Jonson Cox’s appointment as Chair of the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) has been extended by six months and two other Board members have been reappointed as non-executive directors.
Cox has served as Chair of Ofwat since November 2012. His appointment has now been extended until the end of April 2022. The recruitment campaign for his successor was launched last week.
After an early career with Royal Dutch/Shell Group,he served as Managing Director of Yorkshire Water (1996-2000) to lead the company out of a significant crisis with its customers and restore YW’s top-ranking status in the industry. After other infrastructure roles, he returned to the water sector for over six years from 2004 – 2010 as Group CEO at Anglian Water Group plc.

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