Ofwat unveils innovation competition judges

Ofwat has unveiled an eight-strong judging panel for its Water Breakthrough Challenge (WBC), the main competition worth £40m a year to be run under the new Innovation Fund.

The judges are:

• Paul Connell – founder, Open Data Institute Leeds;

• Tony Conway – visiting professor, University of Sheffield and director, British Water;

• Sharon Darcy – director, Sustainability First;

• Paul O'Callaghan – founder & CEO, BlueTech Research;

• Niki Roach – president, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and director of AxiaOrigin;

• Frank Rogalla – director of innovation and technology, Aqualia (Spain);

• Anusha Shah – director (resilient cities), Arcadis; and

• Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, executive director, International Water Association.

The winners of the first round of the WBC will be announced in September.