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Thames Water’s creditors have revealed plans to appoint former business secretary Lord John Hutton as an independent chair of the water supplier if their rescue bid is given the green light to avoid it being nationalised.
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it → reveal → light
It comes two months after the group said it would appoint four new directors to the Thames Water board if its move was successful.
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move → come → board
This also included former Yorkshire Water chief executive Liz Barber, Dame Bernadette Kelly, the former permanent secretary at the Department for Transport, and Clive Selley, ex-chief executive of BT Openreach.
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This → include → Openreach
As independent chair, Lord Hutton would take on responsibility for overseeing Thames Water’s 10-year turnaround programme.
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Hutton → take → programme
The peer served as MP for Barrow and Furness from 1992 to 2010, holding a number of cabinet roles including work and pensions secretary, business secretary and defence secretary.
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peer → serve → secretary
The consortium – including UK and US investment companies such as Elliott Management and American private capital firm Apollo Global Management – previously said it was looking at offering a “golden share” to the Government as part of a revised rescue deal.
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it → include → deal
But the Government has said in the past it would prefer a “market solution” for Thames Water, which has around 16 million customers across London and the South East.
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which → say → London
However, the influential Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of MPs said last month it believes the potential takeover by lenders should be rejected.
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takeover → say → lenders
Lord Hutton said: “I am looking forward to being part of the new leadership at Thames Water and helping get this hugely important business into a better place.
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I → say → place
“People living in London and the Thames Valley have the right to expect the highest possible standards of customer service and proper environmental stewardship from their water company, and that will be our focus as we look to the future.”
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we → live → future
Mike McTighe, vice-chair designate, said: “I am delighted that John has agreed to join this team of committed individuals who are ready and willing to apply full dedication to transforming Thames Water’s infrastructure and building a culture in which the customers and local communities come first.
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customers → say → which
“Thames Water provides the most essential public service, and it is critical that we create a strong public-private partnership to rebuild trust with the customers and public.”
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we → provide → customers
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