Declan Hammonds

A commercially driven infrastructure and governance executive with leadership experience across UK utilities, environmental services and critical national infrastructure sectors. Currently serving as Director of Frameworks at Selwood, leading strategic delivery, governance and stakeholder engagement across £100m+ water sector portfolios. Recognised for driving operational resilience, regulatory assurance, commercial performance and organisational transformation within highly regulated environments.

Framework Director at SELWOOD LIMITED - WORKDRY INTERNATIONAL (Present)

Executive lead for strategic framework delivery across major UK water authorities, holding accountability for commercial performance, governance, operational resilience and stakeholder engagement across £100m+ regulated infrastructure portfolios. Driving framework growth, executive client relationships, compliance assurance and transformational delivery strategies within highly regulated utility environments.

Group Respond and Technical Manager at ADLER AND ALLAN GROUP

Directed national emergency response, technical operations and specialist engineering capability across critical infrastructure, utilities and environmental sectors. Led high-risk operational delivery, organisational resilience, governance assurance and strategic incident response across nationally significant safety-critical environments.

Specialist Engineering Technical Manager at ADLER AND ALLAN GROUP

Promoted following the successful expansion of intelligent pipeline inspection technologies within the water sector. Led specialist engineering operations, technical governance and strategic growth across regulated infrastructure environments, positioning the business as a market leader in advanced asset integrity solutions.

Specialist Engineering Operations Manager at ADLER AND ALLAN GROUP

Headhunted to establish a specialist operations capability focused on transitioning advanced oil and gas technologies into the UK water sector. Pioneered the deployment of intelligent pigging technology within water infrastructure, driving innovation in asset integrity, network optimisation and proactive pipeline inspection across regulated utility environments.

Commercial Frameworks Manager at NETWORK PLUS

Directed delivery of major infrastructure framework programmes supporting electricity organisation and gas distribution networks, with accountability for operational performance, commercial governance, stakeholder management and regulatory compliance. Led multidisciplinary teams across high-profile utility operations within Ofgem-regulated environments.

Network Controller / Forward Incident Controller at UNITED UTILITIES PLC

Provided strategic command and operational leadership across critical national water infrastructure networks. Integrated asset optimisation, incident command and operational resilience across complex utility operations. Served in senior emergency leadership roles during nationally significant infrastructure incidents impacting over 75,000 customers.

Network Asset Controller at UNITED UTILITIES PLC

Led asset performance, maintenance governance and infrastructure reliability programmes across critical water network operations. Delivered operational optimisation, compliance improvement and enhanced asset assurance across strategically important utility infrastructure within regulated performance frameworks.

Flood and Coastal Risk Officer FCRM at THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Delivered regional flood resilience, emergency planning and infrastructure recovery strategies across multi-agency government and environmental partnerships. Provided operational leadership during high-impact environmental incidents while influencing resilience planning, public protection and strategic investment priorities at regional level.

LLM Master of Law in Environment – THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW

LLB Hons Bachelor of Law in Law – THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

FdSc Arboriculte & Ecology in Arboriculture and Ecology – UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE

BTEC 3 Ecology in Arboriculture in Ecology and Arboriculture – MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE