Education
Imperial College London.
Imperial College London.
Venables has worked on flood risk management projects. She was chairman of the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee for a period of nine years. She is also chief executive of the Association of Drainage Authorities (American Dental Association), 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. In July 2014 Venables was appointed chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund, succeeding Lady Balfour.
Venables was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours. The University of Nottingham, The University of Kent and Kingston University have each awarded her an honorary doctorate.
She is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a visiting professor at the University of Southampton 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 Meda lieutenant is awarded to its best Technician Professional Review candidate. 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.
She had earlier been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) 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 (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 New Year Honours for services to civil engineering.
