Dr Maxine Mayhew is Chief Executive Officer of Coriant, a UK based industrial and infrastructure maintenance services group. She leads the Group’s strategy to build a market leading platform focused on the maintenance, repair, and optimisation of critical industrial and infrastructure assets. Previously, Maxine was Chief Operating Officer at Biffa, where she led five operating divisions and two Group functions. Before this, she was Managing Director of Natural Resources at Costain, delivering major programmes across the energy, water, and defence sectors. Maxine completed her PhD in 1998 and has held a broad range of senior leadership roles across the water industry and adjacent infrastructure sectors. In recent years, her focus has been on commercial leadership and strategy development, holding director level positions spanning operations and engineering, as well as corporate functions including health and safety, risk, security, procurement, and marketing.