Emma Goddard

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About Emma Goddard

Emma is an innovative, advanced systems thinking practitioner, recently awarded a distinction for an Executive MBA at Strathclyde University, with over 30 years environmental management experience, currently the senior environmental lead at South East Water. A pioneering chartered ecologist, she excels in strategy and performance improvement, fostering a strong environmental culture. Her responsibilities encompass environmental policy, catchment management, sustainable abstraction, biodiversity, environmental aspects of infrastructure delivery and environmental risk. Emma leads a large environmental team delivering a significant environmental programme and strategically drives the company's long-term environmental resilience. A natural stakeholder lead, she builds strong relationships with regulators and other bodies. Her expertise includes water resource management, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Habitat Regulations Assessments, Biodiversity Net Gain, Nature Based solutions, environmental law, navigating regulations, stakeholder engagement, protected species, and Environmental Impact Assessments. Emma also brings strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.