Establishment Programme Director Teresa Wooding has been appointed Chief Executive for the new joint West Coast council-controlled organisation for Local Water Done Well - Coast Waters Ltd.
Coast Waters has been established as an independently governed organisation by the Buller, Grey and Westland District Councils to deliver drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services across the West Coast.
Board Chair Darin Cusack says Ms Wooding has an excellent background for the role, understands all aspects of the programme, has been capably managing the transitional team, and plans to relocate to the West Coast.
“Teresa is a strategic and collaborative leader with more than 25 years’ experience leading organisational change, infrastructure and utility services, and complex multi-stakeholder programmes,” he says.
“She is known for bringing people together, navigating ambiguity, turning strategic intent into delivery in complex and financially constrained environments. This makes a very good fit for the new Coast Waters organisation.”
The role of the founding Chief Executive is to build Coast Waters from the ground up - integrating teams, systems and assets from three councils into a single high-performing organisation while maintaining uninterrupted service delivery throughout the transition, Mr Cusack says.
For further information, please contact:
Coast Waters Ltd Communications team
media@coastwaters.org.nz
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