Transparency data

EA executive directors and board expenses 2022 to 2023

Updated 19 March 2024

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The Environment Agency provides flood risk management, environmental regulation and other environmental services across England. The majority of staff are based in local offices close to where they provide services. Our main National Office is in Bristol, with a further office in London.

The nature of the work of the Chair, Chief Executive and Executive Directors requires a significant degree of travel in England. This includes early starts and late finishes necessitating overnight stays. So that the Environment Agency can remain effectively networked with environmental regulators in other countries, some foreign travel is required. This report reflects expenses which were paid by the Environment Agency and does not include travel paid for by external partners.

To minimise carbon emissions, travel in the UK is mostly undertaken using public transport. Best value is used both for travel and for hotel accommodation through the Environment Agency and cross-government procurement contracts.

Director or Board Member UK accomm-
odation and
subsistence (£)		 total travel inc mileage and UK travel (£) Foreign accomm-
odation
and
subsistence (£)		 Foreign travel (£) Total (£)
Alan Lovell – Chair[footnote 1] 352.44 1,545.37 0 0 1,897.81
Emma Howard Boyd – Chair[footnote 2] 679.98 3,808.93 0 0 4,488.91
James Bevan – Chief Executive 1,170.26 4,489.59 0 0 5,659.85
Lucy Hunt – Chief Operating Officer 777.45 5,273.09 0 0 6,050.54
John Curtin – Executive Director Local Operations 3,144.06 2,998.19 0 0 6,142.22
John Leyland – Executive Director of Environment and Business[footnote 3] 1,596.97 1,852.68 0 0 3,449.65
Harvey Bradshaw – Executive Director of Environment and Business[footnote 4] 80.17 1,150.10 0 0 1,230.27
Caroline Douglass – Executive Director of Flood and Costal Risk Management 1,091.38 3,998.20 916.01 495.17 6,500.76
12 Board members (not included above)[footnote 5] 3,222.04 10,285.15 0 0 13,607.19
Totals 12,114.75 35,401.30 916.01 495.17 49,027.20

  1. Alan Lovell joined the organisation on 19 September 2022. ↩

  2. Emma Howard Boyd left the organisation on 18 September 2022. ↩

  3. John Leyland was appointed Executive Director of Environment and Business in October 2022. ↩

  4. Harvey Bradshaw left the organisation in December 2022. ↩

  5. 11 Board members from 31 March 2022, 10 Board members from 30 June 2022, 9 Board members from 15 July 2022. ↩

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