THE Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has announced the appointment of 24 new assistant directors, completing the top two levels of its restructured management framework.
A statement from WASA on December 13 said the assistant directors were appointed to support the directors in advancing the ongoing transformation of the company.
On August 30, WASA said St Kitts-born Keithroy Halliday, a former general manager of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) would lead the company.
He officially started his work as WASA’s CEO on December 1.
In a statement on September 5, WASA’s Board of Commissioners announced the company’s new nine-member executive management team. WASA said the Halliday-led team brought a wealth of experience and expertise in its ongoing transformation. The team officially started work on November 1.
The members include, director, corporate finance Karlene Ammon; director, people, transformation and central services Neil Derrick; director of technology, future systems and sustainability Alisha Romano; director, water management services (north east) Shaira Ali; director, water management services (northwest) Kelvin Romain; director, water management services (central) Sharon Bailey; director water management services (south) Anand Jaggernath; and director, water management services (Tobago) Brian Williams.
WASA’s chairman Ravindra Nanga said the assistant directors were a mix of new appointments and internal staff.
“We advertised the position and people from inside and outside of WASA would have applied. We had a human resource consultant and they would have gone through the recruitment process. The process also involved the current directors as they would have had a say, as the assistants will be reporting directly to them.”
Nanga said the process was open and transparent and the best applicants were chosen.
The new assistant directors include, John Hackett, plant maintenance and Safiyyah Abdullah, plants, water sourcing, transmission and distribution (Northeast); Mark Cyrus, plant maintenance and Ronald Ramkalawan, plants, water sourcing, transmission and distribution (Northwest); Richard Ali, plant maintenance and Sasha Roopnarine, plants, water sourcing, transmission and distribution (South); Adesh Sookdeo, plant maintenance and Aarif Mohamed, plants, water sourcing, transmission and distribution (Central); Tariq Wadi, plant maintenance and Colin Orr, plants, water sourcing, transmission and distribution (Tobago).
WASA’s statement on December 13 said the plant maintenance assistant director’s role was to oversee the safe, efficient engineering programmes, and direct multi-disciplinary teams in asset maintenance and reliability while adhering to engineering principles and budget guidelines.
The plants, water sourcing, transmission and distribution assistant director’s role is to develop water production, sourcing, and distribution strategies, and ensure quality, customer service and sustainability while managing the water network and collaborating with multi-disciplined teams.
