Water UK, the representative body for the UK water industry, needed its first ever Head of Resilience & Drought. The role called for real policy ownership and a strong grasp of risk across critical infrastructure, a combination rarely found in one person. Murray McIntosh looked well beyond the water sector, building a longlist from government, regulators, energy, healthcare, financial services and national resilience. Download the case study to see how the search was run, and why the strongest resilience leaders often come from outside the sector.