Ofwat today welcomed the appointment of two new members to the Board of the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat).
Environment Minister Ian Pearson announced that Michael Brooker and Gillian Owen would join the Ofwat Board as non-executive directors.
Philip Fletcher, chairman of the Ofwat Board, said:
"The appointments of Mike Brooker and Gill Owen will add to the expertise of the current Ofwat Board in continuing to protect consumers' interests, regulate the water industry in a fair and balanced way, promote competition wherever appropriate and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development."
Biographical details
Michael Brooker is a scientist who retired in 2005 as Chief Executive of Welsh Water following a 25-year career in the water industry in Wales. During that period he was Chief Scientist and subsequently Divisional Operations Director before becoming Managing Director in 1996. He is currently a non-executive member of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, and a non-executive member of the Executive Board of the Natural Environmental Research Council. Gillian Owen is an independent consultant, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Management Under Regulation at the Warwick Business School and the Policy and Regulation Adviser to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). Gillian was previously a member of the Competition Commission, a non-executive director at Ofgem and a member of the Bedfordshire Police Authority.
Water quality engineer Panton McLeod has celebrated another milestone in the Scottish water sector after revisiting the scene of its first-ever robotic cleaning project.
Cybit, the UK’s leading online Telematics Service Provider, has announced a new Fleetstar implementation for Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK Ltd – a wholly owned dealership of the global construction equipment manufacturer.
Atlas Copco Compressors’ latest ZS range of oil-free, energy- saving positive displacement screw blowers is designed to meet today’s low carbon economy needs. The new and proven ZS screw blower technology is, on average, 30 percent more energy efficient than conventional lobe solutions.
The newly expanded Manhole Buddy manhole lifter range now provides three alternative solutions for single person cover lifting, all interchangeable on the same multi-function, lifting trolley.
The newly expanded Manhole Buddy manhole lifter range now provides three alternative solutions for single person cover lifting, all interchangeable on the same multi-function, lifting trolley.
Water Briefing is an information service, delivering daily news, company data and product information straight to the desks of purchasers, users and specifiers of equipment and services in the UK water and wastewater industry.
Water quality engineer Panton McLeod has celebrated another milestone in the Scottish water sector after revisiting the scene of its first-ever robotic cleaning project. 
Cybit, the UK’s leading online Telematics Service Provider, has announced a new Fleetstar implementation for Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK Ltd – a wholly owned dealership of the global construction equipment manufacturer.
Atlas Copco Compressors’ latest ZS range of oil-free, energy- saving positive displacement screw blowers is designed to meet today’s low carbon economy needs. The new and proven ZS screw blower technology is, on average, 30 percent more energy efficient than conventional lobe solutions.
The newly expanded Manhole Buddy manhole lifter range now provides three alternative solutions for single person cover lifting, all interchangeable on the same multi-function, lifting trolley. 
GPS PE Pipe System’s award winning Protecta-Line barrier pipe system has been extended with a unique saddle ferrule.
Bradney Chain has further developed its range of Grade 50 Stainless Steel Pump lifting chains with master links.
