Our board

• Appointed Non-Executive Chair September 2020
• Chairman of Investment Committees for the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure, and for Marguerite II Fund. Non-Executive Board Director at Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., Trustee of British Youth Opera and Governor at Merchant Taylors’ School
• Career in both public and private sectors. Formerly CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and of large businesses in BP. A former Chairman of, among others, a FTSE-listed power utility, the European industry association for solar, a housing association and a private equity fund for renewables. Also served on the Boards of Babcock International Group Plc, Lloyd’s of London, The Crown Estate, and Thames Water. A former member of the Government’s Renewable Energy Advisory Committee
• Graduate of the Universities of London and Warwick, and the Harvard Business School management programme

• Appointed February 2021, previously Executive Director, Operations from September 2016
• Career includes senior operational roles in water utilities across the UK and overseas.
• Qualifications include CEng (Chartered Engineer), MICE (Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers)

• Appointed Chief Financial Officer June 2016
• Career includes a number of finance director roles in government departments, including Department for Transport, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Ofsted
• Previous finance roles in the NHS, the Audit Commission
• Currently an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee at the regulator Ofwat, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Institute Council
• CIPFA membership

• The Department for Transport appointed Shareholder Representative from February 2019
• Executive Director at UK Government Investments (the government’s centre of excellence in corporate finance and governance), which she joined in 2011
• Career in corporate finance and strategy, with roles at Tesco, The Prince’s Trust, Schroders and Permira
• Qualifications include an MChem (Master of Chemistry) degree

Chair, Investment Committee 

• Appointed Non-Executive Director January 2019
• Career in Information Technology having had a long international career working for Shell culminating as Global Upstream Chief Information Officer
• Further experienced in the savings and investment business as interim Group Chief Information Officer for M&G Prudential
• Qualifications include a BA (Econ) degree

Chair, Audit and Risk Committee 

• Appointed Non-Executive Director April 2018
• Member of Department for Transport’s Group Audit and Risk Committee and DfT Special Representative on the Elizabeth Line Committee (Crossrail)
• Chair of the Office of Tax Simplification, HM Treasury
• Non-Executive Board member at Companies House, the UK Supreme Court, the Press Recognition Panel and the UK Endorsement Board
• Lay member and vice chair of the BMA Audit and Risk Committee, vice chair of The Property Ombudsman and chair of the Employee Board, Emperor Design Services Ltd
• Previous chair roles at the Financial Reporting Advisory Board, HM Treasury, the ICAEW Financial Reporting Committee, and International Monetary Fund External Audit Committee
• Trustee for Royal British Legion Industries and The Royal Mencap Society
• Fellow of the ICAEW and ACCA

Chair, Safety Committee

• Appointed Non-Executive Director September 2017
• Director of Nuclear Operations at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), and appointed the NDA-nominated Non-Executive Director at Sellafield Ltd in April 2018
• Career within engineering and energy with roles at Viridor, EDF and British Energy
• Qualifications include CEng, MIStructE (Chartered Structural Engineer) and an MBA

• Appointed Non-Executive Director 1 April 2021
• Director of Wastewater and Asset Management at Southern Water
• Career centred on asset management, capital delivery and operations primarily in the utilities sector
• Qualifications include a BEng Honours degree (1st class) in Civil Engineering

• Re-appointed Senior Non-Executive Director February 2019, having previously been the Department for Transport appointed Non-Executive Shareholder Representative from July 2016
• Currently a partner with Capstar Advisers. From May 2010 to February 2019, Roger was a director at UK Government Investments
• Career in corporate finance, specialising in acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and restructurings, with roles in industry, including Group Director of Corporate Finance at TI Group plc; and Investment Banking at Lazard, including two years on secondment to Lazard Frères in New York