New members join as Code Change Committee gets to work

The non household retail market’s new Code Change Committee was officially formed on 1 March. MOSL announced the following new members:

• independent chair – Anthony Pygram, a former regulator and civil servant and currently serves as alternate chair of the regulatory board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants;

• independent members – Dr Ulrike Hottop, an economist and regulation and policy specialist, and Michael O’Connor, who has had a varied career including chief executive positions in the public and voluntary sectors; and

• customer representative – Christina Blackwell, senior policy manager from CCW.

These join the four trading party representatives already appointed to the Code Change Committee: Michael Rathbone (Severn Trent), Paul Stelfox (United Utilities), Claire Yeates (Waterscan) and Matthew Glover (Wave). And affiliate members Sarah McMath from MOSL and Dan Mason from Ofwat.

Recruitment for a second customer representative continues.