Trustees – see the biographies for each trustee
Les Etheridge – chair
Robert Atkins
John Butler
Dave Chapman
Nick Dybeck – deputy chair
Rebecca Hughes
Hannah Sterritt
Sue O’Hare – deputy chair
Canalway Cavalcade Committee
Tom Claydon – chair
Libby Bradshaw
John Fevyer
Pete Fleming
Emma Greenall
Malcolm Hasler
John Minns
Geoff Moody
Mike Moore
Mike Newman
Alan Robertson
Christine Smith – deputy chair
Peter Stanley
Roger Stocker
Nick Coolican-Smith – corresponding member
Craig Haslam – corresponding member
Dorothy Robbie – corresponding member
Roger Squires – corresponding member
Amy Tillson – corresponding member
Events Committee
Jane Elwell – chair
John Butler
Peter Carter
Mike Elwell
Dave Hearnden
Maria Hearnden
Chris Jennings
Christine Kemp
Mike Moorse
Christine Smith
David Venn – corresponding member
Finance Committee
John Butler – chair
David Carrington
Mike Dyer
Nick Parker
David Rowe
Les Etheridge – corresponding member
Mike Palmer – corresponding member
Heritage Advisory Panel
Ivor Caplan
Nigel Crowe
Derek Humphries – Heritage Officer for IWA London Region
Nicki Schiessel Harvey
Ian Sesnan
Navigation Committee
Sue O’Hare – chair
Robert Atkins – North West Region nominee
Andrew Shephard – East Midlands Region nominee
Ivor Caplan – deputy chair
Richard Davies – Scotland representative
Ian Fletcher – West Midlands Region nominee
Jonathan Mosse – Deputy Scotland representative
John Pomfret – deputy chair
Alison Smedley
Verna Smith – South East Region nominee
David Struckett
Paul Strudwick – London Region nominee
Andy Wedgbury – Angling representative
Vacancy – Eastern Region nominee
Vacancy – North East & Yorkshire Region nominee
Bowman Bradley – corresponding member – IWA representative to Boat Safety Scheme Advisory Committee
John Reeve – corresponding member
Phil Sharpe – corresponding member
David Stevenson – corresponding member
Roger Stocker – corresponding member
Roy Sutton – corresponding member
Adam Wylie – corresponding member – IWA nominee to Boat Safety Scheme Technical Committee
Planning Advisory Panel
Bob Dewey MRTPI: IWA Honorary Consultant Planner
Ed Gittins FRTPI: IWA Honorary Consultant Planner
Barry Juniper MRTPI(rtd): Former Planning Officer and Planning Inspector
Dr Ian Sesnan: BA(Hons), MA(Dist), FRSA
Phil Sharpe BSc. C.Geol. FGS: Planning Officer : IWA Lichfield Branch
Region Chairs
Robert Atkins – North West Region
Roger Francis – South West & South Wales Region
David Pullen – East Midlands 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
Les Etheridge – Ex-officio as national chair
John Butler – Ex-officio as national treasurer
Jonathan Smith – Ex-officio as chief executive except for own salary
Mike Dyer (member of Finance Committee)
Hannah Sterritt (trustee)
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
David Smart
(Listing updated 1st August 2022)