The RIDE Forum secretariat manages day-to-day activities. It is hosted by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in Swindon.
You can contact either of these people.
Daniel Knight, programme manager (research)
Email: daniel.knight@nerc.ukri.org
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 24 member organisations.
The group meets twice a year. It oversees all the forum’s activities, from strategic planning to delivery and monitoring the impact of outputs.
The group members are:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council, Lucy Hackett
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Harriet Trewin
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Alistair Carson
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, James Davey
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Robert Bradburne
- Department for Transport, Dan Hills
- Economic and Social Research Council, Susie Stevenson
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Mark Tarplee
- Environment Agency, Glenn Watts
- Forestry Commission, Richard Morris (until end of August 2022)
- Innovate UK, Nick Cliffe
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Christine Maggs
- Medical Research Council, Graham Campbell
- Met Office, Melissa Welsh
- Natural England, Humphrey Crick
- Natural Environment Research Council, Sarah Webb
- Natural Resources Wales, Richard Cardwell
- Nature Scot, Des Thompson
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Sara McGuckin
- Office for National Statistics, Neil Wilson
- Science and Technology Facilities Council, Matt Chisholm
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Peter Singleton (Chair)
- Scottish Government, Sallie Bailey
- Welsh Government, Simon Baldwin.