Speakers

Ann Barker has over 25 years of experience in contaminated land investigation and management in consultancy and local authority regulation. She formerly chaired the Environmental Protection UK Land Quality Committee, was a member of the DEFRA Part 2A Expert Panel and is a part-time lecturer on land contamination at Leeds Beckett University. Planning issues, regeneration projects, providing internal advice on potentially problematic properties and Part 2A dominate Ann’s workload. Ann has a lead role within YALPAG and, in 2019, she also co-founded and co-chaired the National Contaminated Land Officers Group (NCLOG). In 2007, Ann was one of the founders of YCLF and chaired the steering group until 2023.