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The Executive Exchange — 98 episodes
Resilience Commons: Hong Kong’s Blueprint for Flood Resilience with Ringo Mok, Director of Drainage Services at Hong Kong SAR
The Digital 'Leapfrog': Balibago Waterworks' Transformational Journey with Criselle Alejandro, President of Balibago Waterworks
Direct Potable Reuse in Flanders: Hofstade’s Living Lab with Hans Goossens, Chief Executive of De Watergroep
Keeping the License to Operate: ReWa’s Community Engagement Strategy with Rebecca West, CEO of ReWa
Water Meets AI: AI 101 for Water Professionals and the Water-AI Nexus with John Ikeda, Chief Mission Officer of the Water Environment Federation
Navigating Networks: DMAs and the New Age of Water Management with Bob Taylor, Chief Executive of Portsmouth Water, UK
Reframing Reforms: New Zealand’s Water Sector Transition with Jon Lamonte, Former Chief Executive of Watercare, New Zealand
Innovation Meets Regulation: DWI's Vision for Water Safety with Dr. Marcus Rink, Chief Inspector of the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), UK
Escaping Pilot Purgatory: The Pathway to Pilot Heaven through the Trial Reservoirs Initiative with Jo Burgess
GWRS: Redefining Reuse and Refreshing Southern California's Future with Mehul Patel, OCWD
Re-wiggling River Anton: Southern Water's Transformative Restoration Project with Lawrence Gosden
Ambition and Direction: Leading a Transformation Journey with George Theo, TasWater
Bold Moves and Breakthroughs: The Step Change Transformation at TasWater with Callan Paske
Resilience with Recycling: LADWP's Strategies for Local Water Supply, with Anselmo Collins
Towards Operational Excellence: TasWater's Transformation with Brendan Windmeyer
Project Flow: A Flowing Fund for Clean Water in Camps to Communities with Kim Skibsted, Grundfos Foundation
Tideway Tunnel: The Making of London's Super Sewer with Matthew Parr, Deputy CEO at Tideway
"Managing Rain Better Where It Lands" with Matt Wheeldon, Infrastructure Development Director, Wessex Water
Red Hill Revisited: Contamination Impact on Hawaii's Precious Wai with Ernie Lau
Collaboration in Innovation with Martin Jackson, CIO of Northumbrian Water
Passing the Torch and Carving a Legacy: Executive Transitions and Achievements with Nigel Watson of Northumbrian Water
Trust and Transparency: A No Blame Culture with Darren Cleary, Sydney Water
Asian Water Development Outlook 2025: A Progress Review in Water Security with Tanya Huizer and Vivek Raman, Asian Development Bank
WaterAid's Mission and Vision with Erik Harvey, Strategic Program Development Director of WaterAid
Detect Quickly, Report Quickly, and Get Fixed Quickly: NRW management in Thailand's EEC with Bordin Udol, CEO of East Water
Floods, Flames, and Resilience: Coliban Water's Bushfire Response with Damian Wells
An Innovative Way to Run an Innovation Department with Frank Rogalla, Director of Innovation and Technology of Aqualia
Wingo-WHAT?: The Art of Community Connection with Glen Abrams, Head of Public Affairs at the Philadelphia Water Department
Dunes, Geopolitics, and Water Resilience with Wim Drossaert, CEO of Dunea at The Netherlands
From airplanes to reed beds: a modern airport's water management with Ian Waghorn at Gatwick Airport
The Supplier's Perspective: Partnering for Progress with Matt Clemson, Oldcastle Infrastructure, USA
Reflections on 4 years at the helm of Manila Water, with Jocot de Dios, CEO, Manila Water
Celebrating 45 years at Welsh Water with Pete Perry, CEO for Welsh Water
Exec Exchange: Our First-Year Highlights Unwrapped
Antarctica Unfiltered: Don Cowan on Water, Waste, and Life in the Dry Valleys
From Latin America to Italy: Insights on Circular Economy with Alessandro Reginato, General Manager of Gruppo CAP Evolution, Italy
The Role of Shared Sanitation in Child Development, with Ed Mitchell, CEO of Water and Sanitation for Urban Populations (WSUP)
Creating a Boss-less Management culture, the Teal Initiative with Claus Homann, Chief Strategy Officer at Aarhus Vand Water Utility, Denmark
The Future of Biosolids: Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) and Deep Well Injection with Rob Thompson, General Manager, OC San, California
‘Why investing in water is so difficult to get right (but this is how you do it)’ with Reinhard Hübner, CEO, SKion Water, Germany
Reimagining Water Security through the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS), with Rob Thompson, General Manager, OC San, California
A Novel Full-Scale Approach to Indirect Potable Reuse - with Eng. Rafael Zarate, SAPAL, Mexico
Urgent Call for Donations: Operators Without Borders (OWB) Respond to Hurricane Melissa with Valerie Jenkinson, CEO of OWB
Shaping the Future of Water Through Innovation – with Hanneke van de Ven, Sector Director for Distribution at Brabant Water in the Netherlands
Our 360 Innovation strategy and Reaching Energy Neutrality by 2030, with Carla Correia, CEO at Águas de Portugal Internacional (AdP), Portugal
"Freetown The Treetown" with Amos Saati, Freetown, Siera Leone
The Honolulu Red Hill Fuel Spill, with Ernie Lau, Chief Engineer, Honolulu Board of Water Supply
Eddy McLeod and Eddyvision Lightning Talk podcast with Jim Panton, Managing Director of Panton McLeod
Running a Utility in a remote island in the Northwest Pacific, with Frank Kyota, CEO, Palau Public Utilities Corporation
Recovering from a Catastrophic Flood with Khalid Mehmood Shaikh, Chief Executive Officer for Sindh People's Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF), Pakistan
Our 4 year Drought - with Antoni Ventura, MD, Aigües de Manresa, Catalonia, Spain
Sanasa - Serving the city of Campinas, with Manuelito Magalhães, CEO, Sanasa, Brazil
Climate Change Challenges in a Sinking City, with Johan Verlinde, City of Rotterdam, Netherlands
It must be the water!' with Julian Daniel, Montserrat Utilities Ltd, Montserrat, Caribbean
Water and Wastewater services in Nepal with Anand Gautam, WaterAid Nepal/Godawari Municipality
A Colombian Water Crisis (or '6 days into My New Role and this happens!'), with Dr. Natasha Avendaño, CEO Acueducto/EAAB, Bogota, Colombia
Collaboration in Innovation - Does it help or hinder? with Mike Rose, Chief Executive of UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR)
Our Water Connection, with Jess Bohorquez
Regulatory Realities and Water Industry Mentorship: An Exchange with John Macabinta, Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD), Philippines
‘Circular Economy – What works and what doesn’t’ with Dr Bob Stear, Chief Engineer, Severn Trent, United Kingdom
The value of applying urban planning principals to running a water utility, with Ruben Fernandes, Executive Director, Águas do Porto, Portugal
Our experience of Asian Development Bank's Twinning Program, with Lina Ong Chiew Yin, Corporate Planning, Indah Water Konsortium
'Have a plan. Have a back up plan. And have a back up back up plan' with Harry Sachinis, CEO, EYDAP, Greece
How First Nation values can inform the management of a modern water utility, with Shaun Cumming, MD, Barwon Water, Australia
What it is like being a Mentor for the Asian Development Bank’s Water Organization Partnership for Resilience programme (WOP4R), with Mr. Ong Tze Ch’in, Chief Executive, PUB
Delivering 'added value' the Portuguese way - with Ana Luis, President, AdP VALOR
The 2019/20 Kangaroo Island bushfires, with David Ryan, Chief Executive, SA Water, Australia
Coping with the April 28th 2025 National Power Outage, with Nuno Brôco, CEO Águas do Tejo Atlântico
The Asian Development Bank's utility twinning programme, with Satoshi Ishii, Director for Strategy and Partnerships, ADB and Vivek Raman, Principal, ADB
Nature-Based Water Solutions: Insights from United Utilities' Asset Management Director Jo Harrison
'Non-Revenue Water - An agent for change!' with Andrew Donnelly, Board Director, Águas de Portugal International
Even a small utility can be carbon neutral, with Pav Policar, Chairman, VAK HB Plc., Czech Republic
30 Years of Yarra Valley Water with Managing Director Pat McCafferty
Data Centres and Water Demand - with Kristen Atha, Executive Director, City of Columbus, Ohio
Leadership in Volatile times, with Nuno Brôco, Executive Chair Aguas do Tejo Atlantico, Portugal
The Unique ownership and operating model of Welsh Water, with Steve Wilson, MD, Welsh Water
Delivering a World Class Lead Replacement Programme: Will Pickering, CEO at Pittsburgh Water
The US EPA's research on microbial source tracking, with Sally Gutierrez, former Director of National Research Laboratory, EPA
Wastewater Treatment in Cold Climates with Kjetil Wang Hansen CEO at Veas Norway
Meeting the ambition to be energy neutral, with Peter Verlaan, CEO, Aa en Maas, The Netherlands
2% of the population, 38% of the assets', with George Theo, Tas Water
Day Zero, Cape Town - 7 years on.
Our Transforming Journey (from laggard to upper quartile) with Alex Plant, CEO, Scottish Water
Infrastructure and Leadership: Nicola Shaw on Navigating Water, Energy, and Transport Sectors
Hetch Hetchy, San Francisco's secret engineering marvel (with Dennis Herrera, General Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission)
How Cape Town reduced water demand by 55%
Water Resources in Southern England
Transitioning to a Smart Water Society
Transforming Manila Water
When ‘Deadpool’ is a Genuine Threat, Rather Than Just a Fun Movie
COP29, Climate Action and How Singapore is Responding
Tackling water security in Australia: coast-to-coast
Leading Through Transition: Gippsland Water's Vision for the Future
Building a 100% Renewable Water Utility from Scratch: Insights from ENOWA's Gavin van Tonder
Innovation Unleashed: Heidi Mottram's Journey and the Impact of Northumbrian Water's Festival
Innovative Water Solutions for Slum Communities with Philippe De Roux
"If its installed, it had better be working" – The Secret To Building a Resilient Utility with Rob Thompson, General Manager, OC San, California
How a Ukrainian city supplied water during the conflict