Yorkshire Water's new finance director joins from neighbour

Yorkshire Water has appointed Chris Johns as chief financial officer.

Johns (pictured) joins Yorkshire from Northumbrian Water where he has been finance director for more than seven years. Previously he was finance director of Northern Gas Networks between 2006 and 2013.

Yorkshire Water chief executive Liz Barber, and John's predecessor in the finance role, said his appointment “largely completes the changes we've been making to our leadership team,” and will enable Yorkshire to to “reshape the company to deliver what our customers and Yorkshire expect of us."