About the Bedford Group of Drainage Boards Organisation
Since 2001, the Bedford Group of Internal Drainage Boards comprises three IDBs in the upper reaches of the Great Ouse catchment, largely in Bedfordshire, but also Milton Keynes, small areas in North Oxfordshire, North Buckinghamshire, North Hertfordshire and South-East Cambridgeshire. The Group manages a total of 1,147 km of watercourses within its Drainage District, serving an area of 37,709 hectares.

Office Based Officers
Phil Camamile
Chief Executive / Clerk of the Boards
Nicole Hunter
Principal Accountant
Matthew Philpot
Chief Operating Officer
Phillip Lovesey
Operations Manager
Trevor Skelding
Principal Engineer
Alice Smith
Executive Assistant
Matthew Richardson
GIS & Asset Technician
Emmanuel Agyapong
Operations Assistant
Scott Brewster
Senior Engineer
Rachel Hughes
Senior Engineer
Tom Loakes
Administration Assistant
Rob Scotford
Trainee ACCA Finance & Rating Assistant
Nadia Iantosca
Finance & Rating Officer
Field Based
Simon Fox
Works Supervisor
Jonathan Wallis
Foreman
Workforce Operatives
10 Operatives
Annual Pay (as of April 2025)
| Annual Pay | Number |
|---|---|
| >£0 and <= £5,000 | 0 |
| >£5,000 and <= £20,000 | 0 |
| >£20,000 and <= £30,000 | 7 |
| >£30,000 and <= £40,000 | 9 |
| >£40,000 and <= £50,000 | 4 |
| >£50,000 and <£100,000 | 4 |
| >= £100,000 | 0 |
| All Employees | 24 |