Lucy Hunt, former Chief Operating Officer at Environment Agency, has joined leading environmental consultancy, Thomson Environmental Consultants as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO/CEO).
Following the confirmation of the appointment, Lucy will work closely with founder Nancy Thomson to shape the firm’s future strategy, lead and manage all business areas, coordinate key business functions, and balance the needs of the environment with the needs of customers and employees.
Lucy Hunt commented on the appointment: “Why Thomson? Who wouldn’t want to work with a company that aims 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.”
Thomson Environmental Consultancy is one of the UK’s leading environmental consultancies supporting businesses to comply with environmental legislation. Established in 2004, the company offers in-house expertise in terrestrial ecology, marine services, freshwater ecology, marine laboratory services, habitat management, geospatial data management, arboriculture contracting, and landscape architecture.
Having scaled up resources to match the growing breadth of requirements, the expanding consultancy has hired over 50 new team members this year alone and has recently expanded its base locations to cover Manchester and East Anglia – adding to the Guildford, Cardiff, Birmingham and Leeds offices.
The new hires will support and facilitate the ongoing and anticipated growth, addressing the increasing demand for environmental and ecological services across various sectors.
We spoke to the founder of Thomson Environmental Consultants, Nancy Thomson on the goals behind the recent hire: “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. All the while ensuring the company’s long legacy of high-quality service and mission to deliver value for clients is preserved.”
Thomson is currently recruiting and are looking for ambitious, driven and enthusiastic individuals. If you are a graduate looking for a first career or a seasoned ecologist, marine scientist, or looking for a career change, please visit: https://www.thomsonec.com/about/careers/
Alternatively, you can learn more about Lucy Hunt here: https://www.thomsonec.com/news/thomson-is-excited-to-have-appointed-a-new-coo-lucy-hunt/
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About Thomson Environmental Consultants
Thomson EC is one of the UK’s leading independent environmental consultancies supporting a range of businesses to comply with environmental legislation and helping them work towards the best outcome possible to benefit both them and the natural world. They have in-house expertise in terrestrial ecology, marine services, freshwater ecology and management, marine laboratory services (invertebrates, fish and sediment analyses), habitat creation and management, geospatial data management and mapping, arboriculture consultancy and contracting, and landscape architecture.
