fellow of the Geological
Society of London reflecting her geological
background. She was elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2002.
Tricia’s interests and activities outside
of work include hill walking, bird watching
and travel, with a particular interest in
the history, geography and culture of the
Middle East.
Tricia Henton, who replaces Andrew Skinner
following his retirement, will take up her
new post on 7 March 2005.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
A photograph of Tricia Henton is available
on request. Please contact the press office
for more information.
The Environment Agency for England and Wales
is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB),
set up under the Environment Act 1995, to
take an integrated approach to environmental
protection and enhancement in England and
Wales. The Agency has major responsibilities
for controlling industrial pollution and
wastes management, regulation of the water
environment, and for protection against
flooding from rivers and the sea. The Environment
Agency’s primary aim is to protect and improve
the environment and make a contribution
towards the delivery of sustainable development
through the integrated management of air,
land and water. Details of the Agency’s
functions are available on the Agency’s
website.
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