Chris Train
Independent Chair
Chris Train OBE was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 24 February 2022 and became Chair on 1 April 2022. Chris has extensive experience in the utilities industry having been Chief Executive Officer of Cadent Gas Limited and Executive and Senior Adviser at CT Energy. Chris is an experienced executive and board director and is currently Non-Executive Chair of Clean Power Hydrogen and a Non-Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Chris is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Fuel and Energy Engineering and an MBA.
Lisa Clement
Independent Non-Executive Director (Chair of Audit and Risk Committee)
Lisa was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director in January 2023. During her executive career Lisa worked across a wide range of sectors for companies ranging from multi-billion pound UK and US main-market listed global conglomerates to start-up, private equity backed SMEs. Her roles included being Chief Financial Officer for Sea Containers Ltd. Subsequently she was a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for U.K. Coal PLC during its restructure and reorganisation into Harworth Group PLC, where she also Chaired the Audit Committee, and later chaired the Remuneration Committee and was Senior Independent Director. She was previously a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee for Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC. Lisa is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of Oxford University.
John Barnes
Independent Non-Executive Director
John was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 28 January 2016. Prior to his more recent involvement with a start-up company developing renewable energy schemes, John had gained over 30 years’ experience in the water industry, mainly in the UK, but with spells in the Middle East and New Zealand. John is a former Non-Executive Director of the Mid-Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust and was Executive Chair of All Change for Crewe, focused on making the most of inward investment to the town. John is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil & Structural Engineering.
Célia Pronto
Independent Non-Executive Director (Chair of Remuneration Committee)
Célia was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2018 and has a wealth of experience and expertise of the service sector in a range of industries. Célia is a Non-Executive Director of Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Ltd and Hostmore plc. She is a non-executive director of Campden BRI and chairs their Remuneration & Nomination Committee. She is the founder of The Digital Success Co Ltd, and co-founder of Impact Ventures Group Limited.
Célia was previously Managing Director at Love Home Swap, a subsidiary of RCI Worldwide, Group Marketing & E-Commerce Director and Board Member of Ford Retail Group and Chief Customer and Digital Officer of Casual Dining Group Ltd. Célia holds a Bachelor of Commerce undergraduate degree and an MBA.
Anne-Noëlle Le Gal
Non-Executive Director - Shareholder Nominated
Anne-Noëlle was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 18 December 2023 and was also a director from June 2021 to March 2023. She is an Investment Director at Vantage Infrastructure focusing on the asset management and transaction execution of European equity infrastructure investments. She holds a Master 1 in Finance from Paris Dauphine University and a Masters in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, and is a Non-Executive Director at gas distribution company, Phoenix Natural Gas.
Mark McArdle
Non-Executive Director - Shareholder Nominated
Mark was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 9 February 2022. Mark joined Morrison & Co as an Investment Director in Morrison & Co’s ANZ Investment Team, based in the Sydney office before relocating to London as part of the European investment team in November 2021. Prior to joining Morrison & Co in 2020, Mark was an investment professional in QIC’s Global Infrastructure business, focused on the utilities and renewable sectors, where he was responsible for origination, transaction execution and asset management. Prior to QIC, Mark worked in M&A and financing roles within the utilities and renewable sectors at RBC Capital Markets in both London and Sydney. Mark holds a Master of Chemistry from the University of Oxford.
David Hinton
Chief Executive Officer
David has been CEO since 1 August 2020 and was previously Asset and Regulation Director from 1 June 2013. David has more than 25 years’ experience at South East Water and its predecessor companies acquired in various roles including Head of Regulation and Strategy and Head of Water Quality. With a strong science background, David has held previous senior roles in scientific consultancies as well as laboratory management for the Public Health Laboratory Services. David holds a BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology and a Master of Business Administration specialising in ethical consumerism.
Andrew Farmer
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew, who joined as CFO on 1 August 2015, has held a number of senior management posts in finance, most recently at MAG plc, the country’s largest UK owned airport operator, and Doosan Power Systems, a leading manufacturing, energy technologies and services company.
Andrew is a non-executive Director of Moat Homes, a housing association in the South East of England. Andrew holds a BSc (Hons) in Engineering and Business Studies from the University of Warwick and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse.