Our Board and governance

Dave was elected Chairman in March 2022. Dave joined Ricardo, a global engineering strategic and environmental engineering consultancy, in 1999. Prior to joining Ricardo he was Operations Director and co-founder of Wavedriver Limited (a subsidiary of PowerGen plc). He has also gained consulting and management experience in both listed and private companies. Dave holds a degree in electronics and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School. Dave was the Chief Executive Officer of Ricardo plc up until 2021 after 16 years in the role and is a Director of a number of its associated companies.

Murray is a chartered accountant who retired in 2013 after 35 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK where he held a variety of senior management, governance and client roles. As a partner he spent 15 years auditing and advising major UK utilities and a variety of listed and unlisted companies in other sectors. From 2005 to 2013 he was a member of the PwC international network’s Global Governance Board, and he also served on the PwC UK firm’s governance body. Murray is also a Non-executive Director of Globaldata plc. He joined the board on 1 October 2015.

Rebecca brings more than 30 years’ experience working in the energy industry for BP. During her career she has held multiple executive positions including leading major projects, operations, and technology delivery. In her last role she led a large team of global scientists and engineers focused on improving operational efficiency, health and safety and environmental impact. Rebecca joined the Board on 26 May 2022.

Jon joined Coca-Cola in 2005 and is currently Vice President and General Manager of The Coca-Cola Company in Great Britain, Ireland and Northern Europe.  Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Jon held a variety of sales and marketing roles in AB Inbev and Cadbury Schweppes.  Outside Coca-Cola, Jon is President of the UK Food and Drink Federation - the trade body which represents the interests of food and drink manufacturers.  Jon has a degree in Banking and Finance from Loughborough University.

Ian joined the Company in February 2020 from iSupplyEnergy (part of the Vattenfall group, a leading European energy company) where he was CEO for 14 months. Prior to this he spent over three years as the Managing Director for retail and group customer service at Thames Water and has held a number of senior positions in British Gas (Centrica) in customer service and transformation roles.

Paul joined the Company in April 2018. His previous role was as the Chief Financial Officer for Thames Water's wastewater division, a role he moved into in April 2015 following nearly two years as their Group Financial Controller. Prior to that he worked for PwC for a number of years, including ten years in San Francisco.