Interim Director / Chief Economist

Whilst we undertake a recruitment for a permanent Chief Economist, we require an interim Chief Economist to support the programme of work. The purpose of this role is to provide excellent economic and policy challenge and support to the work of the Ofwat’s eight programmes: Water 2020, Finance and Governance, Business Transformation, Compliance and Assurance, Thames Tideway, Strategy and Planning, Non-household retail market opening and Casework. The role will support teams working within the programmes to ensure that our emerging policy proposals are economically sound and to maximize the benefits of those reforms for customers and the wider environment in line with our statutory du…