Board of directors

Chairman

Dr John McAdam1. Dr John McAdam
Position: Independent non-executive director
Age: 60
Appointment to the board: 4 February 2008
Committee membership: Audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee
Current directorships/business interests: Chairman of Rentokil Initial plc, senior independent director of J Sainsbury plc, nonexecutive director of Rolls-Royce Group plc and a member of the University of Cambridge Chemistry Advisory Board
Career experience: John became a member of the board of ICI plc in 1999 and was subsequently appointed as its chief executive in 2003, a position he held until ICI’s recent takeover by Akzo Nobel. He was a non-executive director of Severn Trent plc between 2000 and 2005. Subject to his election by shareholders at the United Utilities’ annual general meeting on 25 July 2008, he will take over from Sir Richard Evans as chairman of the board at the annual general meeting.
Qualifications: BSc Chemical Physics, Diploma Advanced Studies in Science, PhD

Directors

Philip Green 2. Philip Green
Position: Chief executive officer
Age: 55
Appointment to the board: 20 February 2006
Committee membership: Nomination committee
Current directorships/business interests: Non-executive director of Lloyds TSB Group plc. A director of Business in the Community and a Trustee of the Philharmonia Orchestra Trust
Career experience: Before Philip joined United Utilities, he led the container shipping company Royal P&O Nedlloyd through its successful listing in 2004 and subsequent agreed acquisition by AP Moller-Maersk A/S, delivering significant value for shareholders. He has also been a main board director and chief operating officer at the global information company Reuters Group PLC, and chief operating officer at DHL for Europe and Africa.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Economics and Politics, MBA 

Tim Weller 3. Tim Weller
Position: Chief financial officer
Age: 44
Appointment to the board: 1 August 2006
Committee membership: Community investment committee and treasury committee
Current directorships/business interests: A director of The Carbon Trust
Career experience: Tim was previously group finance director at RWE Thames Water plc and prior to that group finance director of Innogy Holdings plc from 2002 to 2004. He has been a partner at KPMG and director of financial control with the Granada group of companies and a non-executive director of Stanley Leisure plc.
Qualifications: Bsc (Hons) Engineering Science, Chartered Accountant, FCA

Charlie Cornish

4. Charlie Cornish Position: Managing director, business development and international
Age: 48
Appointment to the board: 27 January 2004
Committee membership: None
Current directorships/business interests: None
Career experience: After graduating from Strathclyde University, Charlie worked for British Aerospace, Plessey Telecommunications and Associated British Foods and also served as an executive director of NHS Trusts. In 1998, he joined the West of Scotland Water Authority as human resources director and was involved with major change programmes. He went on to become its customer services director and later chief executive. He joined Thames Water in 2002 as global business performance director, working across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, eventually becoming chief operating officer with Thames Water UK and Ireland with responsibility for service delivery, including operations and capital programmes. He was also chairman of Young Enterprise North West.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Economics/Business Studies

Dr Catherine Bell 5. Dr Catherine Bell
Position: Independent non-executive director
Age: 57
Appointment to the board: 19 March 2007
Committee membership: Nomination committee, audit committee and community investment committee
Current directorships/business interests: A non-executive director of the Civil Aviation Authority and Ensus Limited.
Career experience: Catherine is a former civil servant and was acting permanent secretary at the Department for Trade and Industry from March to October 2005. Prior to that, she was the director general of the Corporate Services Group and the Competition and Markets Group overseeing employment law, competition and consumer policy, company law and corporate governance; and was previously the head of Competition and Utility Regulation. Until May 2008, she was a non-executive director of Swiss Re GB Plc.
Qualifications: MA Geography, PhD Economic History 


Paul Heiden 6. Paul Heiden
Position: Independent non-executive director
Age: 51
Appointment to the board: 5 October 2005
Committee membership: Audit committee (chairman), nomination committee and treasury committee (chairman)
Current directorships/business interests: Chief executive of FKI plc
Career experience: From 1992, Paul held various senior management positions at Rolls-Royce plc prior to joining the board in 1997 as director of Industrial Businesses and being appointed group finance director in 1999. After qualifying as a chartered accountant at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co, he worked in senior finance roles at Hanson PLC and Mercury Communications. He was a non-executive director of Bunzl plc from 1998 to 2005 and was a non-executive director of Filtrona plc from 2005 to 2006.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Biology, Chartered Accountant, ACA

David Jones CBE 7. David Jones CBE
Position: Independent non-executive director
Age: 66
Appointment to the board: 3 January 2005
Committee membership: Audit committee, nomination committee and remuneration committee (chairman)
Current directorships/business interests: Chairman of UK Coal plc
Career experience: David was the group chief executive of The National Grid Company plc from 1994 to 2001, taking National Grid to the stock market and leading it successfully through an extensive business transformation programme. Prior to that, he was chief executive of South Wales Electricity, having previously held senior engineering, commercial and management posts on the South Western and Midlands Electricity Boards.
Qualifications: MSc Control System Engineering, BSc Electrical Engineering 


Andrew Pinder CBE 8. Andrew Pinder CBE
Position: Independent non-executive director
Age: 61
Appointment to the board: 1 September 2001
Committee membership: Nomination committee and remuneration committee
Current directorships/business interests: Senior independent non-executive director of Spring Group plc, senior executive of Entrust, chairman of Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) and a member of the Intel Global Advisory Board
Career experience: As the e-Envoy to the UK government from 2000 to 2004, he was responsible to the Prime Minister for the delivery of internet access to all British citizens and businesses. Before his appointment as e-Envoy, he was a partner in a venture capital firm and carried out a number of management consultancy assignments for the British government. Previous executive leadership roles also include positions as the head of European operations and technology at Citibank, director of operations and technology at Prudential Corporation and as director of information technology at the Office of the Inland Revenue.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Economics and Geography

Nick Salmon 9. Nick Salmon
Position: Senior independent non-executive director
Age: 55
Appointment to the board: 4 April 2005
Committee membership: Nomination committee and remuneration committee
Current directorships/business interests: Chief executive of Cookson Group plc
Career experience: From 2001 to 2004, Nick was executive vice-president of Alstom S.A., the global energy and transport infrastructure group. From 1997 to 2001 he was executive vice-president of ABB Alstom Power and was chief executive of Babcock International Group plc from 1993 to 1997. Prior to joining Babcock, he held senior management positions at GEC and GEC Alsthom in the UK and France, and previously spent 11 years with China Light & Power Company Limited in Hong Kong.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering