David Black was appointed as Chief Executive in April 2022. Before that, he was interim Chief Executive of Ofwat from April 2021. Prior to this, he was Chief Regulation Officer at Ofwat and led the 2019 price review. David joined Ofwat in 2012 as Director of Economics and became a Senior Director in 2015. David became Chief Executive of the UK Regulators Network (UKRN) on 1st September 2024.

Prior to joining Ofwat, David held a number of roles in economic consulting, advising on economic regulation, competition and financial economics in the communications and energy sectors. He has also worked at Oftel, New Zealand Treasury and New Zealand Commerce Commission.