Maxine Mayhew has been appointed as Senior Independent
Director of the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) and the
Electricity Settlements Company (ESC).
Dr Maxine Mayhew is MD Natural Resources for
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, where
she is responsible for the profit and loss (P&L) delivery and continued
development of the energy, water and defence markets along
with the delivery of the consultancy capability for the
group. Previously she was Group Commercial Director at
Northumbrian Water Limited where she was responsible for
supply chain and marketing functions as well as leading the
sourcing, negotiation and delivery of high value commercial
contracts and the group energy strategy development and
deployment.
Maxine completed a PhD in 1998 and has held a variety of
roles in the water industry. During recent years Maxine has
focused on commercial leadership and strategy development
and implementation and she has held director roles which
have covered all aspects of the industry from operations
and engineering, through to support services including
health, safety, risk, security, procurement and marketing.
She is also an independent member of the Cranfield
University Council and a Non-Executive Director at Karbon
Homes.
This appointment has been made in accordance with guidance
issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
The LCCC
and ESC are arm’s
length bodies established by the government in 2014 to
deliver Contracts for Difference (CfD) and the Capacity
Market (CM) schemes.
The schemes are designed to incentivise the investment
required to transform our electricity infrastructure to
deliver clean and reliable electricity supplies, whilst
minimising costs to customers.
