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The day-to-day running of our company is led by an Executive Management Team, which reports to our Board of Directors.

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Our Board of Directors

The day-to-day running of our company is led by an Executive Management Team, which reports to our Board of Directors.

Southern Water - Colin Hood    

Colin Hood

Chairman

 

Appointed Chairman in February 2012, Colin Hood joined the board as a Non-executive Director in February 2011. He is a former Chief Operating Officer of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), which he joined in 2001 as Power Systems Director. Before this, he was Director of Distribution for Southern Electric, having joined the industry with the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board in 1977. Colin is an Independent Director on the board of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and a Non-executive Director of First Group and High Speed 1, the Channel Tunnel rail link. He is a graduate of Strathclyde University, where he studied Electrical Engineering. 
Southern Water - Matthew Wright  

Matthew Wright

Chief Executive Officer

 

Appointed in February 2011, Matthew Wright joined us from United Utilities where he was Managing Director, Asset Management and Delivery.  Prior to that he was Managing Director, Operations, and his role included management of the operations, maintenance and customer service activities of United Utilities’ regulated water and wastewater business as well as oversight of the company’s external contracts with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Scottish PFI projects and other industrial customers. Matthew has more than 20 years' experience of utility management in both UK and international markets.  He joined United Utilities in 2007 from ScottishPower's US operation, where he was Executive Vice President of PacifiCorp's transmission, distribution and customer service division.  He has also held senior management positions in operations, regulation, corporate strategy and commercial utility functions.
 
Southern Water - Mick Carmedy  

Mick Carmedy

Chief Financial Officer

 

Appointed in November 2011, Mick Carmedy joined us from United Utilities where he was previously the Group Controller and Finance Director United Utilities Water Plc.  He joined United Utilities in January 2008 from Thames Water where he worked for 17 years in various financial, commercial and regulatory roles based in both the UK and the US.  Immediately prior to joining United Utilities, he was Thames Water Group Financial Controller, a role he took up following his return from the US where he spent four years with Thames Water Americas, including two years as VP Regulation, American Water.
 
Southern Water - David Golden   

David Golden

Independent Non-executive Director

 

Appointed in November 2003, David Golden heads the MPSL Group of companies, is Chairman of CPC group and is a director of Payzone plc. He was previously Contracts Director at British Nuclear Fuels plc and Director of Purchasing at North West Water Ltd.




 
Southern Water - Bob Armstrong OBE   

Bob Armstrong

Independent Non-executive Director

 

Appointed in May 2008, Bob Armstrong was previously Managing Director of United Utilities Customer Sales and a Director of United Utilities Water plc. He is a former chairman of Water UK and was awarded the OBE for services to the water industry in 2006.





 
Southern Water - Cheryl Black   

Cheryl Black

Independent Non-executive Director

 

Appointed in May 2008, Cheryl Black joined O2 in November 2006 as Customer Service Director on the O2 UK Board. She has previously held Customer Service Director roles at Scottish Water and NTL, as well as a range of senior customer-focused positions at Orange, Cable & Wireless and EDF. She is a member of the Advisory Board of TRG SATMAP inc, as well as being a Vice President and Companion Member of the Institute of Customer Service and a Director of O2 Pension Trustee Ltd.

 
Southern Water - Robert Jennings   

Robert Jennings

Independent Non-executive Director

 

Appointed in July 2012, Robert Jennings is the Department for Transport’s representative on the Board of Crossrail and oversaw the restructuring of Eurostar and sale of High Speed 1, the Channel Tunnel rail link, during his time as Corporate Finance Director for London & Continental Railways. He joined SG Warburg & Co in 1986 and remained with the organisation until February 2009 where for many years he had been head/joint head of the bank’s infrastructure group. During this period, he was also seconded to HM Treasury on two occasions. Robert graduated from Bristol University in 1976 after reading Economics & Accounting. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1979 and, in 2005, was made a CBE in recognition of his services to the transport sector and finance industry.
 
Southern Water - Paul Moy   

Paul Moy

Non-executive Director

 

Paul Moy is the global Head and Chief Investment Officer for UBS Infrastructure and Private Equity, a division of UBS Global Asset Management. He has extensive principal investment, investment banking and advisory experience in the infrastructure sector across a broad range of asset types, including electricity generation, transmission and distribution, gas, water, toll roads, ports, rail, telecommunications and waste management. Paul also has considerable experience as a non-executive director and is currently a Non-executive Director of Northern Star Generation, CWF Holdings and Njord Gas Infrastructure. Paul holds a BA and PhD in Economics.
 
Southern Water - Surinder Toor  

Surinder Toor

Non-executive Director

 

Surinder is a Managing Director at JP Morgan Asset Management and the global head of asset management for JP Morgan’s Infrastructure Investments Group. In addition to Southern Water, he holds directorships in Electricity North West and Noatum Ports Holdings. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Scotia Gas Networks plc and prior to that he was Managing Director of American Electric Power’s European operations. He has also held positions with Arthur Andersen, PowerGen plc and at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he started his career. Surinder holds an MA in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford and he is a Chartered Accountant.
 
Southern Water - Kevin Hall   

Kevin Hall

Company Secretary and General Counsel

 

Kevin is a qualified solicitor and has worked for Southern Water since 1975. Having also undertaken legal environmental and regulatory work, he focused on customers and water supply on the creation of Southern Water Services in 1989 and became Company Secretary of the Southern Water Group in 1997 following its acquisition by ScottishPower. Since then, he has been involved in many significant corporate and financing activities in addition to his overall legal responsibilities for Southern Water. In February 2008, he also became Company Secretary of the Greensands companies and his role continues to be in supporting and advising the companies’ boards and businesses.
 
 
 
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