6. Dr Bill Baker - After a varied career in the contaminating industries, including nuclear reprocessing, asbestos, rubber, plastics and packaging, Bill was appointed Director of Industrial Research Laboratories (IRL) trading under Birmingham City Council. After twenty years dealing with the many technical problems of local authorities and the construction Industry he was pleased to join the newly formed Environment Agency based at the National Groundwater & Contaminated Land Center in Solihull. His work there involved the management of contaminated land remediation capital projects,and the implementation of Part IIA. He also gave essential technical support to DEFRA on the supervision of SCA funding for local authorities. Earlier this year he retired from the Agency but continues to work as a contaminated land consultant and acts as advisor to the CIEH on contaminated land training.