Severn Trent welcomes Sarah Legg to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, Coventry –  Severn Trent Plc (LON: SVT) today announced the appointment of Sarah Legg to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director effective from 1 November 2022.

“I look forward to welcoming Sarah to Severn Trent. Her strong finance and regulatory accounting experience, gained over many years, will complement the existing composition of the Board and will help to ensure that we continue to build upon the excellent progress we have made in delivering for all of our stakeholders,” said Board chair, Christine Hodgson.

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About Sarah Legg

Sarah Legg has been appointed as a member of the Nominations, Audit and Risk, Treasury, and Corporate Sustainability Committees. She brings extensive corporate finance and audit and risk experience gained in the financial services sector to the Company. She is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at Lloyds Banking Group plc, Chair of its Audit Committee, and a member of its Risk and Responsible Business Committees.

Sarah Legg has spent her entire career in financial services with HSBC in finance leadership roles. She was the Group Financial Controller, Group GM, and CFO for HSBC’s Asia Pacific region. She also spent eight years as a Non-Executive Director on the board of Hang Seng Bank Limited, a Hong Kong-listed bank. Sarah is also Chair of the Campaign Advisory Board, Member of the Development Committee, King’s College, Cambridge University, Board Member of the Audit Committee Chairs’ Independent Forum an,d Trustee of the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.

Sarah Legg, said, “I am delighted to have been appointed as a Director of Severn Trent. I look forward to working with the Board and Executive Team in serving Severn Trent’s customers and broader stakeholders on the opportunities ahead.”

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