Sarah Mukherjee and Mark Suthern have been reappointed to the
Board of the Environment Agency.
The Board provides strategic, corporate leadership to the
Environment Agency, which works to create better places for
people and wildlife, and supports sustainable development.
Both members have been reappointed for a second term of twelve
months. Their terms began on 10 January 2026
These appointments have been made in accordance with the
Ministerial Governance Code on Public Appointments. All
appointments have been made on merit and political activity plays
no part in the selection process, nor is a bar to appointment.
Biographies
Sarah Mukherjee MBE
- Sarah is a member of the People and Pay and Environment and
Business Committees.
- Sarah is geographically aligned with the Environment Agency's
South East and East Area Hub.
- Sarah is the Chief Executive of ISEP (Institute of
Sustainability and Environmental Professionals.) She was the
BBC's Environment Correspondent for many years, presenting on
national and international BBC radio and television news, working
– and winning awards - across the world.
- Since leaving the BBC, she has had leadership roles in
utilities and agriculture. She was a panel member for the
National Parks Review and sat on the National Food Strategy
Advisory Panel. She has previously held Non-Executive
Director roles at the Woodland Trust, Harper Adams
University and the Oxford Farming Conference.
- Sarah was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list
in 2021 for her services to agriculture and farmer well-being.
Mark Suthern
- Mark is Chair of the Flood and Coastal Risk Management
Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Assurance and
Environment and Business Committees.
- Mark is geographically aligned to the Environment Agency's
Midlands Area Hub.
- Mark was formerly the Managing Director and National Head of
Agriculture and Landed Estates at Barclays UK Plc. While there,
he was focused on farming, agri-tech, sustainability, energy and
the environment.
- Mark is a chair of the Arthur Rank Centre. Mark is also Chair
of FixOurFood Advisory Board (University of York), a member of
The Ceres Agri-Tech Investment Committee (University of Cambridge
and University of Lincoln), and a Trustee of Society of
Agriculture.
- Mark is also a Lay-Canon and Senior Non-Executive member of
the Chapter at Lincoln Cathedral.
Further information
- The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body set
up under the Environment Act 1995 to take an integrated approach
to environmental protection and enhancement in England. It has
major responsibilities in flood management, water resources and
quality, climate change, land quality, chemicals, pollution
prevention and control, waste, conservation and biodiversity,
fisheries conservation, air quality and navigation.
- The Board for the Environment Agency currently comprises a
Chair and eight members.
