Setting up for success: how will the next generation of reservoirs be delivered?

Terry Fuller

Terry Fuller is a chartered engineer and water and environmental manager. His specialisms include water resourcing and flood and coastal risk management. He has produced feasibility studies and strategic plans for the design and construction of large projects around the world, always working to manage water in a sustainable way that accommodates and mitigates the effects of climate change. 

Most recently, Fuller was project director for the Havant Thicket reservoir – the first of its kind to be built in England for decades. Before that he was CEO of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. In that role, he worked to disseminate knowledge, support its members’ professional development and influence policy and practice in the water sector.

Darren Shaw

An ICE Fellow, Darren Shaw is an associate director at Arup. He has extensive experience of leading multidisciplinary civil, mining and dam engineering projects in countries including Australia, Indonesia, Kosovo and Zambia, as well as the UK. 

He is one of the 26 UK-based engineers appointed under the Reservoirs Act 1975 to the all reservoir panel. In this role, and as the UK’s co-opted member of the International Commission on Large Dams’ technical committee on dam safety, he focuses on ensuring the safe operation of dams and reservoirs.

Shaw became chair of the British Dam Society in May 2025.