Ofwat has today announced the appointment of its Senior Director Analytics and Chief Economist.

Alena Kozakova originally joined Ofwat as Chief Economist in 2016; her newly expanded role will see her responsibilities widened to include leading the assurance process for Ofwat’s forthcoming price review, PR19.

An expert in competition and regulatory economics, before joining Ofwat, Alena Kozakova previously worked for Frontier Economics, the Competition Commission, the Office of Fair Trading, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition and a number of UK consumer bodies.