Regina is an experienced chief executive and strategic leader in sector regulation, competition and consumer policy in the UK and elsewhere. She is also a Board director with both private and public sector expertise.Regina’s sector expertise includes infrastructure, especially water, energy and telecommunications, and services including financial services and the broader consumer economy.Regina was the first Chief Executive of Ofwat, the water regulator for England and Wales, headed up the Commission for Energy Regulation in Ireland as well as the Office of Utility Regulation in the Channel Islands. She worked for the Irish Government and as Deputy Director General of the telecommunications regulator in Ireland – now ComReg. She has held a number of non-executive appointments including Chair of Mutual Energy, a Belfast based energy business, non-executive director of Irish Water and non-executive director of the Channel Islands Competition and Regulation Authority.For Lucerna, Regina carried out a review of the Energy Ombudsman for Ofgem, led key elements of the design and set up of the Payment Systems Regulator and worked on the redesign of Which? policy functions. She has also reviewed the approach of a water company to its price review submission, advised a potential new entrant to the retail water market and assessed strategic engagement in payments for VISA Europe.Regina’s clients include VISA Europe, Thames Water, Waterscan, the Edison Electric Institute (with FinAdvice), THREE Ireland (with Oliver Wyman), the FCA, the Payment Systems Regulator, Which? and Ofgem.In addition to her work for Lucerna, Regina is Chair of the Low Carbon Contracts Company and the Electricity Settlement Company. Both companies play a key role in the delivery of the UK's clean, sustainable, affordable energy goals. She is also non executive Chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee of Director of Places for People, a placemaking and regeneration company, and sits on the Board of Motor Fuel Group as a non executive director.
Listed skills include Energy Policy, Energy, Economic Regulation, Economics, and 13 others.
