I joined the Environment Agency in 2012 as a Customers & Engagement Officer managing our Area's relationship with our local authorities. Following this I worked in our flood risk management teams and on the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme. In 2015 I became the Customers & Engagement Team Leader and moved into my current role as the Sampling & Collection Team Leader in 2018. My current team undertake fish and ecological surveys, measure the height of groundwater and collect water samples for chemical analysis. Alongside my day job I also lead the Thames Area Floating Pennywort Action Group and the Thames Area Biosecurity Group.
The Thames Floating Pennywort Action Group is a team of Environment Agency staff from across our organisation that you have probably never heard of. But we have been quietly working, with invaluable help from local groups, members of the public …
