Leading Innovation Award

Mark is the current President of the CIEH and has previously served as both a Trustee and Chair at CIEH. Mark has been a member since 1978 and is now retired, with his most recent employment having been as Head of Public Protection at Pembrokeshire County Council.

Prior to this, he was an Environmental Health Practitioner at a number of Welsh local authorities. He has also served as Chair of Environmental Health Wales and as a member of OFCOM’s Advisory Committee for Wales.

Sarah is a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP), a Fellow and Trustee of CIEH, and an associate member of the Faculty of Public Health. She is currently the Chief Environmental Public Health Officer for the Welsh Government

Until March 2025, Sarah worked as a Policy Officer (Environmental Health Wales) with the Welsh Local Government Association, where she led on all areas of environmental health and licensing across Wales. Prior to this, she spent 17 years with Pembrokeshire County Council, most recently as Public Protection Manager with responsibility for public health, housing and licensing. In this role she oversaw a wide-ranging portfolio including private water supplies, contaminated land, noise and air quality, environmental permitting, bathing water quality, private sector housing, pest control and dog control services. She also managed a broad range of licensing functions, including alcohol, gambling and taxi licensing.

Sarah plays an active role in national professional networks and advisory groups. She was chair of the Wales Licensing Expert Panel for six years, served as strategic portfolio lead for licensing for the Directors of Public Protection in Wales, and was secretary of the Wales Pollution Expert Panel for 11 years.

Since qualifying in environmental health in 2000, Sarah has been deeply involved in workforce planning, professional development and student training. She continues to contribute to the profession through her ongoing involvement with CIEH as a professional examiner for Portfolio, Professional Interviewer and student mentor.

After qualifying as an Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP) in 1992, Graeme spent 15 years working for local authorities across the north west of England. Whilst he worked across all aspects of environmental health, his career had a strong public health focus covering areas such as pest control, nuisance, emergency planning and animal welfare.

In 2007, Graeme joined Liverpool John Moores University (LJUM) as the programme leader for their new BSc (Hons) Environmental Health programme. This programme, accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, provides the first step towards professional registration as an EHP. It covers all five key areas of environmental health which Graeme contributes to: food safety, housing, health and safety, environmental protection and public health. In 2024, he was appointed Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience for the Faculty of Health, and, in 2025, won the Outstanding Teacher award from John Moores Student Union.

His research has resulted in publications and presentations on a range of topics, including food safety, food allergens, risk management, pest control and managing student exceptions. He has also worked with international colleagues on publications related to areas such as AI and environmental health. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Graeme has been a regular guest on BBC and local radio stations, discussing the public health impacts of Covid-19 and wider environmental and public health issues.

Alongside his teaching role at LJMU, he has chaired panels assessing programme validation and currently acts as an external examiner for two other CIEH-accredited universities in the UK. A former elected trustee of the CIEH, and a member of the International Federation of Environmental Health and NEHA, Graeme remains actively engaged with developments in environmental health at local, national and global levels.