Leadership within the Department
- 1996-2001: Head of Statistics Section, Lancaster University
- 2001-7: Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University
- 2017-22: Director of STOR-i CDT
Leadership within the University
- 2001-7: Member of Senate Steering Committee
- 2002-7: Member of Standing Academic Committee
- 2008-11: Member of Faculty Job Evaluation Review Group
- 2010-13: Member of Faculty Chairs and Readerships Committee
- 2014: Member of University Central Promotions Committee
Responsibilities for Learned Societies
- 1989 – 1992: RSS Research Section committee member.
- 1996 – 98: RSS Research Section, Hon. Sec.
- 1998 – 2002: Member of the Council of the RSS.
- 1999 – 2001: Vice President of the Royal Statistical Society.
- 2001 – 2005: Member of RSS honours committee.
- 2003 – 2008: Member of RSS Network of Advisors on Publications.
- 2009 – 2012: Member of the RSS Environmental Statistics Study Group
- 2011 – : Co-authored RSS to House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry into “Risk perception and energy infrastructure”
- 2012 – : Member of the RSS Sports Section Committee
- 2013 – : Member of the RSS Research Section Committee
Responsibilities for Research Agencies
- 2000-5: Member of the Mathematics College
- 2000: Member of the NERC/EPSRC working party on Environmental Mathematics
- 2000: Member of the EPSRC subject review panel
- 2001: Member of EPSRC Sifting panel for PDF
- 1997-2001: Member of the Hadley Centre Science Review Group.
- 2007-10: Statistical consultant for Environment Agency project on Coastal Extremes.
- 2007-10: Statistical consultant for Environment Agency project on Spatial Flood Risk.
- 2013 – : Member of the Mathematics College.
Responsibilities for Other Universities
2011-5: Member of Scientific Council of CRISM: Warwick University