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Scottish Water
06/04/2005
Professor Alan Alexander has been appointed for a second term as Chair of Scottish Water.
Bill Cameron, David Gray and Professor Paul Jowitt have been re-appointed as board members.
Professor Alexander, first appointed as Chair in March 2002, was selected to serve a further three years from April 1st 2005 following an external recruitment process.
The board members were re-appointed under the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointment in Scotland's Code of Practice following satisfactory performance.
Minister for Environment and Rural Development Ross Finnie said:
"I congratulate Professor Alexander on his re-appointment.
"The Board of Scottish Water has the challenging task of overseeing the improvements to our water and sewerage services and to the delivery of one of the largest public sector capital investment programmes in the UK. It is important that the Chair provides the Board with clear and decisive leadership to fulfil these tasks.
"I am confident Professor Alexander, with his depth of experience and understanding of Scottish Water, has the ability to provide the necessary leadership over the next three years.
"I will also look to Professor Alexander to ensure that the Board meets the objectives set by Ministers in February and to do so within the financial limits set by the Strategic Review of Charges."
Professor Alexander commits two and a half days per week to this post which attracts a salary of £52,650.
Since October 2002 he has served as a member of the Accounts Commission for Scotland and, since August 2003, has been a member of the Economic and Social Research Council. He receives remuneration for these appointments of £4,500 pounds and £6,120 pounds respectively.
Professor Alexander retired from the Chair of Local and Public Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School in 2000 and is now Emeritus Professor. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Bill Cameron, David Gray and Professor Paul Jowitt were first appointed to the board of Scottish Water when it was formed in 2002 following open competition.
Bill Cameron has served as a Scottish Water board member since 2002. He retired three years ago as Chairman of Alexander Falkirk Ltd and Chief Executive of Mayflower Bus and Coach. Prior to this he held executive positions with Babcock Int., Hoover and Honeywell. Currently he is a non-executive Director of a number of companies including a large packaging manufacturer in Turkey.
David Gray has served as a Scottish Water board member since 2002 and earlier as a board member of West of Scotland Water. He is a part-time Executive Chairman of DTZ Pieda Consulting and a Director of DTZ Holdings. He holds a number of other non-executive appointments, including Isis Asset Management plc and Romag Holdings plc. A Chartered Accountant, he was Managing Director of Caledonian Paper plc, Finance Director of Scottish HydroElectric plc and Business Development Director of Scottish and Southern Energy plc.
Paul Jowitt has served as a Scottish Water board member since 2002 and earlier board as a member of East of Scotland Water. He is Director of the Scottish Institute of Sustainable Technology and Professor of Engineering Systems at Heriot--Watt University. He is also a member of the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a member of its Environment and Sustainability Board. Professor Jowitt's previous roles include Chairman and Managing Director of an engineering consultancy serving the Water Industry (1983-1991) when the company became a subsidiary of Southern Water plc.
All appointments were made on individual merit and in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice. None of the appointees declared political activity during the past five years.
Scottish Water was formed when Scotland's three regional water authorities were merged into a single body in 2002. Scottish Water is unique within the UK water industry as a publicly owned corporation answerable to Ministers.
It has an annual turnover of approximately 1 billion pounds and has 3,800 employees delivering public water and sewerage services in Scotland.