The Utility Regulator has announced that its Chief Executive, Iain Osborne, will be leaving at the end of the year to take up a board-level role with overall responsibility for UK-wide regulatory policy at the Civil Aviation Authority.
Recruitment of a new Utility Regulator Chief Executive will begin immediately, with an advertisement to be placed in the press within the next ten days.
The Utility Regulator’s Chairman, Professor Peter Matthews, commented:
“We offer Iain our warmest congratulations on this great opportunity. He has made a tremendous contribution to the Northern Ireland utilities sector. We can understand his desire to move up to a UK-wide role in a sector which is also of major economic importance.”
“Part of Iain’s achievement here has been to build the Utility Regulator into a well-organised and expert organisation, which offers effective support to our highly experienced board. This means we are well-placed to keep up our strong track-record of delivering for customers through any transition period and under a new Chief Executive.”
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Notes to Editors
• The Utility Regulator (Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation) is the independent non-Ministerial Government Department responsible for regulating the electricity and gas industries and water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland.
• Iain Osborne has been the Utility Regulator’s Chief Executive since June 2006.