Yorkshire Water chief steps down after one-star rating

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Yorkshire Water chief executive Nicola Shaw is stepping down after the Environment Agency downgraded the company to a one-star environmental rating.

Yorkshire Water chief executive Nicola Shaw is stepping down after four-and-a-half years in the role, just a day after the Environment Agency downgraded the company's environmental performance rating from two stars to one. The company serves more than five million customers across Yorkshire.

Nicola Medalova, a former National Grid executive and current member of the board, will join as chief executive-designate before taking over permanently in January. Announcing her departure, Ms Shaw said there remained "a huge amount of work to do" but that Yorkshire Water was now on a "stronger footing for delivery across all aspects of its work".

Scarborough and Whitby Labour MP Alison Hume said replacing the chief executive with an existing board member would not, on its own, address the company's environmental failings. She described the move as "akin to shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic", adding that the one-star environmental rating was "appalling, but not surprising". Issues with Scarborough's bathing water quality have persisted, with last year's ratings showing South Bay classed as 'poor' and North Bay's bathing water quality classed as 'sufficient'.

Yorkshire Water chief steps down after one-star rating — Image: Gazette & Herald (Malton)

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MP likens Yorkshire Water leadership change to ‘shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic’THE MP for Scarborough and Whitby has compared a leadership shake-up at Yorkshire Water to “shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic” after regulators gave the company the lowest possible environmental rating.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 4 Nov, 12:37
MP likens Yorkshire Water leadership change to ‘shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic’THE MP for Scarborough and Whitby has compared a leadership shake-up at Yorkshire Water to “shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic” after regulators gave the company the lowest possible environmental rating.The Press (York) · 4 Nov, 12:37

In this story: Yorkshire Water · Nicola Shaw · Environment Agency · Nicola Medalova · Alison Hume · Scarborough and Whitby · Yorkshire

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