Waste consultant Gill Weeks OBE has been appointed to the Board of the Environment Agency (EA), the independent body that delivers government policy for ‘the protection and enhancement of the environment’.

Taking effect from 8 September, Weeks will provide ‘non-executive leadership challenge and support’ to the executive through regular board meetings, committees and groups.

Along with Dr Clive Elphick, an independent director of National Grid Gas plc who has been reappointed to the board, Weeks will also undertake individual lead roles on relevant issues and with local operational teams.

Earlier this week, Philip Dilley, the former Executive Chairman of engineering consulting firm Arup, was approved as the new Chair of the EA.

Biographical details of Gill Weeks

Weeks, joint owner of environmental consultancy Dean Weeks Consultants Ltd, received an OBE in 2011 for services to the waste management sector.

She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), and is a Chartered Environmentalist.

Previously, Weeks had been a Regulatory Affairs Director at Veolia Environmental Services and was the acting Policy Director at the Environmental Services Association from 2010 to 2011.

Biographical details of Dr Clive Elphick

Dr Clive Elphick is an independent director of National Grid Gas plc and of National Grid Electricity Transmission plc, a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and a trustee of National Museums Liverpool and of Lancashire Wildlife Trust.

His previous roles include: Managing Director at United Utilities Group plc; non-executive director of the Audit Committee at the Department of State; and Chairman of the Confederation of British Industry for the North West of England.

He previously worked for chemical company ICI plc and financial services firm Deloitte.