Currently, Lucy Nicola Shaw occupies the position of Chief Executive Officer of Yorkshire Water Ltd., Chairman at National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc and Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.

She is also on the board of 6 other companies.

In the past she held the position of Chief Executive Officer for HS1 Ltd., Managing Director-Operations at Strategic Rail Authority, Deputy Chief Economist & Deputy Director at Office of The Rail Regulator, Managing Director-UK Business Division at FirstGroup Plc and Associate at Halcrow Fox & Associates Ltd.

She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford and a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.