Our Executive Team

 

Laurence MacKenzie - Chief Executive

Laurence MacKenzie

Chief Executive

Laurence joined Northern Ireland Water as Chief Executive Officer in July 2009. Prior to joining NI Water he was an executive director of the Viridian Group and headed up Northern Ireland Electricity plc. Before joining Viridian in 2000 he was General Manager of ABB's manufacturing interests in Scotland, he also spent time with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc as Business Performance Manager.

Responsible for the overall performance of Northern Ireland Water and the ongoing transformation of the organisation into an efficient, customer focussed, world class water utility.



George Butler - Director of Asset Management

George Butler

Director of Asset Management

George has worked in most aspects of the water industry as a consultant, independent contractor, regulator and financier.

In his early career he procured major water and waste facilities in the UK and overseas, using conventional and PPP models.

He is a chartered engineer, member of ICE, CIWEM and IWO and holds degrees from Edinburgh, Imperial and Cranfield universities. He is a director of UKWIR.

George's role with Northern Ireland Water has responsibility for strategic asset management and the company's scientific services.


Trevor Haslett

Director of Engineering & Procurement

Trevor worked for DRD Water Service for almost 30 years prior to the inception of Northern Ireland Water in April 2007. Trevor has held senior posts in Operations and Engineering and also worked the private sector as Director of a civil engineering contracting company working throughout the UK.

He attained a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Queens University and is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management and Institution of Water Officers as well as a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Appointed to his current post in late 2002, Trevor is responsible for procuring and delivering the Capital Investment Programme along with integrating and managing the procurement of goods and services into the supply chain.


Ronan Larkin - Director of Finance and Regulation

Ronan Larkin *

Director of Finance & Regulation

Joined Water Service in September 2005 prior to the inception of Northern Ireland Water in April 2007. Previously responsible for commercial & financial roles in various other organisations in the UK and Ireland.

Responsible for the financial direction of Northern Ireland Water, plus all aspects of Corporate Governance, economic regulation and the companies relationship with The Regulator.

 

Pauline Shepherd - Director of HR

Pauline Shepherd

Director of HR

Pauline joined Water Service in May 2005, prior to the inception of NI Water in April 2007. She was formerly the Director of Personnel and Finance in the NI Prison Service with responsibility for leading employee relations in a particularly volatile industrial relations climate.

Pauline has held a number of senior posts in Human Resources and Change Management within the NI Court Service. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and currently has responsibility for HR Strategy, Health and Safety and Facilities Management.


David Dangerfield

Director of Operations (Acting)

David joined NI Water on 1st April 2008. He has worked in the water industry - originally Anglian Water and more recently Thames Water - since 1989.

He is responsible for all Water and Wastewater operations for Northern Ireland focussing on service delivery, environmental
and safety compliance and delivering a substantial efficiency programme.

 

Alistair Jinks

One Programme Director (Acting)

Alistair is responsible for the development of NIW's business improvement programme, ensuring delivery of planned efficiencies, improvements to systems and processes and where possible accelerating the delivery of the benefits to NIW and to our customers.

 

 

Mark Ellesmere - Head of Legal and Company Secretary

 Mark Ellesmere

Head of Legal & Company Secretary

Mark provides legal advice and assistance throughout the organisation and is Company Secretary to the board of Northern Ireland Water.

 

 

 

 

David Gilmour
Commercial Director

David has a strong global commercial background and  has considerable experience of achieving significant cost reductions, supply chain management, change management and engineering/capital construction purchasing.

He is responsible for commercial sourcing and the effectiveness of supplier relationship for NI Water. David is also responsible for developing and implementing the procurement strategy and for NI Water's supplier selection and contracting strategy.

 

Pat McParland
Director of Corporate Affairs

Pat joined Northern Ireland Water in June 2008 and is responsible for the organisations communication strategy.

The communications team aims to work closely and develop relationships with key stakeholders including customers and The Regulator.

Effective engagement and excellent communication with all NI Water employees is also a priorty. 

 

 

Darren Mawhinney
Head of Strategy

Darren joined NI Water in February 2008. He is originally from a consulting background, specialising in strategy and business change for multinational clients. He subsequently spent five years in Operations and Business Improvement Roles in the IT industry.

As Head of Strategy Darren is responsible for strategic planning and analysis for NI Water to enable the organisation to realise its full potential. He is also responsible for the development and implementation of NI Water's Corporate Management System.

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Liam Mulholland
Director of Customer Services & Billing

Joined Northern Ireland Water in May 2007 after a career predominantly in the telecomms sector NTL and Telewest. Liam has held a range of posts relating to customer operations and business improvement.

Liam is responsible for Customer Systems, Customer Services, the management of the contract with Crystal Alliance, existing billing activity and the One Billing Project.

Alan Jones
Chief Information Officer

Alan has worked in a variety of roles Water Service / Northern Ireland Water since 2005.

He is currently responsible for information systems development which includes systems design, business process co-ordination and Information management


* Executive Directors