Sarah Powell

Appointed: January 2022

Sarah has worked for the Environment Agency and its predecessors for over thirty years. In that time she has fulfilled a number of roles relating to regulation and enforcement, environmental planning, policy and customer engagement. Based in Reading, she has worked at local, regional and national level interacting with businesses, NGOs and other stakeholder groups. She served as the Water Industry Planning Manager during PR14 and PR19, working with Thames Water and Southern Water in the development of their business plans.

She led the Environment Agency’s input to the recent WINEP taskforce alongside Defra and Ofwat. Until recently she led the Environment Agency’s approach to chalk streams, before taking up the role of Water Company Account Manager in October 2021. She takes a lead on matters relating to Thames Water, Southern Water and Anglian Water.