Helen Wakeham MSc FCIWEM is a water, land and environment professional with 30 years’ experience in environmental policy and regulation. Her career has spanned incident management and prevention, research, European Directive and Best Available Technique development, agriculture and land management policy and flood risk. She most recently led the transformation of the Environment Agency’s regulation of the water industry. She is currently Director of Water at the Environment Agency. Outside of work she enjoys being in, on and under our rivers, lakes and sea.