Carly Perry

In May 2022, Carly commenced her role as the first Managing Director of the UK water innovation centre of excellence, Spring. She brings 15 years of experience into her role having led water teams as a management consultant in Sia Partners and PA Consulting. Her experience spans across regulation, strategy and innovation with an extensive and broad background, working with water companies to deliver Price Review programmes, transform performance and work through the barriers of technology and innovation adoption. Carly is highly experienced in cross sector collaborations, working with supply chain and academia to explore future business models and she has also led the UK water sector to design an Open Data Strategy. She brings a huge amount of passion for collaborative working and solving the sectors big challenges.