UKEOF is governed by a Management Group (MG) comprising representatives of the UKEOF partners and the Secretariat. The MG meets four times a year, via online and hybrid meetings.
Chair: Ben Ditchburn, Defra
Secretary: Jo Savage, UKEOF Secretariat
Partner representatives
| Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) | Martin McAleese |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | Henry Chafor |
| Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs | Mark Jacob Ben Ditchburn (MG Chair) |
| Economic and Social Research Council | Lizzie Hinchcliffe |
| Environment Agency | Jennifer Taylor James Finigan [A] Rob Grew [A] |
| Forest Research | Freddie Hunter |
| Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Lucy Baker |
| Met Office | Richard Bennett Tom Butcher [A] |
| Natural England | Katie Clark Oliver Grafton [A] |
| Natural Environment Research Council | Simon Kerley |
| Natural Resources Wales | Sue Byrne |
| NatureScot | Philippa Vigano Colin McLeod [A] |
| Office for National Statistics | Hazel Trenbirth |
| Scottish Environment Protection Agency | Peter Singleton |
| Scottish Government | Sandra Marks |
| UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | Victoria Barlow |
| UK Space Agency | Erkan Said Beth Greenaway [A] |
| Welsh Government | Oliver Massey |
| UKEOF Secretariat (based at UKCEH) | Don Monteith is the Secretariat lead Other Secretariat members are invited to attend MG meetings. See the UKEOF Secretariat page for current Secretariat members |
(Last revised 11 April 2025)
[A] Alternate or observer