LONDON, UK: Yorkshire Water Services introduced that after nearly 12 years with the company, 9 as CFO and near three years as CEO, Liz Barber is to retire with impact from May 6, 2022. Nicola Shaw, most recently UK Executive Director for National Grid, has been appointed as CEO to succeed Liz and joins the corporate on May 9.
She was beforehand CEO of High Speed 1 and a Director of First Group and is currently a Non-Executive Director of International Airlines Group.
Liz first joined Yorkshire Water Services in November 2010 as Group Director of Finance and Regulation, having beforehand been a senior partner at Ernst & Young the place she led the firm’s nationwide water team. She later became CFO and was appointed CEO in September 2019.
Commenting, Yorkshire Water Chair, Vanda Murray said: “Liz has made an enormous contribution to the corporate in each her management roles. As CFO, she did a nice deal to enhance monetary resilience and additionally set the tempo for elevated transparency within the water sector. Her time as CEO has led us through the worldwide pandemic and dealt very successfully with the challenges this caused for each our staff and customers. During this era the enterprise was additionally hit by at least six named storm occasions and Liz’s management ensured that we remained resilient throughout.
“On behalf of the board, I would like to thank her for all she has done and want her well for the future.”
She added: “We are delighted to have the ability to nominate Nicola Shaw as CEO. She brings extensive expertise in regulated infrastructure companies with a excessive public profile and has an excellent track record in driving environment friendly supply while additionally improving buyer support and staff engagement. She recognises the significance of environmental efficiency and the criticality of local weather resilience and adaptation.”
Commenting on the brand new role, Nicola Shaw said: “I am delighted to be becoming a member of Yorkshire Water and the nice individuals who work there delivering water and wastewater services to the county day in and day out. I recognise the significance of the service Yorkshire Water provides to the communities we serve and look ahead to delivering for them and becoming a half of the community in Yorkshire.”
Liz Barber said: “I have had nearly 12 nice years at Yorkshire Water and it has been a privilege to play a half in offering an important service by an organisation which is a half of the material of Yorkshire. I am particularly proud of what we have done to make sure that the organisation has sustainability at its coronary heart and is resilient, each financially and operationally.
“My colleagues, on the board, within the management team and all through the corporate have been an enormous support all through my time on the corporate and I’m deeply grateful for the chance to work with them.”
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