THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED - Key Persons
Alastair was previously Chief Financial Officer of Petrofac, where he developed and led the sustainability, digital and Finance transformation initiatives, which focused on reinforcing the Group's long-term cost competitiveness and delivering value for stakeholders through effective business partnerships. Prior to that, Alastair was at BG Group plc, where he was responsible for M&A, Treasury, Corporate Finance, Global Strategy and Business Development.
A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, he started his career with KPMG before enjoying a successful career in investment banking with Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley.
Catherine brings a wealth of commercial, operational, strategic and senior management experience having played a leadership role in Europe's low-cost aviation sector for 20 years, with a focus on delivering outstanding customer service. She is currently the Chief Customer Officer for Parkdean Resorts, the UK's largest holiday park company, and former Group Strategy and Commercial Director of easyJet, where she was directly responsible for a number of major initiatives underpinning easyJet's successful exponential growth.
Job Titles:
- Sector Head of Utilities for the Infrastructure Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Guy Lambert is currently the Sector Head of Utilities for the Infrastructure Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) where he is responsible, in collaboration with senior management, for developing and implementing the investment strategy for the utility infrastructure business globally. This includes managing ADIA's existing portfolio of infrastructure investments, as well as working with team members to originate and execute new transactions.
Guy previously held senior corporate finance and advisory roles at Macquarie and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and prior to this he traded equity derivatives at All Options International. Guy has a Master of Science degree in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
During her professional career, Hannah led the development and delivery of key regulatory work. She advised regulators and companies in a range of countries and sectors on regulation, market structuring and competition issues. Hannah is currently an advisor to clients on issues around the intersection of the public and private sectors, a Non-Executive Director at National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO), and a Non-Executive Director at Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority (JCRA). She is also a Council member and Trustee with the Regulatory Policy Institute at Oxford University.
Hannah is the former Chief Executive at Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) where she built a high-performing organisation from scratch, actively seeking diverse thinking to create a collaborative culture. Previously, she served as Senior Partner and Head of Profession for Economics at Ofgem. In this role, Hannah led the division responsible for regulating the British energy distribution network, implementing a ground-breaking regulatory approach that delivered significant industry investment and consumer savings.
Ian brings extensive business and public sector insight to the Board. During a distinguished Ministerial career from 2001-2010 he held a number of positions, including Minister for Trade & Foreign Affairs, Minister of State for Climate Change and the Environment, Minister for Science, and Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
Job Titles:
- Group HR Director of Centrica Plc After Holding
Jill is currently Group HR Director of Centrica Plc after holding senior HR positions across the Centrica group. She has championed diversity and inclusion throughout her career and has focused on building a high performing environment and a great place to work. In her role at Centrica, she has led major culture change, cost reduction and reorganisation programmes, as well as achieving "Best Companies" and "Great Places to Work" awards.
John Holland-Kaye has been the CEO of Heathrow Airport since July 2014. He led the transformation of Heathrow from being rated by consumers as one of the worst airports in the world to one of the best.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Asset Management at OMERS Infrastructure
Michael is currently Managing Director, Asset Management at OMERS Infrastructure, with a focus on Europe. His asset management experience currently focuses on regulated utilities and includes Scotia Gas Networks, Caruna and Ellevio.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Chairman
- Senior Independent Non - Executive Director
Nick brings a wealth of multi-sector finance and governance experience following ten years as Chairman of Ernst & Young as part of his 36-year career at one of the world's largest accounting firms. He was also a member of the Global Executive Board. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council and Chairs the Private Equity Reporting Group of the British Venture Capital Association. He is also Chairman of the Board of trustees of the Vodafone Group Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Chairman of Cadent Gas
From 1999-2001 he held senior positions connected with the implementation of Government's policies to expand the use of private finance in the provision of public infrastructure, first as the Chief Executive of the Treasury Taskforce, then as Deputy Chairman of Partnerships UK plc. Before 1999, he was the Global Head of Project Finance at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, having joined the bank in 1993, after 20 years as a lawyer with Linklaters & Paines.
Sir Adrian is currently the non-executive Chairman of Cadent Gas and Porterbrook Rail and a Trustee of the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation and Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide.