Lucy Hunt joins Thomson Environmental Consultants as CEO
Following heightened growth, UK environmental consultancy Thomson Environmental Consultants has appointed a new CEO and chief operating officer to shape the firm's future strategy. Lucy Hunt brings extensive experience to the role, having formerly been COO of the UK’s Environment Agency.
Nancy Thomson, founder of Thomson Environmental Consultants, remarked, “Our trajectory is steep upwards. As demands for environmental and ecological services continue to grow, we will continue growing our senior leadership team with talented and passionate industry leaders. Lucy is a talented and highly capable leader with a strong track record of driving exceptional performance and business excellence. She will bring energy, innovation, and dedication to scaling up the business and delivering the expanding breadth of requirements.”
First established in 2004, Thomson Environmental Consultancy is one of the UK’s leading independent environmental consultancies supporting various businesses to comply with environmental legislation. The company have in-house expertise in terrestrial ecology, marine services, freshwater ecology, marine laboratory services, habitat management, geospatial data management, arboriculture contracting, and landscape architecture.
Hunt arrives at Thomson as it undergoes a major period of expansion. Having scaled up resources to match the growing breadth of requirements, the expanding consultancy has hired over 50 new team members this year alone. Meanwhile, the firm has recently expanded its base locations to cover Manchester and East Anglia. This adds to its Guildford, Cardiff, Birmingham and Leeds offices.
The former Chief Operating Officer at the Environment Agency, Hunt arrives as Thomson’s new combined CEO and COO. She will work closely with founder, Nancy Thomson, leading and managing all business areas, coordinating key business functions, and balancing the needs of the environment with the needs of customers and its employees.
Speaking on the news, Hunt added, “Why Thomson? Who wouldn’t want to work with a company whose purpose is to deliver excellent project outcomes with positive environmental impact, enabling businesses and nature to thrive together? Combined with the quality and expertise of the dedicated individuals at Thomson who embody company values of respect, integrity, support, and excellence - being a part of this team is truly rewarding.”
A former head of internal communications with Tesco, Hunt joined the Environment Agency in 2007. Over the following 14 year, she went on to rise to the rank of COO, where she was accountable for leading corporate and internal services and operational activity delivered nationally.
