Agenda

18:30: Complimentary drinks and canape reception

19:00: Lecture

20:00: Event close

Alex became Strategy and Regulation Director at Anglian Water in 2017, and led for the company on its Business Plan and engagement with Ofwat for PR19 and the subsequent CMA Redetermination process. He is now taking forward the plans for new reservoir systems in the region to address the water scarcity challenges in the East.

Previously he has worked as Director of Regulation at Royal Mail, Executive Director for Economy, Transport & Environment at Cambridgeshire County Council, and Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Horizons (the body overseeing the plans for sustainable new communities in Cambridgeshire).

Earlier in his career, Alex was Deputy Regional Director of the Government Office for the East of England, spent 4 years as Head of Economic Policy and International Aviation at the CAA, and worked in HM Treasury on competition policy, including leading the work on the 2002 Enterprise Act.

In addition to his role with Anglian Water, Alex is a Board Member of the Centre for Cities, an Operational Board Member for Cambridge Ahead, a Board Member for Water Resources East, and chairs the Regional Productivity Forum for East Anglia (as part of the wider £32m ESRC-funded Productivity Institute).