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Nial Grimes

Commander · DISC type D
Head of Applications & Digital Delivery at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
📍 Llandeilo, Wales, United Kingdom

Nial Grimes is a technology leader at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, currently serving as Head of Applications & Digital Delivery. His 30-year career has progressed from technical journalism through infrastructure and architecture to strategy, focusing on driving business transformation and optimizing costs. He studied Information Technology at The Open University.

Nial is passionate about how technology can transform organizations. He is involved in his community, supporting youth STEM education through programs like the FIRST LEGO League, where he has been impressed by the students research on water-related topics.

Unique fact: Nial began his career in the 1990s as a technical journalist and writer for several Atari computer magazines.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Head of Applications & Digital Delivery
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Llandeilo, Wales, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Nial shows up

Risk-Taker
Impact-Driven
Strong-Willed

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Priorities

Topics Nial cares about

Practical AI Application
Recently studied the business impacts of AI at Warwick Business School and is focused on applying generative AI to solve real-world business problems, beyond the hype.
Digital Transformation
His entire career focus, from strategy to digital delivery, is on using technology to pioneer business-critical transformation and modernize core systems for scalability and efficiency.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Head of Applications & Digital Delivery
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
11-2024 - 12-2025
Interim Head of Enterprise Applications
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
5-2022 - 6-2025
Trustee
Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative
8-2020 - 12-2025
Head of Strategy & Innovation
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
3-2020 - 8-2020
Head of Business Information Services (Interim)
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1998 - 2003
Information Technology & Computing
The Open University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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