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Thames Water appoints Steve Buck as Chief Financial Officer

Thames Water Utilities Limited has appointed Steve Buck as Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 7 April 2025. This follows the sudden departure of...

Institute of Water appoints Oliver Grievson and Sally Walters as new Co-Vice Presidents of Engineering

The Institute of Water has announced the appointment of Oliver Grievson and Sally Walters as its new Co-Vice Presidents of Engineering. Both bring a...

Mike Haigh, former executive chair of Mott MacDonald, has died aged 64 

Mike Haigh, the former executive chair of Mott MacDonald, has died aged 64. He passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday 30th March.  In...

Four new non-executive board members appointed by DAERA

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has made new non-executive appointments to the Departmental Board and to the Boards of its...

SAVECO appoints Arron Kwiatek to expanding division

SAVECO Environmental has announced the appointment of Arron Kwiatek as the company’s new industrial wastewater Sales Engineer within its Industrial Water Treatment Division. Arron’s previous...

Thames Water Chief Financial Officer, Alastair Cochran, steps down

Thames Water Utilities Limited has announced that Alastair Cochran, its Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his role on 31 March 2025. He will...

Lantra announces appointment of next CEO

Lantra has announced the appointment of Nick Juba as its new CEO. Nick will be joining the business in June. Nick joins Lantra with a...

High Level Science Advisory Group (HLSAG) comprised of leading scientists from across the UK and Ireland established to support DAERA

An independent High Level Science Advisory Group (HLSAG) comprised of leading scientists from across the UK and Ireland has been established to support DAERA...

Polypipe makes senior promotion to increase customer focus and drive strategic partnerships

Polypipe Building Services (PBS) has appointed Dominic Yeandle to the role of Key Account Director, to support national and large regional customers through enhanced...

Tony Juniper CBE reappointed as Chair of Natural England for a third term

The Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, confirmed on Monday 24th March that Tony Juniper CBE has been reappointed as Chair of Natural England for a...

Quartet of promotions for flood risk consultancy

Midlands-based environmental consultancy, GeoSmart Information has announced four promotions. As part of the business’ continued team investment and wider growth plans, Wajid Wastakaran has been...

NSF appoints Steve Haan as Vice President of its Water Division, succeeding Dave Purkiss

NSF, a leading global public health and safety organisation, has appointed Steve Haan to the position of Vice President, Water. Haan will succeed Dave...

Clare Pillman announces retirement as Chief Executive of NRW

Clare Pillman, who has served as Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) Chief Executive, has announced her retirement after seven years of dedicated service.  Clare joined NRW...

Sara Vaughan joins South Staffordshire Plc’s Water Board of Directors

South Staffordshire Plc has announced the appointment of Sara Vaughan as an Independent Non-Executive Director and forthcoming Chair of the Board for its regulated...

New Non-Executive Director at Meteor Communications targets continued expansion

Following successive years of vigorous growth, Meteor Communications, the specialist developer of remote environmental monitoring equipment and services, has appointed Thierry Bouzac as Non-Executive...

Scottish Government launches recruitment campaign for new WICS Board Members

The Scottish Government has announced up to three vacancies for members of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland's (WICS) Board. WICS was established under the...

Cranfield academic appointed to prestigious science committee

Dr Theresa Mercer, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sustainability at Cranfield University, has been appointed to the Science Committee of the Natural Environment Research Council...

Leo Quinn to step down from Balfour Beatty board after 10 years as Group Chief Executive

Balfour Beatty plc, the international infrastructure group, has announced that Leo Quinn will step down from the Board later this year, after over 10...

Minister Muir makes new CNCC appointment

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has appointed Sara McCracken as the new Deputy Chair of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC). The CNCC...

Krystian Skrzypczyk of Georg Fischer UK announced as new Chair of BPF Pipes Group Future Industry Group

Krystian Skrzypczyk of Georg Fischer UK has been announced as the new Chair of the Future Industry Group (FIG), part of the BPF Pipes...

The LK Group bolsters senior team with new director among trio of hires 

Geo-environmental consultancy and remediation contractor, The LK Group, has strengthened its team with a trio of recruits.   The multidisciplinary company's latest raft of hires comprises...

South Staffordshire Plc appoints Joanna Smith as Group CFO following Rob O’Malley’s decision to step down

South Staffordshire Plc has appointed Joanna Smith as Group CFO, following Rob O’Malley’s decision to step down from the role in April 2025. Joanna Smith...

Graf appoints a commercial wastewater manager for Ireland and the UK

A wastewater specialist with 20 years of experience in the design, sales, installation and servicing of domestic, commercial and municipal systems has been appointed...

South Staffs Water appoints new Managing Director

South Staffordshire Plc has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director for its clean water businesses South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water. Elena Karpathakis...

New Chief Executive Officer appointed at UK Water Industry Research

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has appointed Mike Rose as its new Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. With a career including senior positions in...

Shirel Stedman to lead new environmental services at PJA

PJA, the transport, engineering and placemaking consultancy says it has expanded its offer to include environmental services, complementing its existing business. Shirel Stedman has been...

Sir James Bevan joins Glas Cymru Board as Non-Executive Director

Glas Cymru, the not-for-profit company which owns Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, has announced the appointment of Sir James Bevan as a Non-Executive Director to...

Suprafilt names next Managing Director

Suprafilt has announced its next Managing Director – who joined the business to help with filing more than 20 years ago and never left. Operations...

Puraffinty appoints Neal Megonnell as Chief Commercial Officer

Puraffinity, a developer of precision technology for the removal of PFAS 'forever chemicals' across multiple water treatment applications, has announced the appointment of Neal...

WaterEquity appoints Aleem Remtula to head private equity and infrastructure investments

WaterEquity, an impact-driven asset manager dedicated to helping solve the global water & sanitation crisis, has announced the appointment of Aleem Remtula as its...

Adler & Allan announces Dominic Casserley as Chairman and Monica Collings as Non-Executive Director

Adler & Allan, a leading provider of environmental risk reduction services, has announced the appointment of Dominic Casserley as Chairman of the Board and...

SAVECO Environmental appoints two new Sales Engineers to expanding division

SAVECO Environmental has announced the appointment of two new Sales Engineers, Brad White and William Driver, to its expanding Farming, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas...

New operations director joins Wrekin Products to continue streak of new hires

Wrekin Products, has expanded its workforce once again in a continued streak of new hires with the appointment of operations director, Steve O’Brien. As the...

Volker Köhler to assist McElroy in growing its European market

McElroy, one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of thermoplastic pipe fusion equipment, has announced that Volker Köhler will play an integral role...

AEMT grows team with Membership Engagement Manager appointment

The Association of Electrical & Mechanical Trades (AEMT) has announced the appointment of Scott Haslam to the role of Membership Engagement Manager as part...

Atlas Copco appoints Marco Gravina as President of the Portable Power and Flow division

Atlas Copco has announced Marco Gravina’s appointment as President of Portable Power and Flow Division in the Power Technique business area, effective from the...

Glas Cymru bolsters Board with three experienced new Non-Executive Directors

Glas Cymru, the not-for-shareholder company which owns Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, has announced the appointment of three new Non-Executive Directors to its Board. The company...

Abloy UK welcomes two new Senior Market Development Managers for Water and Energy sectors

Abloy UK has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Adam Cayless and Tom Cowling, who both join the company as Senior Market...

M Group Services announces appointment of Archie Norman as non-executive Chairman

M Group Services has announced the appointment of Archie Norman as non-executive Chairman. A highly experienced chairman and board director, the company says Archie brings...

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