Ian Barker - Board Member

Ian Barker – Board Member

Ian Barker is an internationally recognised authority on water governance, regulation and management. He was the adviser to the Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee for its recent Inquiry into river water quality and sewage pollution.

Ian is an expert adviser to the OECD; an Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems; Fellow, Vice President Environment, Chair of the Professional Standards Committee and Director at the Institute of Water; Director and Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Environment, and a Chartered Environmentalist.

Ian is also an independent non-executive Director with South Staffordshire & Cambridge Water. In 2021 he was given the World Water Summit’s Global Water Excellence award.