South East Water has appointed Chris Train OBE as a new independent non-executive director and Chair - he will succeed Nick Salmon as independent Chair on 1 April.
South East Water has appointed Chris Train OBE as a new independent non-executive director and Chair - he will succeed Nick Salmon as independent Chair on 1 April.
Chris Train has extensive experience in the utilities industry having previously been Chief Executive Officer of Cadent Gas Ltd and is at present Executive and Senior Adviser at CT Energy. An experienced Executive and Board Director, he is currently Non-Executive Chair of Clean Power Hydrogen and a Non-Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Commenting on his appointment, Chris Train said:
“It’s a great time to join the company as we are planning for the new five year investment period with a strong ambition to further improve customer satisfaction levels, resilience and environmental outcomes.”
Nick Salmon joined the Board as Chairman in April 2015 and is stepping down as Chair as part of the regular renewal of independent non-executive directors on the Board.
Another change to the Board of South East Water is the arrival of Mark McArdle from H.R.L. Morrison & Co as the UTA shareholder representative, replacing Rachel Drew who will remain a director of HDF (UK) Holdings Ltd, the group’s ultimate parent company in the UK.
David Hinton, South East Water’s Chief Executive Officer, said:
“On behalf of the company I would like to welcome Chris and Mark to the team and thank Nick and Rachel for their valuable guidance and support.”
“We are looking forward to working with Chris and Mark as we continue to focus on our customer, societal and environmental priorities.”
South East Water supplies an average 520 million litres of drinking water every day to 2.2 million customers across parts of Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire.
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