Trustees – see the biographies for each trustee

Robert Atkins
Rick Barnes
Dave Chapman
Stuart Craig
Nick Dybeck
Peter Marlow
Charlie Norman
Sue O’Hare
Hannah Rigley
Paul Strudwick
Tom White
Mike Wills

Canalway Cavalcade Committee

Libby Bradshaw
Dave Chapman
Karen Cook
Nick Coolican-Smith
John Fevyer
Pete Fleming
Emma Greenall
Craig Haslam
Georgia Howe
Mike Moore
Mike Newman
Tamara Pizarro Fernandez
Liz Rayner
Dorothy Robbie
Alan Robertson
Paul Rodgers – chair
Mark Saxon
Paula Smith
Roger Stocker
Paul Strudwick

Events Committee

Peter Carter
Dave Hearnden
Maria Hearnden
Chris Jennings
Mike Moorse
Steve Taylor

David Venn – corresponding member

Finance Committee

David Carrington
Mike Dyer
Nick Dybeck – chair
Nick Parker
David Rowe
Mike Wills

Mike Palmer – corresponding member

Heritage Advisory Panel

Ivor Caplan
Nigel Crowe
Derek Humphries – Heritage Officer for IWA London Region
Nicki Schiessel Harvey
Ian Sesnan
John Yates

Navigation Committee

Sue O’Hare – chair
Robert Atkins – North West Region nominee
Ivor Caplan – deputy chair
Paul Greenhalgh
Jonathan Mosse – IWA in Scotland representative
John Pomfret – deputy chair
Andrew Shephard – East Midlands Region nominee
Alison Smedley
Verna Smith – South East Region nominee
Andrew Strawson – South West & South Wales Region nominee
David Struckett – West Midlands Region nominee
Paul Strudwick – London Region nominee
Amy Tillson – IWA Campaigns Officer
Vacancy – Eastern Region nominee
Vacancy – North East & Yorkshire Region nominee

Bowman Bradley – corresponding member – IWA representative to Boat Safety Scheme Advisory Committee
Ian Fletcher – corresponding member
Jessal Murarji – corresponding member – IWA Honorary Consultant Engineer
John Reeve – corresponding member
Phil Sharpe – corresponding member – IWA HS2 lead
David Stevenson – corresponding member
Roger Stocker – corresponding member
Adam Wyllie – corresponding member – IWA nominee to Boat Safety Scheme Technical Committee

Planning Advisory Panel

Bob Dewey MRTPI (retd): IWA Honorary Consultant Planner
Ed Gittins FRTPI: IWA Honorary Consultant Planner
Barry Juniper MRTPI(retd): Former Planning Officer and Planning Inspector
Dr Ian Sesnan: BA(Hons), MA(Dist), FRSA
Phil Sharpe BSc. C.Geol. FGS : IWA Lichfield Branch Secretary & Planning Officer, HS2 Lead
Helen Westlake BSc(Econ), MCD, CiLCA : Planning Officer, IWA Northampton Branch

Ivor Caplan Dipl Arch Oxford – corresponding member

Region Chairs

Robert Atkins – North West Region
Jonathan Mosse – IWA in Scotland
David Pullen – East Midlands Region
Hannah Rigley – South West & South Wales Region
Verna Smith – South East Region
Paul Strudwick – London Region
Helen Whitehouse – West Midlands Region
Vacancy – Eastern Region
Vacancy – North East & Yorkshire Region

Remuneration Committee

National Chair – Ex-officio
Stuart Craig (trustee)
Nick Dybeck – Ex-officio as national treasurer
Mike Dyer (member of Finance Committee)
Hannah Rigley (trustee)
Chief executive – Ex-officio – except for own salary

Volunteer Awards Panel

Audrey Smith – chair
John Pomfret
Verna Smith

Waterway Recovery Group Board

Mike Palmer – chair
Rick Barnes
George Eycott
Helen Gardner
Emma Greenall
John Hawkins
Dave Hearnden
Nigel Lee
George Rogers
Jonathan Smith – deputy chair
Harry Watts

Essex Waterways Ltd – Board of Directors

Roy Chandler – chair
David Carrington
Colin Edmond
Neil Edwards – also company secretary
Craig Holliday
Jim Jenkins
John Pomfret

(Listing updated 2nd December 2023)