NERC Council member
Nick Folland is a member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Council.
Nick Folland returns to the NERC in 2025, having previously been the Senior Independent Member and Chair of the Remuneration and Audit Committees. He is also currently a member of the NERC and British Antarctic Survey Operations and Safety Assurance Group and will assume the role as Chair from 1 April 2025.
Nick has extensive legal and governance experience, having been General Counsel and Company Secretary in FTSE 100 businesses since 2001. He is currently General Counsel and Company Secretary of Marks and Spencer plc, a role he has held since November 2018.
Nick was appointed non-executive board member at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in May 2024 and is Chair of its Audit Committee.
Nick is a Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Defence Equipment & Support, an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence. He is Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Ocado Retail Ltd and, in May 2024, concluded his role as a Non-Executive Director on the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee of HM Prison and Probation Service.
Period of appointment: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028.
Last updated: 22 April 2025