Board of Directors
Kenneth George Harvey BSc, 69
Chairman
Appointed on 1 March 1997. Ken was formerly chairman and chief executive of Norweb Plc. He was chairman of National Grid Holdings in 1995 and was previously deputy chairman of London Electricity and earlier its engineering director. He has also been chairman of a number of limited and private equity funded companies. Currently he is the senior independent non-executive director of National Grid Plc.
Colin Irwin John Hamilton Drummond MA, MBA, LTCL, CCMI, 59
Chief Executive, Viridor Limited
Appointed on 1 April 1992. Prior to joining the Company Colin was a divisional chief executive of Coats Viyella, having previously been corporate development director of Renold plc, a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and an official of the Bank of England. He is chairman of the Government's Living with Environmental Change Business Advisory Board; of UKTI's Environmental Sector Advisory Group; and of the Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network. He is a senior visiting research fellow in Earth Sciences at Oxford University; an adviser to Beehive Water and Waste Holdings LP; and a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators.
David Jeremy Dupont MA, MBA, 56
Group Director of Finance
Appointed on 2 March 2002. David was formerly regulatory and finance director of South West Water Limited, having joined Pennon Group Plc (then South West Water Plc) in 1992 as strategic planning manager. Previously he held business planning and development roles with Gateway Corporation. He is a member of the CBI Environmental Affairs Committee and the CBI South West Regional Council.
Christopher Loughlin BSc Hons, MICE, CEng, MBA, 57
Chief Executive, South West Water Limited
Appointed on 1 August 2006. Chris was most recently chief operating officer with Lloyd's Register and previously was an executive director of British Nuclear Fuels Plc and executive chairman of Magnox Electric Plc. Chris started his career as a chartered engineer and subsequently held a number of senior positions with British Nuclear Fuels. He was appointed chairman of Water UK with effect from 1 April 2008.
Martin David Angle BSc Hons, FCA, 60
Non-executive Director
Appointed on 1 December 2008. Martin currently holds non-executive directorships with Savills plc, JSC Severstal, Shuaa Capital and The National Exhibition Centre where he is Chairman. Until November 2009, he was also on the Board of Dubai International Capital. In addition he sits on the Advisory Board of the Warwick Business School. Formerly he held senior positions with Terra Firma Capital Partners and various of its portfolio companies, including the executive chairmanship of Waste Recycling Group Limited. Before that he was the Group Finance Director of TI Group plc and held a number of senior investment banking positions with SG Warburg & Co Ltd, Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
Gerard Dominic Connell MA, 52
Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Appointed on 1 October 2003. Gerard is currently group finance director of Wincanton Plc. Previously he was a director of Hill Samuel and a managing director of Bankers Trust having trained originally at Price Waterhouse and has held other corporate finance and business development positions in the City and in industry. He is also a governor of King's College School, Wimbledon.
Dinah Alison Nichols CB, BA Hons, 66
Non-executive Director
Appointed on 12 June 2003. Dinah was formerly Director General Environment at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and previously held various senior appointments within Government, including being head of the water directorate during the period of water privatisation. She is also a Crown Estate Commissioner, a non-executive director of Shires Smaller Companies Plc, chair of the National Forest Company and a director of several charitable Trusts.
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Ken Woodier, Solicitor
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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
Audit
Gerard Connell (Chairman)
Martin Angle
Dinah Nichols
Corporate Responsibility
Dinah Nichols (Chairman)
Martin Angle
Gerard Connell
Colin Drummond
Chris Loughlin
Nomination
Ken Harvey (Chairman)
Martin Angle
Gerard Connell
Dinah Nichols
Remuneration
Martin Angle (Chairman)
Gerard Connell
Dinah Nichols