Trustees – see the biographies for each trustee

Robert Atkins
Rick Barnes
Dave Chapman
Stuart Craig
Nick Dybeck (deputy chair – restoration)
Paul Lynam (deputy chair – finance)
Peter Marlow (deputy chair – membership and environment)
Charlie Norman
Sue O’Hare (deputy chair – navigation and campaigns)
Hannah Rigley
Paul Strudwick
Mike Wills (national chair)

Interim Management Group

Nick Dybeck
Neil Edwards
Charlie Norman
Sue O’Hare
Mike Wills

Canalway Cavalcade Committee

Mikk Bradley
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
Paul Lynam – chair
Nick Parker
Mike Wills

Mike Palmer – corresponding member

Heritage Advisory Panel

Ivor Caplan Dipl Arch Oxford
Nigel Crowe
Derek Humphries – Heritage Officer for IWA London Region
Nicki Schiessel Harvey
Dr Ian Sesnan BA Hons, MA(Dist)
John Yates

Inland Waterways Freight Group

John Spencer – chair
John Pomfret
Jonathan Mosse
David Lowe
Pamela Mounter
Gerry Heward

Navigation Committee

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Sue O’Hare – chair
Robert Atkins – North West Region nominee
Ivor Caplan – deputy chair
Paul Greenhalgh
Jonathan Mosse – IWA in Scotland representative
John Pomfret
Andrew Shephard – East Midlands Region nominee
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 (main contact for the panel)
Barry Juniper MRTPI(retd): Former Planning Officer and Planning Inspector
Phil Sharpe BSc. 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
Dr Ian Sesnan BA Hons, MA(Dist) – 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

Stuart Craig (trustee)
Mike Dyer (member of Finance Committee)
Paul Lynam (ex-officio as deputy national chair – finance)
Hannah Rigley (trustee)
Mike Wills (ex-officio as national chair)

Sustainable Boating Group

Bowman Bradley (chair)
Malcolm Bridge
Peter Fisher
Jonathan Mosse
Rupert Smedley
Peter Stacey
David Struckett
Adam Wyllie

Volunteer Awards Panel

Audrey Smith – chair
John Pomfret
Verna Smith

Waterway Recovery Group Board

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

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 29th February 2024)