Bristol Water appoints Gill Rider, Claire Ighodaro and Jon Butterworth to its Board of Directors

– UK, Bristol –  Bristol Water plc (LON: BWRA), today announced the appointments of Gill Rider, Claire Ighodaro, and Jon Butterworth to its Board of Directors with effect from 2 April 2022.

Concurrently, Keith Ludeman, Tim Tutton, James McAuliffe, and Jeremy Bending have resigned from the Board on 31 March 2022.

These changes follow the acquisition by Pennon Group plc of Bristol Water Holdings UK Limited and its subsidiaries including Bristol Water plc on 2 June 2021.

About Gill Rider

Gill Rider is an independent non-executive director of Pennon Group plc, South West Water Limited, and Intertek Group plc. Gill Rider is appointed Chair of the Board of Bristol Water plc.

About Claire Ighodaro

Claire Ighodaro is an independent non-executive director of Pennon Group plc, South West Water Limited, a non-executive director of AXA XL Insurance Company UK Limited, AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Limited, a member of XL Insurance Company SE, and non-executive Chair of the Audit Board of KPMG LLP.

About Jon Butterworth

Jon Butterworth is an independent non-executive director of Pennon Group plc, South West Water Limited, a director of National Grid Gas PLC, National Grid Metering Limited, and National Gas Museum Trust Limited.

About Bristol Water and Pennon Group

Pennon is a UK-focused water infrastructure group, comprising South West Water (incorporating Bournemouth Water), Bristol Water, and Pennon Water Services.

Bristol Water is a regulated water-only company supplying drinking water to a population of approximately 1.2 million people in the Bristol region.

South West Water provides water and wastewater service to a population of c.1.8 million in Cornwall, Devon, and parts of Dorset and Somerset, and water only services to c.0.5 million in parts of Dorset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire.

For more information: https://www.bristolwater.co.uk/

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