Sara Venning started her career as an litres of wastewater. electrical engineer with Northern Ireland Electricity. Uniquely placed NI Water, a Government Owned Company which is Sara joined NI Water in April 2010, as publically funded, has recently Director of Customer Service Delivery celebrated a decade of delivery with and was appointed CEO of NI Water in substantial customer service and April 2014. efficiency improvements. Northern Ireland Water provides water Sara is married with three daughters and and wastewater services for almost 1.8 loves to get the whole family out for a million people in Northern Ireland – ramble taking in the beauty of NI producing 570 million litres of clean Water’s many catchments. water per day and treating 340 million Heidi Mottram’s success at Under her leadership NWG achieved the Northumbrian Water Group follows on Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the from an excellent track record in the rail category of Sustainable Development in industry where her career began with 2014 and has been the only water British Rail in the mid-1980s. She company on the World’s Most Ethical progressed through a variety of senior companies list seven years in a row leadership roles in British Rail and, (2010-2017). Northumbrian Water was following privatisation, in Great North named as Water Company of the Year Eastern Railway, Midland Mainline, 2018 as well as being awarded the British Arriva Trains Northern and Managing Quality Foundation’s UK Excellence Director of Northern Rail, the largest Award 2018, one of the highest train operator in the UK. accolades any business can achieve. Anthony joined the Company in 2008 manufacturing and service industries. after 15 years as the Finance Director and Company Secretary of Anthony is a Director of a number of Bournemouth & West Hampshire associated companies, a member of the Water plc. He has previously worked Board of Water UK and a Trustee of in UK and overseas contracting, Water Companies Pension Scheme. Eamon oversees all day-to-day Eamon joined Ervia in 2004 and prior to activities (Business Plans, Capital taking on his current role was the Irish Delivery, Balanced Scorecard, Budgets, Water Head of Customer Operations Risk etc.) and the management of serving c1.5m Domestic and c180k non- relationships with a wide range of Domestic water and wastewater external stakeholders including customers. He was previously Ervia CIO Regulators, Government Departments, and held a number of senior media etc. Eamon is the ultimate point programme management roles of escalation for c800 internal staff and including the programme to establish has oversight of c3,175 FTE Local Irish Water. Eamon has a CIMA honours Authority staff operating under SLA degree, an MBA from University Agreements. College Cork and is a qualified Chartered Director. Richard was appointed Chief Executive Community (BITC) Advisory Board for of Kelda Group and Yorkshire Water Yorkshire and the Humber, a member of Services Ltd in April 2010. Prior to that the BITC Water Taskforce and a trustee he was the Chief Operating Officer of of the charity Marie Curie. Yorkshire Water (2008-2010) and Director of the Company’s Water Richard’s career has had a heavy Business Unit (2003-2008). emphasis on leading change and improving business performance. More He is Chairman of Kelda Water Services, recently he has focussed on preparing Keyland Developments, a trustee of the the Kelda Group for the changes being global water and sanitation charity brought about by legislative and WaterAid, a Board member of the regulatory reform. water industry trade body Water UK, Chairman of the Business in the Thomas is a Chartered Civil Engineer Having worked on long term who started as a graduate with Skanska frameworks, alliances and major projects and has over 20 years’ experience such as the 2012 Olympics and Crossrail, across the infrastructure sector, building Thomas has become a passionate roads, bridges, tunnels and water advocate for the delivery of sustainable treatment works. solutions through collaborative partnerships. He is a member Thomas has developed relationships for the Green Construction Board’s with many of Skanska’s most important infrastructure working group and also clients, including National Grid, sits on the Construction Leadership Crossrail, Anglian Water, Welsh Water Council’s Innovation in Buildings working and Thames Water. group. Phil previously worked within South South Staffordshire Water PLC treats and Staffordshire plc as Managing Director distributes drinking water to 1.6 million of Echo Managed Services Ltd. He also people. The company operates in the worked as a Project Director and West Midlands and Cambridgeshire, Business Development Director within trading as South Staffs Water and Echo. Before that, Phil was a Cambridge Water respectively. Management Consultant with Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and Terence Chapman Associates. Michael has been Chief Executive of roles during a long career at the Water UK since January 2016. Before Confederation of British Industry (CBI), joining Water UK, he held the post of working in policy development across a Chief Executive at the Association of range of sectors including the Train Operating Companies (ATOC) environment, energy and transport, prior between 2008 and 2015, which was to which he worked in political combined with the role of Director consultancy. He has also served as a Non- General of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Executive Director of the Carbon Trust. from 2014. He previously held senior Nick has twice been National President Group and Director of Policy for the of the Institute of Water and became Association of Train Operating CEO of the Energy & Utility Skills Group Companies, as well as senior in 2015. management roles in contracting and manufacturing. Nick is a Freeman of the With over 30 years’ experience in City of London, a Liveryman of the utilities and rail, his previous roles Worshipful Company of Plumbers, an include Deputy Chief Executive of the ambassador for Design & Technology and Consumer Council for Water, Head of a Non Executive Director of the Consumer Strategy at Water UK, Federation. Director of Policy for the Rail Delivery Rachel joined Ofwat as Chief Executive Before joining Ofwat, she spent 12 years in January 2018. She aims to improve at Ofgem, most recently as Senior Partner the performance, affordability, for Consumers and Competition and an sustainability, resilience and corporate executive member of the Ofgem Board. behaviours of the water sector and to Before joining Ofgem, Rachel worked as a position the sector to address the consultant advising on energy strategy strategic challenges associated with and policy. climate change and population growth in an affordable and environmentally As Chief Executive Rachel sits on the sustainable way. Ofwat Board..