About us
We are a like-minded group of data specialists. We connect experts to help make the water sector more progressive, inclusive, and resilient, all while caring for our most precious resource - water.
25
Data specialists
200+
Projects delivered
90+
Customers
1000+
Cups of tea powering our insights
Why we do what we do
Water is our most precious resource. How can we protect it for future generations?
What do we believe in?
Our future depends on water. How can we apply data to help the water sector better understand the challenges it faces?
Meet the team
Shana Meeus
Shana brings together deep analytical expertise and strong organisational leadership to shape how Artesia operates and delivers for its clients. She is accountable for technical quality, delivery performance and day-to-day operations, and is recognised for building robust analytical approaches, strengthening ways of working, and bringing clarity to complex water-sector challenges by working closely with clients to turn data into clear, confident and meaningful decisions that create long-term value.
Dene Marshallsay
Dene is a founder and co-owner of Artesia and plays a central role in shaping how Artesia works with clients across the water sector. He is widely recognised for his expertise in water use, leakage, smart metering and demand management, and is known for turning complex challenges into practical, commercially sustainable solutions.
Rob Lawson
Rob is a co-owner of Artesia and is accountable for the company's overall results and adherence to required standards. He is a leading expert in all aspects of water resources planning and water demand, working extensively with water company, regulator and government clients. He is a Fellow of CIWEM, and has represented the organisation at parliamentary select committees and in TV interviews.
Tom Andrewartha
Tom is consultant with extensive experience in water demand management, supporting clients with water efficiency delivery, strategy development, options appraisals and regulatory reporting. Tom also has a keen passion for behaviour change. Tom has strong skills in programme management, strategy development, and policy design to reduce water usage, reduce waste, and ensure the long-term security of water resources.
Rhys Durham
Rhys works predominantly across leakage and the water balance, bringing together analytical insight and hands-on technical experience. He has a background in consultancy across clean and wastewater networks with specific focus on metering and leakage, working on consultancy, experimental testing and data science.
Janet Manning
Janet has a background in science and engineering in the water sector but as a lifelong gardener had switched careers to become the UK's first garden water scientist. Janet is keen to use gardens and landscapes as the place where the public can better understand how to manage the rain where it lands and repair the water cycle.
Lucy Perkins
Lucy is an experienced leader with a strong background in the water industry and operational performance. Lucy thrives in high-pressure environments, delivering innovative solutions and driving team success. Passionate about using data and customer driven insights to improve processes and enhance business outcomes.
Priscille Lesne
Priscille is a data professional with a background in geology, leading Artesia's data team. She brings experience in team management alongside a strong technical understanding of data management, automation, ETL processes, and coding. Priscille is passionate about helping people grow their careers while enabling teams to deliver high-quality, data-driven solutions to complex challenges.
Francesca Cecinati
Francesca is an Associate at Artesia, combining an environmental background with expertise in data science, statistical modelling and forecasting. She supports our work across smart metering, demand forecasting and water-sector analytics, developing innovative, evidence-based approaches that help clients turn complex data into clear, actionable insight.
Cristina Munilla
Cristina combines environmental insight with statistics and data science to create practical, innovative analytical solutions for water demand, drought and behaviour demand changes and water efficiency, asset performance, and network anomaly detetion. Cristina brings strong experience in collaborative industry projects and applies a responsible, regulation-aware approach to emerging AI methods.
Daniele Di Fiore
Daniele brings an environmental background and deep expertise in water demand modelling, forecasting, regular reporting, and decision-support tools. He provides strategic and methodological leadership across water demand and the wider water sector, shaping robust approaches that support confident, practical decision-making.
Jamie Urwin
Jamie designs and delivers the data platforms that underpin Artesia’s analytical work. He focuses on building reliable, scalable systems that make working with data straightforward for both teams and clients.
Joe Stone
Joe combines an analytical background with a focus on data engineering and cloud-based workflows. He works across data transformation, pipeline development and analytical processes, helping turn complex datasets into reliable, practical insights. Joe has a particular interest in Python, automation and building scalable data solutions to support the water industry in delivering more sustainable outcomes.
Tom Nelson
Tom is a data scientist with a background in physics, data analysis, coding, and research projects. He has experience in PCC methodologies, demographic analysis, and app development.
Ben Tram
Ben has a strong background in forecasting and analytical modeling, bringing these skills to tackle complex challenges in the water sector. He thrives on working with intricate datasets to help clients navigate uncertainty, assess risk, and make informed decisions about the future.
Dan Rooney
Dan has a background in computational chemistry and Python programming. His previous experience lies in the financial services industry, where he analysed large volumes of data using a range of machine learning algorithms and other sophisticated statistical techniques.
Jamie Howe
Jamie has a background in the healthcare and water industry, specialising in modelling and Python programming. Jamie is passionate to apply these techniques to improve and support the UK water sector
Peter Fox
Peter harbours a background in statistics and environmental science, with expertise in time-series, geospatial data and machine learning applications. Having developed models across multiple industries including sports, finance and the public-sector, he boasts a strong proficiency in designing programmatic simulations, insights and forecasts to suit user needs.
Kayleigh Powell
Kayleigh oversees the successful delivery of complex data science and consultancy projects, providing direction and ensuring high-quality execution across the portfolio. Her extensive experience in project planning, resource strategy, and risk and budget management enables projects to run efficiently and deliver meaningful, measurable results.
Laura Watt
Laura is a project professional who supports in the management of complex data science and consultancy projects. She keeps track of project planning, manages scheduling and resource allocation and provides expertise in budget management and risk management. This experience supports projects to deliver the best outcomes for our clients.
Vin Breen
Vin is a seasoned project leader who shapes the delivery lifecycle with a future-focused mindset. Supporting the organisation to create enduring value and growth.
Sarah Spencer
Sarah is a qualified HR and Payroll professional with experience in the engineering and veterinary sectors. She manages the HR and payroll functions at Artesia, supporting the Leadership Team, Line Managers and employees with all aspects of the employee lifecycle. Sarah combines an approachable, empathetic and pragmatic approach to foster a high performing team and positive workplace culture. Sarah has particular passions around HR systems and employee wellbeing.
Our customers
We’re trusted by every UK water company to deliver insight that drives change, using our ability to turn data into decisions. Clients choose us for our technical excellence, collaborative approach and proven impact across the water sector.
Why we do what we do
Water is our most precious resource, and we aim to protect it while helping people understand its importance in our daily lives. We believe we can achieve this most effectively by harnessing data science to find new solutions for water management challenges.
What do we believe in?
At Artesia, we believe our future depends on water. By applying data science, we can help the water sector better understand and overcome the challenges it faces in protecting the planet for future generations.
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Trust
Fostering an environment of trust by being reliable, fair, consistent and transparent
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Ownership
Encouraging each other to take initiative and make decisions that drive the company forward
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Excellence
Consistently and passionately striving to be the best in everything we do
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Quality
Maintaining high standards in every area of business to ensure customer satisfaction
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Simplicity
Removing the ineffective and unnecessary to focus on what is important
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