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 Les Dawson

MIKE WELTON
Chairman

Appointed in January 2008, Mike Welton, a chartered civil engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Civil Engineers, was previously Chairman of construction materials group Hanson plc and is the current Chairman of support services provider Global Solutions Ltd. He is a former Chief Executive of the international engineering, construction and services group Balfour Beatty plc and also a past Chairman of both the Turkish/British Business Council and the UK Government’s Railway Sector Advisory Group.  He currently sits on the advisory board of Montrose Associates.

 

Les Dawson

LES DAWSON
Chief Executive Officer

Les has been a main board Director of United Utilities and spent 20 years in Transco in various senior positions. He is a Chartered Water, Gas and Electricity Engineer.

 

Howard Goodbourn

HOWARD GOODBOURN
Finance Director

Appointed in March 2004. He spent a large part of his career in the utility sector in various finance roles and was treasurer and divisional finance director with Powergen plc. He spent the early part of his career in corporate finance with Charterhouse Bank, having qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte.

 

Howard Goodbourn

JASON ZIBARRAS
Non-executive Director

Appointed in October 2007 and currently Chairman of the Audit committee. He is a member of JP Morgan Asset Management's Infrastructure Investments Group, with responsibility for the Group's European investment activities. He currently serves as board member with Electricity North West, ENW and Zephyr Investments.

 

Howard Goodbourn

PHIL PETERS
Non-executive Director

Appointed in October 2007. He is an Executive Director with the Challenger Group in London with overall responsibility for Challenger's European infrastructure business. He has spent the majority of his career in investment banking, previously with Macquarie Bank and Citibank.

 

David Golden

DAVID GOLDEN
Independent non-executive Director

Appointed in November 2003. He is Chairman of Altrix Healthcare plc and heads the MPSL Group of companies. He was previously Contracts Director at British Nuclear Fuels plc and Procurement Director at North West Water.

 

Steve Marshall

STEVE MARSHALL
Independent non-executive Director

Appointed in April 2005. He is Chairman of Delta plc and was previously Chairman of Queen's Moat Houses and a former Group Chief Executive of Railtrack Group plc and Thorn plc.

 

Kevin Hall

KEVIN HALL
Company Secretary

Has worked for Southern Water for 30 years and supports and advises the Board.