§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the names, occupations and salaries of the board members of the 10 water holding companies.
§ Mr. Chris Patten[holding answer 19 October 1989]: The information requested is set out below for the 9 water plcs in England. Appointments to Welsh Water plc are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Anglian
Bernard Henderson, Chairman (£43,860). Formerly managing director of the Henderson Group. Deputy chairman of the Water Services Association. Non-executive director of the WRc.
Francis Cator, Deputy Chairman (£9,317). Formerly a joint vice chairman of J. Henry Schroder Wagg. A vice-chairman of the Norwich Insurance Group and a director of Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers.
Andrew Semple, Group Managing Director (£53,750).
Alan Smith, Group Deputy Managing Director and Group Director of Finance (£48,375).
John Simpson, Group Operations Director (£48,375).
Alison Abbey, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Formerly 469W director of the Community Council for Hertfordshire and of the Railworld Development Trust and secretary of the Hertfordshire Association of Local Councils.
John Boodle, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Managing director of British Fermentation Products, a director of G. R. Spinks and chairman of the Anglian Environment Committee of the CBI. Member of the Employment Affairs Board of the Chemical Industries Association.
John Bradfield, Non-executive Director (£6,271). Senior bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge and a director of the Cambridge Water Company and Cambridge Building Society. Chairman of the Abbotstone Agricultural Property Unit Trust and founder and manager of the Cambridge Science Park.
The Earl of Cranbrook, Non-executive Director (£6,271). Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, the Broads Authority and the Harwich Haven Authority. President of the British Herpetological Society, the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the Environmental Council. Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk.
Northumbrian
Sir Michael Straker, Chairman (£30,638). Formerly chairman of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company. Chairman of Water Training, board member of the Port of Tyne Authority, chairman of the Council of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and member of the University Court.
Frank Ridley, Deputy Chairman (£14,692). Formerly chief executive of Northumbrian Water Authority.
Mike Murden, Managing Director (£54,800).
David Cranston, Director of Finance (£43,000).
Robert Smith, Managing Director of Northumbrian Water (£60,000).
Terry Harrison, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Chairman of Northern Engineering Industries, a director of Rolls-Royce and BEAMA and president of the North Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders.
Ralph Iley, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Managing director of Cookson Group. CBI councillor.
Professor Warren Peascod, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Professor of Environmental Control Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
John Ward, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Northern regional director of Barclays Bank. Other appointments include chairman of Business in the Community and deputy chairman of the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
North West
Dennis Grove, Chairman (£61,275). Formerly chairman and chief executive of Sonoco Europe and a vice president of Sonoco International.
Brian Alexander, Managing Director of North West Water (£58,050).
Archibald Ramsay, Group Financial Director (£68,875).
Clare Bolton, Non-executive Director (£8,959). Partner in Deloitte Haskins & Sells, based in Manchester, and treasurer of the North Cheshire Branch of the British Institute of Management.
James Cropper, Non-executive Director (£8,959). Chairman of James Cropper (Papermakers). Deputy Lieutenant of Cumbria.
470WRodney Leach, Non-executive Director (£8,959). Formerly chief executive and managing director of VSEL.
Alan Pendleton, Non-executive Director (£10,750). Formerly managing director of West's Group International and a director of Tilbury Group. A director of Chieftain Group and Kemutec Group.
Frank Sanderson, Non-executive Director (£12,542). Formerly with Babcock International. Chairman of Acumen Technologies, Clearcall Communications and Wyatt Bros. and a director of British Water and Wastewater.
Severn Trent
John Bellak, Chairman (£49,020). Formerly Managing Director of Royal Doulton. Member of the Grand Council of the CBI and of the Court of the University of Keele. Non-executive chairman of Sutcliffe Speakman and a director of Control Securities.
Tim Heywood-Lonsdale, Deputy Chairman (£12,004). Chairman of Skilbeck Holdings. Property management, farming and other directorships.
Roderick Paul, Chief Executive (£75,250).
Vic Cocker, Director of Business Planning and Marketing (£48,375).
Frank Earnshaw, Director of Operations (£51,600).
Stuart Larnder, Group Director of Finance (£64,500).
Colin McMillan, Director of Government Relations and Company Secretary (£51,600).
Sir Richard Baker Wilbraham, Non-executive Director (£9,854). Formerly a director of J. Henry Schroder Wagg. Deputy chairman of Bibby Line Group and Grosvenor Estate Holdings and a director of Brixton Estates, Really Useful Group and Westpool Investment Trust.
Roger Boissier, Non-executive Director (£8,959). Deputy chairman of Pressac Holdings and a director of British Gas, Edward Lumley Holdings, T&N and a number of other companies.
Alan Henn, Non-executive Director (£9,854). Chairman and managing director of a family jewellery business. Chairman of Beacon Broadcasting and Communications and other directorships. Justice of the Peace. President of the National Association of Goldsmiths.
Richard Ireland, Non-executive Director (£9,854). Group finance director of Wolseley. Council member of the Birmingham Chamber of Industry and Commerce and member of the finance committee of the University of Aston.
Andrew Simon, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Executive chairman of the Evode Group. A director of the Birmingham Region of Barclays Bank and a director of Lichfield Cathedral Arts. Council member of Keele University.
Southern
William Courtney, Chairman (£43,860). Formerly joint deputy chairman of Marley. Chairman of the British Board of Agrement, the Water Byelaws Advisory Service and the Water Industry Certification Scheme.
Brian Thorpe, Deputy Chairman (£14,692). Formerly chief executive of Southern Water Authority. A vice chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of the International Water Supply Association and a trustee of its Foundation for the Transfer of Knowledge to Developing Countries.
John Valentine, Group Managing Director (£100,000).
Martyn Webster, Group Finance Director (£65,000).
471WFrancis Midmer, Group Technical Director (£48,375).
Philip Girle, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Formerly a director of National Westminster Bank. Currently a director of Yorkshire Bank and the Ulster Bank.
Sir David Nicolson, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Formerly chairman of BTR and British Airways. A director of Union Group, CIBA-Geigy, London and Scottish Marine Oil, STC and Britannia Arrow Holdings.
John Westhead, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Group managing director of Bowthorpe Holdings.
South West
Keith Court, Executive Chairman (£51,063). Formerly a main board director of Blue Circle Industries and chief executive of the company's United Kingdom cement and related operations.
Timothy Leader, Deputy Chairman (£9,317). Formerly chief executive of Simon Engineering.
William Fraser, Managing Director of South West Water (£70,000).
Kenneth Hill, Group Director of Finance (£53,600).
William Dickens, Director of Technical Affairs (£43,000).
Michael Quantick, Director of Development (£45,780).
Simon Day, Non-executive Director (£5,375). A regional director of Granville & Company and of Regency and West of England Building Society. Farmer, deputy leader of Devon County Council, chairman of the Devon Sea Fisheries Committee and chairman of the governors of Bicton College of Agriculture.
Lady Mary Holborow, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Chairman of the Cornwall Business Committee, Rural Development Commission. Governor of Cornwall College of Further Education.
John Lawrence, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Director of the ICI Environmental Laboratory at Brixham.
Kenneth Morton, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Group finance director of Kleinwort Benson Group.
Charles Spence, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Formerly chairman, now a director of ARC.
Charles Stuart, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Chairman and chief executive of Brymon Airways and Plymouth City Airport. Governor of Polytechnic South West and East Devon College of Further Education.
Thames
Roy Watts, Chairman (49,020). Formerly chief executive and joint deputy chairman of British Airways. Chairman of Armstrong Equipment, Lowndes Lambert Group Holdings and Cabletime Installations. Deputy chairman of Brymon Airways and a director of Plimsoll Line.
Sir Christopher Leaver, Group Deputy Chairman (£11,109). Chairman of Russell and McIver. Chairman of the London Tourist Board. Former Lord Mayor of London.
Mike Hoffman, Group Chief Executive and Chairman and Chief Executive of Thames Water (£150,000).
Bill Harper, Deputy Chairman of Thames Water (£64,720).
David Luffrum, Group Finance Director (57,720).
Robert Clarke, Non-executive Director (£8,063). Deputy chairman and chief executive of United Biscuits.
472WSir Peter Harrop, Non-executive Director (£8,063). Formerly second permanent secretary in the Department of the Environment. Chairman of the National Bus Company, a director of National Home Loans holdings, a managing trustee of Municipal Mutual Insurance, and a trustee of the British Museum.
John Thomson, Non-executive Director (£8,063). Chairman of London & Manchester Group and Borthwicks. Vice chairman of J. Bibby & Sons and a director of several other companies, including Scottish & Newcastle Breweries.
John Worlidge, Non-executive Director (£8,063). Formerly an executive director of BAT Industries. A director of the Rugby Group and chairman of the CBI Energy Policy Committee.
Wessex
Nicholas Hood, Chairman (£40,850). Formerly a director of the HAT Group before its acquisition by BET. A director of the Provident Life Association and Bremhill Industries. Member of the Water Training Council.
Donald McLure, Deputy Chairman (£10,213). Formerly a director of Beecham Group, and subsequently chairman of Arthur Bell Distillers and a director of United Distillers. A director of London Buses, European Brands Group and the Burn Stewart Group.
Colin Skellett, Managing Director (£50,525).
Nicholas Wheatley, Finance Director (£72,563)
Ron Huntington, Director of Engineering and Operations (£45,150).
Anthony Barbour, Non-executive Director (£5,823). Formerly chief environmental scientist at the RTZ Corporation. Chairman of the European Non-Ferrous Metals Producers Environmental Committee and a visiting professor of Chemistry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Roderick Kent, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Managing director of Close Brothers Group.
Andrew Thornhill, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Barrister at the Revenue Bar and a QC.
Yorkshire
Gordon Jones, Chairman (£54,825). Formerly a director of T. W. Ward and chairman of T. W. Ward (Raw Materials). Chairman of the Water Services Association.
David Cramb, Deputy Chairman (£17,379). Formerly deputy chairman of Rowntree. A director of Tunstall.
John Bell, Director, Enterprise Services (£43,000).
Trevor Newton, Finance Director (£52,675).
Tony Ward, Director, Water Services (£51,600).
Peter Flesher, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Managing director Allied Colloids Group.
Peter Hogg, Non-executive Director (£5,375). Chief executive of the Provident Financial Group.
Tom Jackson, Non-executive Director (£7,167). Formerly general secretary of the Post Office Workers Union and president of the TUC, a director of BP, and a governor of the BBC.