SWAN 10th Annual Conference - Featured Speakers Keynote Speakers Peter Simpson - Chief Executive, Anglian Water Group Peter has been Chief Executive of Anglian Water Group since October 2013 and was previously Managing Director of Anglian Water from January 2010, and Chief Operating Officer from 2004. He was Chairman of Water UK from April 2012-October 2013 and is a Past President of the Institute of Water. Peter is a member of Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, run by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. This influences at a national, EU and global level to reduce carbon emissions, and to champion resource efficiency in water, energy and other natural resources. Peter also works with Business in the Community as Chair of the Water Taskforce and has recently joined the Board of Trustees of WaterAid. Peter is a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Environmentalist. In 2016 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of the Environment and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, as well as Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.
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SWAN 10th Annual Conference - Featured Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Peter Simpson - Chief Executive, Anglian Water Group
Peter has been Chief Executive of Anglian Water Group since
October 2013 and was previously Managing Director of Anglian
Water from January 2010, and Chief Operating Officer from 2004.
He was Chairman of Water UK from April 2012-October 2013 and is
a Past President of the Institute of Water. Peter is a member of
Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, run by the University of
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. This influences at
a national, EU and global level to reduce carbon emissions, and to
champion resource efficiency in water, energy and other natural
resources. Peter also works with Business in the Community as
Chair of the Water Taskforce and has recently joined the Board of
Trustees of WaterAid. Peter is a Chartered Water and
Environmental Manager, a Chartered Scientist and Chartered
Environmentalist. In 2016 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the
Society of the Environment and an Honorary Fellow of the
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, as
well as Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He
holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.
Megan Glover - Co-Founder and CEO, 120WaterAudit
Megan Glover is the Co-Founder and CEO of 120WaterAudit, a
software and point of use company that provides solutions to
Government Agencies, Public Water Systems and School Districts
to manage their lead in drinking water programs. A data and
software veteran, prior to founding 120WaterAudit she spent
nearly 15 years as an executive building and scaling various
software as a service products in the midwest. With a passion and
knowledge base for utilizing modern software technology to solve
problems, 120WaterAudit provides modern software and tools
necessary to solve some of our most complex drinking water
challenges.
Bruce Chalmers - Vice President – People & Places Solutions, Europe
Bruce Chalmers has been 27 years with Jacobs during which time
his career has spanned a wider range of Jacobs markets including
Environmental, Water, Ports, Highways, Flood Management and
Major Projects & Programmes while also finding some time to work
overseas in Malaysia. In recent years he has fulfilled several senior
Operational and Sales Leadership positions before taking on his
current role as Vice President for the new Water and Environment
operating unit within Jacobs People & Places Solutions line of
business in Europe.
As such he is accountable for business performance, growth and
leadership of the 2500 talented professionals from a wide range of
technical disciplines from environmental, catchment management,
water, energy, maritime, tunnelling and ground engineering. He
combines this operational leadership with Executive Sponsorship of
several key client relationships including the Environment Agency,
Esso, United Utilities and South East Water.
Bruce is passionate about teamwork, collaboration and
accountability. He has a keen eye for sales and growth and sees one
of the most enjoyable aspects of his role connecting clients with
solutions from across the sectors and geographies. He believes that
the platform, need and the opportunity exists right now for a
step-change in how we manage our assets and work collaboratively
to break down barriers to deliver better environmental outcomes.
Amitabh Kant - CEO – National Institution for the Transformation of India (NITI Aayog)
Amitabh Kant is presently CEO of National Institution for Transforming
India (NITI Aayog). He is a member of the Indian Administrative
Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 batch). He is the author of Branding
India-An Incredible Story and has edited “The Path Ahead-
Transformative Ideas for India”. Kant has been a key driver of the
“Make in India”, Startup India, “Incredible India” and God’s Own
Country” initiatives that positioned India and Kerala State as leading
manufacturing and tourism destinations. These campaigns have won
several international awards and embraced a host of activities –