Heidi Mottram OBE

Vice Chair of the Board

Heidi Mottram CBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Northumbrian Water Group Limited and Northumbrian Water Limited since 2010.

This follows on from an excellent track record in the rail industry where her career began with British Rail in the mid-1980s. She progressed through a variety of senior leadership roles in British Rail and, following privatisation, in Great North Eastern Railway, Midland Mainline, Arriva Trains Northern and Managing Director of Northern Rail, the largest train operator in the UK.

She was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list 2010 for services to the rail industry and a CBE in the Birthday Honours list 2018 for services to the water industry and business community.

Mrs Mottram is currently a Board Member of Centrica, Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT), and WaterUK, Vice-Chair of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Newcastle University Council and Chair of Castle View Enterprise Academy and Kielder Water & Forest Park Development Trust, as well as a Member of CBI President’s Committee, CBI Thriving Regions & Nations National Steering Committee, CBI NE Regional Council, ICE Infrastructure Client Group, National Rail Awards, Northern Accelerator Strategic Advisory Board, The Royal Anniversary Trust and a Trustee of WaterAid UK.

Under her leadership NWG achieved the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of Sustainable Development in 2014 and has been the only water company to be listed on the World’s Most Ethical companies list ten times. Northumbrian Water has twice been named the UK’s Utility Company of the Year under Heidi’s leadership. The Company was also named as Water Company of the Year in 2018 and 2020 as well as being awarded the British Quality Foundation’s UK Excellence Award 2018, one of the highest accolades any business can achieve.

You can read Heidi’s Register of Interests here.