Board of Trustees

  • Jim Hall
    Chair of the Board of Trustees

    Jim is Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks and Director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford. His research focuses upon management of climate-related risks in infrastructure systems, in particular relating to flooding, coastal erosion and water scarcity.

  • Rob Lamb
    Managing Director

    Rob has 20 years' experience in academic research and commercial research and development. He specialised in hydrology and flood risk science, and has published work in numerous journals as well as being co-author of two text books. Since 2008, Rob has been Chief Scientist to the JBA Group, leading JBA’s scientific research and development.

  • Keith Beven

    Keith is Distinguished Professor of Hydrology at Lancaster University, with research interests in risk and uncertainty in environmental modelling, particularly in the areas of rainfall-runoff modelling, flood inundation, flood forecasting, hydrological change, and water quality modelling.

  • Jeremy Benn

    Jeremy is a Director of the Trust and CEO of the JBA Group.  He has 30 years' experience of water engineering and hydrology gained from consultancy work in the UK, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Eastern Europe and Australia.

  • Nick Russell

    Nick is a director of the trust. Having gained almost 40 years' experience in corporate banking he is now an independent financial consultant.

  • Joy Whittaker
    Company Secretary

    Joy has been Company Secretary of JBA Consulting since 1996 and is also currently Human Resources Director for the company.