Kat Broadhead is a senior environmental specialist with extensive experience in catchment management, freshwater pollution, and strategic water policy. She leads Natural England’s water reform work, shaping the organisation’s position on the new water regulator and the future of water planning. Kat drives nature recovery across protected sites through Natural England’s Water for Nature programme and provides high‑level policy advice to government on restoring natural catchment function and delivering resilient water and biodiversity outcomes.