Full Name
Heidi Mottram
Job Title
Chief Executive Officer
Company
Northumbrian Water
Speaker Biography
Chief Executive Office since 2010, before the organisation’s acquisition by a consortium led by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited in October 2011.
Heidi's success at Northumbrian Water Group follows on from an excellent track record in the rail industry where her career began with British Rail in the mid-1980s. She progressed through a variety of senior leadership roles in British Rail and, following privatisation, in Great North Eastern Railway, Midland Mainline, Arriva Trains Northern, and Managing Director of Northern Rail, the largest train operator in the UK.
She was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list 2010 for services to the rail industry and a CBE in the Birthday Honours list 2018 for services to the water industry and business community.
Heidi is currently Co-Chair of the Net Zero North East England and Newcastle University Council, and sits as a member of the North East Environment, Coast and Rural Advisory Board, a strategic subcommittee of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.
Heidi's success at Northumbrian Water Group follows on from an excellent track record in the rail industry where her career began with British Rail in the mid-1980s. She progressed through a variety of senior leadership roles in British Rail and, following privatisation, in Great North Eastern Railway, Midland Mainline, Arriva Trains Northern, and Managing Director of Northern Rail, the largest train operator in the UK.
She was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list 2010 for services to the rail industry and a CBE in the Birthday Honours list 2018 for services to the water industry and business community.
Heidi is currently Co-Chair of the Net Zero North East England and Newcastle University Council, and sits as a member of the North East Environment, Coast and Rural Advisory Board, a strategic subcommittee of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.
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