Information Commissioner's Office

• Lead risk management for abstraction licence changes across AMP programmes, including WINEP and TLL • Maintain a central record of proposed licence changes, tracking drivers, risks, dependencies, and mitigations • Monitor progress and emerging risks, ensuring timely escalation and intervention where required • Identify when abstraction caps cannot be met and lead the development of robust Public Interest Cases (IROPI / OPI) • Engage proactively with regulators, consultants, and internal teams to secure outcomes that protect water supplies and enable compliance • Collaborate with the Sustainable Abstraction Programme Team to design environmental mitigation and compensatory measures • Shape and influence long ‑ term sustainable abstraction strategy, including innovative approaches such as dynamic abstraction licensing • Ensure abstraction needs and licence caps are fully and accurately reflected in WRMP29, PR29, and wider environmental programmes • Provide strategic insight on emerging regulatory trends, risks, and opportunities • Influence future regulatory direction through proactive engagement and policy shaping • Manage consultant support to deliver technical, regulatory, and evidence ‑ based case development • Champion a strong health, safety, and continuous improvement culture