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Tracey Matthews

Tracey was appointed on 1 June 2020 for a five year term. Tracey has spent much of her career working in the utilities sector with United Utilities Plc. and gained extensive Operational and Asset Management experience, culminating as General Manager Network Operations providing multi utility services for 7 million customers in the North West of England. Tracey was Transition Manager for the first water industry operations outsourcing contract involving Welsh Water and United Utilities Plc., with Welsh Water moving from seventh to first in the OFWAT regulatory ranking.

From 2004 to 2006, as Head of Programme Delivery, Tracey was responsible for the delivery of Scotland's £2.3bn water and wastewater capital infrastructure programmes. She managed this delivery programme through a seven-partner Joint Venture organisation with Scottish Water. The unique nature and success of the Joint Venture has been recognised through numerous industry, customer, stakeholder and environmental awards.

Tracey now balances a non-executive and independent consultant portfolio. Her consulting work is focused on business development and programme management mainly in energy and infrastructure sectors. She has previously held Non-Executive roles with Highways Agency, Office of Rail and Road, UK Coal Ltd, and was the Chairman of AGT Ltd. Currently she is the Independent Chair for Scottish and Southern Electricity's RIIO-2 Enhanced Engagement Group, Board member of Energy and Utility Skills Group and Non-Executive Director with Transport for Greater Manchester. She has a BSc in Chemistry.

Register of Interests

1 Companies, partnerships, trusts or other bodies of which you are a paid employee. Scottish and Southern Electricity
Transport for Greater Manchester (Non-Exec Director)
Energy and Utility Skills
2 Companies and organisations in which you or your family or close associates: None
a) has/have a controlling interest, or
b) is/are a Director or Partner, or
c) has/have shares or securities with a nominal value of more than £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issues share capital, and
d) could be involved in the supply of goods or services to, or have business dealings with the ONR
3 Non-profit making organisations (e.g. charities, housing associations) where you or your close family are Trustees, or on the Committee of Management or other controlling body and which might receive grants, carry out activities designed to promote or develop the organisation, or have other significant dealings with the ONR. None
4 Any land or property in which a member has a direct interest and is clearly within ONR's sphere of activities. None
5 Membership of local authorities, health authorities and trusts, the Magistrates Bench, and relevant voluntary sector bodies. None