Simmonds has more than 20 years of experience in water and infrastructure projects across New Zealand and Australia, and holds international recognition through industry awards and leadership positions in the global water sector. She currently leads Australia and New Zealand operations for Jacobs\u2019 water business.<\/p>\n
Although her career has taken her abroad, Simmonds grew up in Northland and now lives in Kerikeri, giving her, according to the organisation, a strong tie to the communities Northland Waters will serve.<\/p>\n
Board Chair Murray Bain said Simmonds had a track record of leading organisations through growth and change. \u201cKate brings an impressive combination of strategic leadership, operational expertise and sector knowledge. She has built a highly respected career delivering outcomes for communities, clients and stakeholders across New Zealand and Australia, and we are delighted to welcome her as Chief Executive of Northland Waters,\u201d said Bain.<\/p>\n
Northland Waters will take on drinking water and wastewater services for the Te Tai Tokerau region, as Northland is known in M\u0101ori, from July 2027, overseeing close to NZD 1.4 billion (approximately USD 808 million) in public water assets. Bain noted that Simmonds\u2019 experience running large water operations makes her well suited to lead an organisation of that scale.<\/p>\n
For Simmonds, the appointment carries personal significance. \u201cNorthland has always felt like home, and I am incredibly excited about the opportunity to lead an organisation that will play such an important role in the future wellbeing of our communities,\u201d said Simmonds. She added that the new organisation offers a chance to take \u201ca long-term, region-wide approach to water services, helping ensure our communities have safe, reliable and sustainable infrastructure to support future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simmonds has more than 20 years of experience in water and infrastructure projects across New Zealand and Australia,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-602080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}