Sir Philip Dilley appointed as new Chairman of Environment Agency

Sir Philip Dilley has been confirmed as the new Chairman of the Environment Agency and will take up the post on 8 September 2014. Mr Dilley was until recently the Executive Chairman of Arup, a trust-owned global planning, engineering, and project management consulting group with fee revenues in excess of £1 billion and more than 11,000 staff members. His role carried responsibility for the group performance and brand. Mr Dilley has spent most of his career with the Arup Group. Arup was founded in 1946 with an initial focus on structural engineering, and its major worldwide projects include the Sydney Opera House and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Mr Dilley is also Chairman of London First, a business membership organisation with the mission to make London the best city in the world in which to do business. It influences national and local government policies and investment decisions to support London's global competitiveness. He is also a member of the governing council of Imperial College, which carries out undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and research in science, engineering, medicine, and business. From 2011 to 2013, Mr Dilley was a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Group, which is comprised of business leaders from sectors of strategic importance to the UK who are invited to provide regular, high-level advice to the Prime Minister on business and economic issues.