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UTILITY WEEK | 2ND - 8TH JUNE 2017 | 21 Operations & Assets Guiding stars While the Stars Awards focus on the tireless commitment and achieve- ments of teams and individuals within the utilities workforce, Utility Week also recognises that great leaders have a big part to play in supporting those success stories. They inspire employees, boost morale, act as role models, nurture and mentor talent. This year, for the first time, the Stars Awards pay tribute to such leader- ship with our Guiding Stars nomina- tions. Along with awards partner Energy & Utility Skills, and based on industry recommendations, we have identified a group of executive leaders who have demonstrated outstanding workforce and sector leadership. Those leaders are • Mark Horsley, chief execu- tive, Northern Gas Networks; • Cathryn Ross, chief execu- tive, Ofwat; • Alan Sutherland, chief execu- tive, Wics; • Peter Simpson, chief execu- tive, Anglian Water; • Heidi Mottram, chief execu- tive, Northumbrian Water; • Tony Cocker, former chief executive of Eon UK; • Juliet Davenport, chief execu- tive, Good Energy. All of these leaders have gone above and beyond the call of duty to spend time and invest passion in improving the accessibility of the utilities sector inspiring new talent to consider what opportuni- ties it might offer them. They have supported mentoring schemes, championed new training frame- works and collaborated with peers and rivals to align and incentivise collective action on shared skills challenges. Many of them have also shown themselves to be paragons of ambition and leadership, setting an example for those who will follow in their footsteps. More information about the contributions of these leaders will be revealed at the Stars Awards ceremony on 23 June. Our judges: A sincere thank you from Utility Week to our Stars Awards judges, who lent their time and expertise to the difficult task of picking finalists and winners for the awards. Nick Ellins, chief executive, Energy & Utility Skills; Lynn Cooper, chief executive, Institute of Water; Tony Smith, chief executive, Consumer Council for Water; Victoria MacGregor, head of energy, Citizens Advice; Stuart Hawksworth, head of energy innovation, Health and Safety Labs; Denise Massey, managing director, Energy Innovation Centre; Ian McCluskey, head of technical services, IGEM; Paul Fidler, director of operations and health safety and environment, ENA. Hero Award – Individual • Justin Manley - Clancy Docwra • Ivo MacFarlane - Dalcour Maclaren • Pamela Goee - SGN • Tomos Jones - SP Energy Networks • Meg Darling - Spark Energy • Dominic Warren - UK Power Networks Hero Award – Team • Anglian Water WaterAid Committee • Northern Powergrid • SGN • SP Energy Networks • UK Power Networks • UK Power Reserve Rising Star Award • Josh Wimsey - Ecotricity • Heeran Basi - Severn Trent • Chris Mallon - SP Energy Networks • Andrew Greig - SSE • Jemma Doe - UK Power Networks • Ruqaiyah Javed - UK Power Networks Shooting Star Award • Fionn Boyle - Anglian Water • Tom Harrison - Anglian Water • Sophie Dunstan - Npower • Hannah Brett - SGN • Dr Giulia Privitera - UK Power Networks • Susana Neves e Brooks - UK Power Networks Supernova Award for Long Service • Willie Abu Judeh - Anglian Water • Chris Wright - Linbrooke Services • Caroline Lawrie - SGN • Gerald Paver - SGN • Henry Moye - UK Power Networks • Dave Ackers - Xoserve • Paul Gill - Loop / Yorkshire Business Services To book your table, visit: www.utilityweekstars.co.uk