CEOWater and Sanitation for the Urban Poor
Ed Mitchell joined WSUP as Chief Executive in June 2022. He has significant relevant experience in the environmental and water sectors, as well as with public policy and administration. Most recently he was a Director at Pennon Group, the owners of South West Water, Bournemouth Water, Bristol Water and Viridor. Prior to this, he held the role of Executive Director of Environment and Business at the Environment Agency for nearly a decade. He was also the Director of Environment and Corporate Responsibility at Thames Water and has worked for GlaxoSmithKline and the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). He spent time as special advisor to Dame Margaret Beckett, the UK’s first female Foreign Secretary, from 2005 to 2007.
Ed holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Water and Wastewater Engineering from Cranfield University, and through his role with Thames Water, helped establish WSUP in 2005. He is currently Chair of the Environmental Advisory Group at the Can