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NI Water boss Trevor Haslett steps down NI Water boss Trevor Haslett to step down
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The head of Northern Ireland water has resigned. By Jim Fitzpatrick Economics and business editor
The boss of Northern Ireland Water is poised to resign, the BBC has learned.
Trevor Haslett had been in the post for less than a year after the resignation of the previous boss in the midst of the Christmas and New Year water chaos.Trevor Haslett had been in the post for less than a year after the resignation of the previous boss in the midst of the Christmas and New Year water chaos.
Lawrence MacKenzie stood down amidst damning criticism of the company's handling of the water shortages during the big freeze last winter.Lawrence MacKenzie stood down amidst damning criticism of the company's handling of the water shortages during the big freeze last winter.
Mr Haslett's departure is understood to have taken company executives and directors by surprise. It is understood Mr Haslett has signalled that he wants to leave and return to private consultancy.
An emergency meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening. His imminent departure is understood to have taken company executives and directors by surprise with emergency meetings continuing on Wednesday.
Attracting a new chief executive from outside the company may prove difficult as suitable candidates may view the post as a poisoned chalice. Mr Haslett was formerly head of engineering with NI Water and previously worked as a director of a private civil engineering company.
He is the third chief executive to resign from the post.
As well as Mr MacKenzie in January, after what First Minister Peter Robinson described as the company's "shambolic" response to the big freeze, in 2008 Katherine Bryan resigned following controversy over a funding shortfall.
NI Water was created as a state-owned company in 2004 with Ms Bryan at the helm and its structure suggested that it would ultimately be privatised.
But the devolved government took a different view and the company has since been reformed as a non-departmental public body which means it falls under the control of the Department of Regional Development.
Previous boss Mr MacKenzie drew criticism for his level of pay, at £250,000. It is understood that Mr Haslett receives much less than that, closer to £130,000.
This disparity may make it more attractive for Mr Haslett to work in private consulting.
The pay cap - along with the perception of political interference - may also make it harder for Northern Ireland Water to recruit a new chief executive from outside the company.
NI Water denied that Mr Haslett had resigned, but said discussions with him on his future were ongoing.
During the Christmas water crisis 450,000 people were left without mains supply.
It cost the company £7.5m and at the height of the crisis, a million people phoned the NI Water helpline.