Climate Change Networking Evening

Join us for an evening of thought-provoking conversation, potential new partnerships and the chance to meet with members of our Climate Change Working Group.

As usual in this series, we will be welcoming one of our members to deliver the key-note speech. The event is also open to non-members, and BEI members are encouraged to invite their partners and collaborators!

Our keynote speaker this time is Andy Blackhall, Managing Director of WRc. Andy will reflect on his career in the global water sector and his hopes for the future.

Andy has more than 10 years’ experience working in management roles within the water and environment sector. After joining WRc in 2018 as head of asset management, he was later appointed as commercial director, responsible for the organisation’s strategic growth, and soon saw WRc deliver our strongest trading performance for the past 10 years. During this period, Andy has also worked for HM Government as a water specialist for the Department of International Trade, working across the globe to promote the strengths and capabilities of the UK water sector.

He is an accomplished senior leader skilled in providing project definition, overall management and project stakeholder liaison, coordinating leading parties, supervising project teams and overseeing implementation. Andy has extensive experience in financial and administrative oversight, reporting monitoring and evaluation of entire programmes of work.

In addition, Andy is a member of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management and qualified by the Chartered Institute of Leadership Management. He is Chairman of the International Forum for British Water, where he represents the views of the UK supply chain. Andy is also a Non-Executive Director of Waterwise, an NGO committed to encouraging the efficient use of water.

Timings:

16:00-16:30 - Arrival

16:30-17:15 - Keynote

17:15-19:00 - Networking