THE MAGAZINE FOR THE DRAINAGE, WATER & WASTEWATER INDUSTRIES
AWARDS NEWS
on water resources and sustainable water management policy and practice. In 2023, she set up Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs, a research and innovation centre. It works with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and civil society groups to co-create science-backed solutions that simultaneously create livelihoods and conserve the environment. Veena received her PhD from Stanford University and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. She has won several awards for her work. including the 2015 Jim Dooge Award from the
European Geophysical Union, the 2012 Water Resources Research Editor’s Choice Award from the American Geophysical Union. She chairs the Strategic Advisory Group for the Integrated Monitoring Initiative for UN SDG6 and was the Prins Claus Chair at Utrecht University, the Netherlands from 2018 to 2020.
Dr Doulaye Kone supports the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s effort to provide access to safe sanitation to 2.5 billion people currently without it. He is disrupting the decades long status-quo in the developing world sanitation sector by reinventing the toilet and reimagining faecal sludge management business as a
sustainable utility service. He is responsible for the Transformative Technologies, Product Development and Commercialization portfolio, and for shaping the Foundation efforts in birthing a new sanitation industry to equitably serve the majority of poor communities in developing countries. Doulaye has more than 20 years’ experience as a sanitation and water specialist, development professional and lead scientist. Doulaye holds a Ph.D., and MAS in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, MSc. and BSc in Physics and Chemistry and a certificate in Strategy from the Harvard Business School.
Naylor wins leadership award
Edward Naylor, CEO of Naylor Industries plc was named Yorkshire Business Leader of the Year at The Yorkshires Business Awards 2023. The award was presented at a prestigious awards ceremony held in Leeds, which celebrated the best of Yorkshire business.
Edward became CEO of Barnsley based Naylor on the death of his father Allan in 1993; at the time, Naylor were a struggling £12m manufacturer of clay pipes. He has overseen a programme of diversification and modernisation which has seen Naylor become a growing £80m business based on 7 sites, with a broad range of businesses offering products made out of plastic, concrete and clay.
Naylor has worked hard to retain a family business culture, putting employees and customers first, and has been rewarded by an abundance of both long serving employees and long standing customers. The company has invested heavily in skills and training, having an active apprentice programme and an online training academy, Naylor Knowledge; earlier this year, the company won the Workforce Developer Award in the regional Chamber Business Awards.
Edward said: “It is an honour to be named Business Leader of the Year and
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Greg Wright, Yorkshire Post presenting Edward Naylor with his award.
I’m absolutely thrilled to accept this award on behalf of our fantastic team. Not many family businesses make it into the fourth generation and it’s thanks to a huge team effort that we have reached our 133rd year whilst still growing and prospering. We’re really grateful to the judges for acknowledging all our hard work.”
About Naylor Industries:
Naylor Industries is an award winning, long- established British manufacturer of products for the building, construction and retail sectors which are offered across the UK and internationally. Headquartered in Barnsley, the company employs some 400 people across seven locations. Naylor Industries is renowned for manufacturing excellence, sustainability, and customer service.
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