Anna Hewson

Principal Advisor

BSc in Geography

Associate Member of IEMA

Anna is a proactive, adaptable and client-focused Environmental Consultant. She has over 16 years’ experience delivering improvements to high value infrastructure projects (of up to £26 billion). Anna motivates and manages multi-disciplinary teams to deliver Environmental Impact Assessments, IS014001 accredited EMS and environment, sustainability and consenting requirements in both the private and public sector. Her industry focus is within the rail and infrastructure, water and environment sectors, with further experience of highways, airports and nuclear.

Anna is a clear and engaging communicator who is adept at building relationships, driving collaboration and gaining trust while delivering high quality products.

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HS2 Phase 2b – Lead Author for the working draft and formal Environmental Statements (project value of c. £50 million).

Anna’s remit was to deliver assured ES documents (6 drafts) for review by HS2, DfT and key parliamentary stakeholders.

Principal Environmental Consultant, Capita, East Grinstead/London, Oct. 2014 – Oct. 2017

Lead Environment Coordinator reviewing technical outputs on the HS2 Phase 2b (L1b) Joint Venture project. Managed multi-disciplinary teams to deliver sifts and parallel studies at the optioneering and outline design stages. Achieved design freeze to time and cost targets.

Anna played a crucial role as EIA lead, for the awarded HS2 Phase 2b tender; and submitted a full exemplar scheme design, scheme design report and planning submission for the HS2 Phase One MWCC (N2) package, with project value of c. £20 billion. Her remit included bid writing, copy editing, environmental assessment and coordination.

As EIA Lead, Anna reviewed Stage 2 environment deliverables on the award-winning Keadby Terminal Assisted Outfall Sustainable Appraisal; and provided consultation on the Environment Appraisal for the Feeder No.9 Estuary Pipeline Project for National Grid, re-writing the WFD and HRA assessment, gaining MMO approval for Phase 2.

Anna was sole point of contact (ECoW) for delivering eight Cut-off Channel Bridges; and successfully led a team to deliver 50+ Initial Assessments for EA flood alleviation schemes.

Principal Environment Advisor, NEAS Secondment, EA, London, Apr. 2016 – Jun. 2017

Anna acted as Principal Environment Advisor for the Thames Estuary (TEAM2100) Asset Management project, providing strategic input (KPI8 wetland habitat initiatives) and driving eco-innovation at every level of the asset lifecycle, over 175km of the River Thames

Anna was responsible for signing off low to high risk environmental assessments, SWMPs, EMPs, for asset management schemes, including complex schemes at the Thames Barrier

She engaged with multiple stakeholders (NE, HE, RSPB, MMO, EH, La, Thames Tideway)

Consents and Environment Manager, NR Secondment, London, Nov. 2014 – Mar. 2016

Responsible for the Consents and Environment aspects of the Traction Power Supply (TPS) project for Crossrail, valued at £14.8 billion, leading to the development of eight new ATS

Delivered all IS014001 EMS requirements with the provision of comprehensive management and support throughout the project lifecycle (from iterative design and construction, through to supply chain requirements, commissioning and testing)

Acquired the consents of all internal and third parties within an agreed C&E framework

Monitored and recorded evidence of all operations in accordance with conditions established by regulatory bodies and the Crossrail Act 2008

Managed and motivated multi-disciplinary teams to improve environmental performance (KPIs) by streamlining planning applications and consents, providing training and establishing fully integrated working methods and identified solutions to a range of design, consents and environment challenges. Finally she achieved excellence on the Crossrail audit for Community, Environment and Consents

Senior Environmental Consultant, Atkins, Epsom/London, Jun. 2012 – Oct. 2014

Anna delivered ten advanced petitions for the HS2 Phase 2a ES, with project value of c. £27 billion. She controlled a budget and IUTO of £10,000 per petition

Anna contributed EIA, LVIA, Sifts to the main ES, Additional Provisions and Supplementary Environmental Statement for the HS2 Phase One Hybrid Bill (Country North), with project value of c. £55 billion. She managed a multi-disciplinary environmental team of over 17, delivering 265 design element statements, across Portugal and the UK

Anna managed and delivered ESAPs and SEAs for the Folkestone to Cliff End project and Construction Limitations Plans for the Hampstead Heath Ponds Project

She delivered highways projects including a five-year POPE for the A27 and HEMP for the M1

Project Controls and HSE Engineer (Nuclear), Atkins, Epsom, Apr. 2011 – Jun. 2012

Anna’s remit included re-forming HSE governance strategies, progress reporting, redesigning and implementing change control processes, running BIM workshops; and ensuring all regulations, policies and procedures were followed

She coordinated multi-disciplinary teams: topic specialists, architects, engineers, directors and managed the in-house contractor.