Dr Rebecca Heaton

NERC Council member

Dr Rebecca Heaton is a member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Council.

Rebecca has a 20 year global career working at the interface between business, science and policy.

After an early career in academia, she has held senior roles in a number of large energy companies. Rebecca is currently the Director of Environmental Sustainability for Lloyds Banking Group.

A Chartered Forester, her expertise spans energy, climate change and land-use and the role business has to play in enabling the UK to decarbonise.

She was a member of the UK Committee on Climate on Change from 2017 to 2021.

Last updated: 1 September 2023

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