Our board of directors

	MIKE WELTON Chairman Appointed in January 2008, Mike Welton is a chartered civil engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was previously Chairman of construction materials group Hanson plc and Chairman of support services provider Global Solutions Ltd and is non-executive Chairman of Premier Oil plc. 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 is currently a non-executive director of High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, a government organisation examining high speed rail to the West Midlands and beyond, and sits on the advisory board of Montrose Associates. He is also a non-executive director of Morrison Utility Services.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	BOB ARMSTRONG OBE 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.
	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 focussed 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.
	COLIN HOOD Non-executive Director Appointed in February 2011, Colin joined the board of Scottish and Southern Energy as Power Systems Director in January 2001, becoming Chief Operating Officer in October 2002. He is SSE's lead Director for Health and Safety matters and has board level responsibility for Large Capital Projects. Previously, he was Director of Distribution for Southern Electric, having joined the industry with the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board in 1977.
	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.
	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.