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The British Dam Society is an Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers. It consists of individual and corporate members. Membership is open to anyone wanting to share experience or knowledge of any aspect of dams and reservoirs.

The contact details for any media enquiries to the BDS is media@britishdams.org (This email is monitored and a response to your enquiry will be made as soon as possible by one of our team).

The Committee comprises five Strategic Objective Working Groups (SOWGs), each with a remit to further one of the objectives of the BDS Strategy.

BDS also has a Young Professionals Group (BDS-YP) specifically catering for the needs and aspirations of the members of BDS under the age of 35.

BDS Executive Committee
BDS Chair	Alan Warren
BDS Vice Chair	David Littlemore
Immediate Past Chair	None
BDS Hon Technical Secretary	Andrew Thompson

BDS-YP (Young Professionals)
BDS-YP Chair	Sarah Loughrey
BDS-YP Mentoring Champion (Mentoring@Britishdams.org)	Keith MacDonald
BDS-YP Events Champion	Ryan McHugh
BDS-YP Social Media Champion	Oliver White

Membership SOWG
To increase and diversify membership of the BDS, Supervising Engineer & All Reservoirs Panels
BDS Hon Technical Secretary & Group Leader	Andrew Thompson
BDS Chair	Alan Warren
BDS-YP Chair	Sarah Loughrey
BDS Hon Website Manager	Rhys Coombs

Knowledge SOWG
To improve the quality and relevancy of our knowledge database
Editorial Panel Chair, Group Leader & Reservoirs Committee	Rachel Pether
BDS Hon Editor, Dams & Reservoirs Journal	Anthea Peters
Knowledge Database	Tom Wanner
ICOLD and ReSRAG coordinator	Barry Dooley

Professionalism SOWG
To improve knowledge dissemination and communications to our membership
Group Leader	Rachel Davies
Technical Site Visits	Brett Marshall
Regional Meetings	Duncan Scott
Evening Meetings	Darren Shaw
SE Forum 2021	Billy Sheehy
BDS Vice Chair - Finance	David Littlemore
BDS-YP Mentoring Champion (Mentoring@Britishdams.org)	Keith MacDonald
BDS-YP Events Champion	Ryan McHugh

Education SOWG
To enthuse the next generation of dam professionals
Arkwright Scholarships & Group Leader	Paul Farnell
University & Colleges Liaison	Dougie Scott
Competitions	Newman Booth
Schools liaison	Oliver White

Informing Opinion SOWG
To improve links and communications with external organisations, institutions and the public
Group Leader	Roger Lewis
Social Media	Craig Goff
External Relations	Stephen Lockett
Media	Natalie Bennett

ICE BDS secretary:

Secretary - British Dam Society,
The Institution of Civil Engineers,
One Great George Street,
London, Westminster.
SW1P 3AA
t +44 (0)20 7665 2244

bds@ice.org.uk
http://www.ice.org.uk