Register of interests - Other Employment
| Expand details | Name | Position in NRW | Effective date | Organisation | Nature of business | Nature of post | Remunerated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | February 2015 - present | Cycling 4 All | Charity | Trustee/Member | No | |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | May 2015 - present | Skill Hive CIC (dormant co) | Community interest company | Director/Member | No | |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | July 2005 - present | IK Tech Ltd | Technology company | Company Secretary. Spouse is Director IK Tech Ltd | Yes | |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | February 2011 - present | Groundwork North Wales (including Wild Ground & Refurbs Flintshire) | Registered charity | CEO | Yes | |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | September 2019 - present | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Public body | Independent member of JNCC People and Audit Committees | Yes | |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | September 2022 - present | The Federation of Groundwork Trusts | Charity | Co-opted Trustee | No | |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2025 - present | Groundwork Northern Ireland | Charity | Company Secretary | No | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | June 2023 to present | Sustineri Properties Limited | Commercial property organisation | Director | No | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2022 to present | DeMontfort University | University | Lecturer | Yes | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2021 to present | Industry Wales / Sector Development Partnership | Welsh Government Sponsored organisation/Forums for Industry | Non-Executive Director | Yes | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2020 to present | Sustineri Limited | Sustainability Consultancy/Social Enterprise | Founder and Director | Yes | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | March 2020 to present | Centre for Sustainability | Foundation and Think-Tank | Founder and Director | Yes | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2015 to present | Crystal Law Limited | Solicitors Practice | Strategy and Commercial Director | Yes | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2015 to present | Welsh Government | Adviser | Adhoc - Occasionally advise on various sustainability related matters | No | |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2020 to present | Transport for Wales (TfW) | Sustainable Development Advisory Panel Representative | Hush sits on the panel and advises where necessary on sustainability related matters. | No | |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2023- present | Ynys Resources | Environmental and Sustainability Consultancy | Director | Yes | |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | November 2024-present | Co-production Labs Wales | Not-for-profit social enterprise | Lottery funded Dewi project –co-production specialist working across North Wales PSBs | Yes | |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2013-present | European Commission – Horizon Europe | Government | Reviewer and Evaluator of projects and grants | Yes | |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2014 -present | Menter Mon | Not-for-profit social enterprise | Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board | No | |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2014- present | Innovate UK | UK Government | Evaluator of grants | Yes | |
| Professor Calvin Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2025 - 9 February 2026 | Welsh Government | Biodiversity Targets Task Force | Member | No | |
| Professor Calvin Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 10 March 2025 - present | Jones the Numbers LTD | Economic Consultancy | Managing Director | Yes | |
| Lesley Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | August 2023 - present | Welsh Salmon and Trout Angling Association | Governing Body for Game Angling in Wales | Husband is Secretary | No | |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1995 - present | Aberystwyth University | Higher Education | Lecturer | Yes | |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | December 2021 - present | Iaith Cyf | Consulting on Projects | Associate Consultant (ad hoc) | Yes (but only if required for specific projects) | |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 30th June 2023 - present | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Government Advisory Committee | NRW Representative | No | |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1 January 2024 - present | Rural Wales Local Policy Innovation Partnerships | Research centre looking at policy innovation in rural Wales which has support from NRW | Member of the research centre | No | |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1st February 2024 - present | British Academy/Coventry University | Part of a research project examining understandings of land use in the Cambrian Mountains | Member of research team led by Donna Udall of Coventry University. | No | |
| Mark McKenna | Non-Executive Director | 26 January 2005 - present | Down to Earth Project | Social Enterprise - education & wellbeing | Founder Director | Yes | |
| Mark McKenna | Non-Executive Director | 25 September 2014 - present | Down to Earth Construction | Social Enterprise - sustainable construction | Founder Director | Yes | |
| Mark McKenna | Non-Executive Director | September 2023 - 31 October 2025 | Skyline Partnership with Down to Earth | Community Partnership funded through the National Lottery Climate Action Fund (grant funding commences September 2023 for 24 months) | CEO of Down to Earth | Mark is remunerated in his role as CEO. His role is not directly remunerated through this project. However, the organisation he is CEO of is the grant recipient of this partnership. | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1984 - present | Cardiff University | Education | Professor | Yes | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2015 - present | Cardiff Water Research Institute | Research/Education | Co-Director | Yes - as part of Cardiff University role | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2015 - present | Cardiff Water Research Institute | Research/Education | Spouse is Director | Yes - Spouse's principle occupation | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1981 - present | Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory | Research | Collaboration with NRW on the provision of monitoring data | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2018 - present | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | Wildlife charity | Vice President | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2018 - 2026 | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Government Advisory Committee | NRW Representative | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2022 - 2025 | Welsh Government Biodiversity Deep Dive | Government Advisory Committee | Expert Panel Member | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2023 - present | Environment Agency | Regulatory Body | Expert witness on pollution | Yes | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2024 - present | Environmental Markets Board | Governance Framework for Environmental Markets | Chair, Science Advisory Group and Board Member | Yes from 2026 | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | November 2024 - present | Welsh Government | Biodiversity Targets Task Force | Spouse is Member | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2025 | Royal Mail | Consultant on special stamp series (Ducks) and contributor to Royal Mail Yearbook | Consultancy | Yes | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | February 2025 - July 2025 | Sir Jon Cunliffe ‘Independent commission on the water sector regulatory system’ | UK and Welsh Government Advisory Commission | Spouse is Member | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2025 - present | Welsh Government | St David’s Awards Advisory Committee | Member | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | May 2025 - present | Welsh Government | Strategic Implementation Group (30 by 30) | Chair | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | March 2026 - present | Welsh Government | Wales Beaver Forum | Chair | No | |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | March 2026 - present | Bank of England | Expert Panel on Banknote Imagery | Member | No | |
| Helen Pittaway | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 30/09/2019 01/10/2023 - present | Cartrefi Conwy Cyfyngedig Limited | Independent not-for-profit Registered Social Landlord | Non Executive Director Chair | Yes | |
| Helen Pittaway | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 03/03/2018 - present | Old Penrhosian Provident Fund | Charity | Trustee Treasurer | No | |
| Helen Pittaway | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 31/01/2020 – present | Merseyside Special Investment Fund Limited (MSIF Limited) | Impact Fund Investor | Non- Executive Director | Yes | |
| Helen Pittaway | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 11/08/2020 - present | River Capital (Formerly known as AFM Merseyside Mezzanine Limited) | Fund Manager Subsidiary of MSIF Limited | Non- Executive Director | Yes | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | November 2024 - present | National Botanic Garden of Wales | Conservation and engagement charity | Trustee | No | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2023 - present | Osprey Leadership Foundation | Youth development charity | Mentor | No | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | March 2021 - present | Gwent Wildlife Trust | Nature conservation charity | Wife’s employer | Yes | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | June 2024 - present | Ad Infinitum Consulting | Management Consultancy | Owner | Yes | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | December 2024 - present | Severn Area Rescue Association | Search and rescue charity | Land Search, Flood, and Swiftwater Rescue Technician and Fundraiser | No | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2025 - present | Usk Catchment Partnership (hosted by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority) | River catchment partnership | Chair | Yes | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1st April 2026 - present | Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority | National Park | Authority Member | Yes | |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 16th April 2026 - present | Welsh Government Biodiversity Strategic Implementation Group | Welsh Government group to establish and deliver a shared vision for nature recovery in Wales | Specialist Adviser | No | |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NRW's Board | February 2017 - present | National Museums Liverpool | Galleries and museums foundation | Trustee | No | |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NRW's Board | April 2022 - present | NML Foundation | Charity | Trustee | No | |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NRW's Board | November 2024 - present | Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust | Healthcare | Chair | Yes | |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NRW's Board | March 2018 - present | Wirral University Hospitals Foundation Trust | Healthcare | Chair | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | April 2026 – present | Connecting Places Catapult | Supporting SME and Start up to Help UK Grow. Part of Innovate UK and a government sponsored body in Westminster. | Independent Chair | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | December 2024 – present | Forestry England Board | Executive agency, sponsored by Forestry Commission | Non Exec Director | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | December 2024 – present | Forestry Commission | UK Government body (non-ministerial department) | Non Exec Commissioner | No | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | February 2024 – present | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | Executive Agency sponsored by the Ministry of Justice | Magistrate (Family Courts) | No | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | September 2022 – present | HM Land Registry | Non-ministerial department, registering ownership of land and property in England and Wales | Independent Chair | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | March 2021 – present | East West Rail Co (non-departmental public body created by Department for Transport) | Railway company | Independent Chair | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | March 2020 – March 2026 | Defence Infrastructure Organisation for the MoD | Part of the Ministry of Defence | Independent Chair | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | January 2016 – present | Governing Council of the University of Warwick | University | Chair since August 2025, Council Member since January 2016, Pro-Chancellor and Trustee | No | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | December 2024 – December 2025 | Arnolfini Arts Centre | Charity to bring arts to the community | Independent Chair of Trustees | No | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | February 2021 – December 2025 | London Continental Railways | Owned by Department of Transport | Non Exec Director | Yes | |
| Neil Sachdev | Chair of NRW's Board | July 2016 – December 2025 | Network Rail Property Ltd | Commercial division of Network Rail | Non Exec Director | Yes | |
| Ceri Davies | Chief Executive | August 2023 - present | Keep Wales Tidy | Keep Wales Tidy (KWT) is a charity committed to working with local communities across Wales to protect the environment. | Trustee and Board Member | No |
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