The RIDE Forum secretariat manages day-to-day activities. It is hosted by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in Swindon.
Penny Gordon, senior programme manager
Email: penny.gordon@nerc.ukri.org
Governance
The forum is overseen by a senior group of representatives from each of the 23 member organisations.
The group meets annually. It also oversees the forum’s wider activities, from strategic planning to delivery.
The group members are:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council, Lucy Hackett
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Jamie Stone
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Alistair Carson
- Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero, Savio Moniz
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Justine Bejta
- Department for Transport, representative to be confirmed
- Economic and Social Research Council, Susie Stevenson
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Mark Tarplee
- Environment Agency, Josh Bunce
- Forest Research, Bianca Ambrose-Oji
- Innovate UK, Nick Cliffe
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Dave Stone
- Medical Research Council, Graham Campbell
- Met Office, Melissa Welsh
- Natural England, Cheryl Willis
- Natural Environment Research Council, Sarah Turner
- Natural Resources Wales, Richard Cardwell
- Nature Scot, Clive Mitchell (Chair)
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Sara McGuckin
- Science and Technology Facilities Council, Matt Chisholm
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Setareh Stephan
- Scottish Government, Eann Munro
- Welsh Government, Simon Baldwin