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UTILITY WEEK | 16TH - 22ND SEPTEMBER 2016 | 25 Operations & Assets BIOGRAPHIES Thames Water Outgoing chief executive: Martin Baggs Baggs took the helm of Thames in March 2010, having been a non-executive director since 2006, when Kemble Water – a consortium of investment funds led by Bagg's previous employer Macquarie – bought the company from German energy giant RWE. Prior to this he had been an executive director with Macquarie, with responsibility for the portfolio of utility investments across Europe, including Thames Water, and Wales and West Utilities. A water veteran with previous roles includ- ing managing director at South East Water and operations director at Southern Water, he is an engineer at heart, having gained a first class degree in civil engineering from the University of Plymouth. Incoming chief executive: Steve Robertson Robertson became chief executive of Thames Water in September 2016, having previ- ously held the position of chief executive at Truphone, where he developed ground- breaking technology allowing it to become a disruptive player in the global market. Prior to joining Truphone, Robertson served as chief executive of BT Openreach from its inception in 2005 until 2010. Robertson held a wide variety of roles in the BT Group and at Colt Telecommunications, including having responsibility for the overall performance and operation of the whole of BT's UK mainland telecommunications network as managing director of wholesale operations. Outgoing chief financial officer: Stuart Siddall Siddall joined Thames Water in September 2011, having previously held the position of chief executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He joined Price Waterhouse in Johannes- burg aer qualifying as a chartered account- ant. Returning to the UK, he held several senior financial roles and was among the first students to qualify with the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Siddall has gained experience in the construction, engineering and utilities sectors, including serving as finance director for Amec, Balfour Beatty and Manweb. Incoming chief financial officer: unknown Southern Water Outgoing chief executive: Matthew Wright Wright joined Southern in February 2011 from United Utilities (UU), where he was managing director of asset management and delivery. Before that he was managing director of opera- tions at UU, where he was responsible for the operations, maintenance and customer service activities of the regulated water and wastewa- ter business. He was also in charge of the com- pany's external contracts with Welsh Water, Scottish private-finance initiative projects and other industrial customers. Wright has more than 25 years' experience of utility management in both UK and interna- tional markets. Incoming chief executive: unknown Former chief financial officer: Michael Carmedy Carmedy joined Southern Water in November 2011 from United Utilities, where he was previ- ously the group controller and finance director. He joined UU 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 UU, he was Thames Water's 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 vice president of regulation of American Water. New chief financial officer: William Lambe Lambe joined Southern Water in May 2016 from Thames Water, where he held the position of finance director for the Thames Tideway Tunnel. Lambe has a wealth of financial experi- ence in the UK and overseas and has worked for companies including, KPMG, BG Group, Wolseley and Thames Water. Bristol Water Outgoing chief executive: Luis Garcia Garcia worked in a variety of leadership roles in South America and Spain before joining Bristol Water in 2009. He joined Aguas de Barcelona (now part of Suez Environment group) in 1989, and from 1991 was in charge of the technical department of the South East region. In 1995 he was appointed operations and capital programme delivery director for Aguas de Cartagena, a subsidiary of Aguas de Barce- lona in the north of Colombia. In 1998 he was appointed managing direc- tor of Metroagua de Santa Marta, Colombia, another subsidiary of Aguas de Barcelona in Colombia, and became managing director of Aguas de Cartagena in 2000. He returned to Spain a year later where he was in charge of the South East region, becoming national director for the South and Canary Islands. Incoming chief executive: unknown Martin Baggs, Thames Water Stuart Siddall, Thames Water Steve Robertson, Thames Water William Lambe, Southern Water Matthew Wright, Southern Water Michael Carmedy, Southern Water Luis Garcia, Bristol Water OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT IN IN