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Summary of Curriculum Vitae
:  Dr John Chatterton
 

FULL NAME  Dr John Brant Chatterton
YEAR OF BIRTH 1948
NATIONALITY  British
PROFESSION Specialist in project appraisal and business systems for the water, river management and utilities industry.
POSITION IN FIRM Associate

RANGE
OF EXPERIENCE

Dr. Chatterton has research affiliations with the internationally renowned Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) of Middlesex University, London. He has lectured on project appraisal and business strategies for operational management within the water industry for 25 years, with experience in Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Russia and Europe.John is author of many innovative technical publications and consultancy reports in water resource management and flood control economics, including "The Benefits of Flood Alleviation" with Professor Edmund Penning-Rowsell. John was also technical adviser and co-author of the 2003 update of all FHRC Manuals: The Benefits of Flood and Coastal Defence: Techniques and Data for 2003.

CAREER SUMMARY

1991 - 2004 JB Chatterton & Associates, Consultant in water and environmental management
1988 - 2001 Consultant and business analyst, Severn Trent Water International Ltd
1986 - 1991 Senior Systems Analyst , Severn Trent Water Authority
1978 - 1990 Principal Course Lecturer, National Water Council [Water Industry Training Assoc]
1978 - 1986 Senior Engineer , Severn Trent Water Authority - Principal Benefit/Cost Analyst
1977 - 1978 Senior Co-ordinator, Central Water Planning Unit, on flood warning
1977 Project Leader, Severn Trent Water, benefits of flood warning for Nottingham
1977 - 1978 Project leader, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1977 - 1978 Principal Lecturer on courses at Middlesex Polytechnic
1976 - 1978 Senior Research Associate with Middlesex Polytechnic's Flood Hazard Research Centre
1976 - 1978 Project Leader , Southern Water Authority, Brighton
1973 - 1977 NERC Research Fellow - economic appraisal of flood alleviation schemes

EDUCATION

B.Sc, London University, Combined Honours, 1969
Ph.D NERC Research student, Catchment Response Modelling, University of London, 1973

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

1980 Member, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Member of International Water Management Research Committee, American Soc. of Civil Engineers Water Resources Management Division.
 
RECENT WORK
  • Met Office: Cost Benefit Analyst on improvements to the UK meteorological service's NIMROD weather radar service
  • Entec (UK) Ltd: Benefit consultant with specific links to research with Association of British insurers (ABI)
  • Halcrow Maritime: Economist on MAFF-funded project "National Appraisal of Assets at Risk"
  • Posford Duvivier: benefits of improved flood forecasting and benefits of improved severe weather warnings
  • Experian Insurance Services Div, Joint Venture with Environment Agency developing a UK flood risk area database.
  • Environment Agency [EA]: Quality auditor on the National Flood Warning Dissemination Project
  • WS Atkins Term consultant for Project Investment Appraisal as part of their NATCON contract with EA
     
COUNTRIES OF WORK UK, USA, France, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Moldova and Trinidad and Tobago.

LANGUAGES

English (mother tongue)

For more information contact associate@watres.com