All water award entries will be put through a rigorous two-stage judging process, reviewed by our panel of independent experts.
Stage one:
All entries are reviewed and scored against the criteria by our independent panel of industry experts
Stage two:
Our judges, chaired by Alec Peachey, Content director of WWT, will come together for an all-day judging session as they review the evidence and battle it out to decide who comes out on top for the 2020 Water Industry Awards.
Angie Needle
Director of strategy; Founder - Cadent Gas; Women's Utility Network (WUN)
Angie is Director of strategy at Cadent Gas where she is responsible for creating the transformational strategies for the company. Prior to that she held a range of positions at Centrica, including heading up their contracting strategy that supports 10,000 read more
Ceris Van de Vyver
Head of water consulting, UK - Isle Utilities
Ceris is a water industry professional with over 20 years proven scientific expertise in clean water, wastewater and an in-depth knowledge of public health and water quality. She has held senior management positions in several water companies, was an Inspector read more
Dr. Ana Soares
Senior lecturer in biological engineering - Cranfield Univeristy
Dr Ana Soares is a Senior lecturer in Biological Engineering at Cranfield University in the UK. Dr Soares research explores the underpinning science required to develop and manage bioreactors employing new biological organisms, cultures or pathways in order to optimise read more
Karen Light
Director of client solutions - WRc
Karen is WRc’s Director of client solutions with over 25 years’ experience of working in the water, waste and environmental sectors. She is a member of the Executive team and is helping to implement WRc’s ambitious growth and development strategy. read more
Lila Thompson
Chief executive - British Water
Lila is responsible for British Water’s strategic direction. Lila was formerly responsible for the delivery of British Water’s international services leading scoping visits to a wide range of markets including Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, China and India. read more