Jean Venables

Venables has worked on flood risk management projects. She was chairman of the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee for a period of nine years.

From 2003 to 2010 Venables was chair of the Thames Estuary Partnership, a British charity that provides a framework for managing the Thames Estuary.

She was also chief executive of the Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA),{{cite web |url=http://www.ada.org.uk/about.html|title=About ADA|website=Association of Drainage Authorities|access-date=20 July 2013}} from Jan 2006 to March 2015, where she led ADA's role of representing organisations related to water level management and flood risk management, such as Internal Drainage Boards, flood defence committees, environmental agencies, local authorities and various associate members.

Venables has been associated with formation of CEEQUAL.{{cite web|url=http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/main/spkr_biog.asp?event_ID=39|title=Dr Jean Venables, OBE, FREng, Chief Executive, Association of Drainage Authorities |website=PublicService.co.uk |access-date=9 August 2013}} From 2014 to 2016, Venables was chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund, succeeding Lady Balfour.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-chair-of-the-nuclear-liabilities-fund |title=New chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund |website=British Government |access-date=2 January 2018}}

Venables was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours. She had earlier been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services as Chairman of the Thames Region Flood Defence Committee and before that a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours for services to civil engineering.

The University of Nottingham, The University of Kent, Kingston University and Abertay University have each awarded her an honorary doctorate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2018/honorary-graduates-announced-for-graduation-2018/|title = Honorary Graduates announced for Graduation 2018|date = 26 June 2018}}

She is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a visiting professor at the University of Southampton{{Cite web |url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/eijv1b06.page |title=Engineering and the Environment staff: Jean Venables |website=University of Southampton |access-date=20 July 2013}} and at Imperial College London (where she studied). Previously, she was a visiting professor at Strathclyde University.

In 2001, she was awarded the Garth Watson Medal for services to the Institution of Civil Engineers.

In 2011, the Institution of Civil Engineers instituted the Jean Venables Medal. It is awarded to its best Technician Professional Review candidate.{{cite web |url=http://www.ice.org.uk/Scholarship-and-Awards/Awards-for-Professional-Reviews/Jean-Venables-Medal-Award |title=Jean Venables Medal |website=Institution of Civil Engineers |access-date=20 July 2013}}

Venables is married to Roger Venables. They operate the company "Venables Consultancy". Roger Venables is Visiting Professor in Engineering for Sustainable Development at Queen's University, Belfast.{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Sterling |title=Sustainability Education: Perspectives and Practice across Higher Education |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JP1V7OtBk7YC&pg=PT311 |access-date=9 August 2013 |date=23 April 2012 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-136-53158-3 |page=311}}

• {{cite book|last=Venables|first=Jean|author-mask=2|title=Preparing for the Professional Examination of the Institution of Civil Engineers |date=1989 |publisher=Thomas Telford Ltd|isbn=978-1870325158}}
• {{cite book|last=Venables|first=Jean|author-mask=2|title=Preparing for Chartered Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers |date=1991|edition=2|publisher=Thomas Telford Ltd|isbn=978-1870325653}}
• {{cite book|last=Venables|first=Jean|author-mask=2|title=Preparing for the Professional Reviews of the Institution of Civil Engineers|date=1995 |publisher=Whittles Publishing|isbn=978-1870325318}}
• {{cite book|last=Venables|first=Jean|author-mask=2|title=Urban flooding|date=2009 }}

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• [http://www.venablesconsultancy.co.uk/ Venables Consultancy]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215128/http://www.urbanbuzzmedia.org/conference/jean_venables/ Why professional institutions need to break down professional silos and focus on sustainable working] – 'UrbanBuzz: Building Sustainable Communities' conference keynote presentation by Venables.

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