Pennon Group Plc

The Board of Directors comprise the Chairman, three Executive Directors and four Non-executive Directors. The Non-executive Directors are considered by the Board to be independent. None of the relationships or circumstances set out in provision B.1.1 of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) applied to them. Following this year's Annual General Meeting, Dinah Nichols will have served on the Board for more than nine years since her first election. However Dinah has been determined by the Board to be independent. The Board is satisfied that she does and will continue to demonstrate independence of character and judgement in the performance of her role on the Board. All of the Non-executive Directors are considered to have the appropriate skills, experience in their respective disciplines and personality to bring independent and objective judgement to the Board's deliberations. Their biographies given below demonstrate a broad range of business and financial experience. Gerard Connell is the Senior Independent Non-executive Director. His duties include leading the annual evaluation of the performance of the Chairman by the Non-executive Directors and being available as an additional point of contact on the Board for shareholders. Gerard is also chairman of the Audit Committee and in accordance with the Code's principles relating to audit committee membership he has recent and relevant financial experience (as set out in his biography given below). Martin Angle is also a member of the Audit Committee and he has relevant financial experience as set out in his biography given below. There is a clear division of responsibilities between the roles of Chairman and the Chief Executives of South West Water and the Board. All Directors are now subject to re-election each year in accordance with provision B.7.1 of the Code.

Kenneth George Harvey CBE, BSc

Chairman

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Nomination (Chairman)

Appointed on 1 March 1997. Ken was formerly chairman and chief executive of Norweb Plc. He was chairman of National Grid Holdings in 1995 and was previously deputy chairman of London Electricity and earlier its engineering director. He has also been chairman of a number of limited and private equity funded companies. Currently he is the senior independent non-executive director of National Grid Plc.

Christopher Loughlin BSc Hons, MICE, CEng, MBA

Chief Executive, South West Water

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Sustainability (formerly Corporate Responsibility)
Executive

Appointed on 1 August 2006. Chris was previously chief operating officer with Lloyd's Register and earlier in his career was an executive director of British Nuclear Fuels Plc and executive chairman of Magnox Electric Plc. He was also a senior diplomat in the British Embassy, Tokyo, working in both the consulting and contracting sectors. Chris started his career as a chartered engineer and subsequently held a number of senior positions with British Nuclear Fuels. Between April 2008 and March 2012 he was chairman of Water UK and currently is vice-chairman of the Cornwall Local Enterprise Partnership and a member of the audit committee of the charity, WaterAid.

Colin Irwin John Hamilton Drummond OBE, MA, MBA, LTCL, CCMI

Chief Executive, Viridor

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Sustainability (formerly Corporate Responsibility)
Executive

Appointed on 1 April 1992. Prior to joining the Company Colin was a divisional chief executive of Coats Viyella, having previously been corporate development director of Renold plc, a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and an official of the Bank of England. He is chairman of the Government's Living with Environmental Change Business Advisory Board and of the Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network. He is a senior visiting research fellow in Earth Sciences at Oxford University and a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators.

David Jeremy Dupont MA, MBA

Group Director of Finance

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Executive

Appointed on 2 March 2002. David was formerly regulatory and finance director of South West Water Limited, having joined Pennon Group Plc (then South West Water Plc) in 1992 as strategic planning manager. Previously he held business planning and development roles with Gateway Corporation. He is a member of the CBI Environmental Affairs Committee and the CBI South West Regional Council.

Martin David Angle BSc Hons, FCA, MCSI

Non-executive Director

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Audit
Sustainability (formerly Corporate Responsibility)
Nomination
Remuneration (Chairman)

Appointed on 1 December 2008. Martin currently holds non-executive directorships with Savills plc, OAO Severstal, Shuaa Capital PSC and The National Exhibition Centre where he is Chairman. In addition he sits on the Board of the FIA Foundation where he is a vice-chairman. Formerly he held senior positions with Terra Firma Capital Partners and various of its portfolio companies, including the executive chairmanship of Waste Recycling Group Limited. Before that he was the group finance director of TI Group plc and held a number of senior investment banking positions with SG Warburg & Co Ltd, Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Gerard Dominic Connell MA

Senior Independent Non-executive Director

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Audit (Chairman)
Sustainability (formerly Corporate Responsibility)
Nomination
Remuneration

Appointed on 1 October 2003. Gerard currently is also a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the independent director, finance and investment, of the Nuclear Decommissioning Fund Company Limited. He was previously group finance director of Wincanton Plc. Before that he was a director of Hill Samuel and a managing director of Bankers Trust, having trained originally at Price Waterhouse. In addition he has held other corporate finance and business development positions in the City and in industry. He is also a governor of King's College School, Wimbledon.

Dinah Alison Nichols CB, BA Hons

Non-executive Director

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Audit
Sustainability (formerly Corporate Responsibility) (Chairman)
Nomination
Remuneration

Appointed on 12 June 2003. Dinah was formerly Director General Environment at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and previously held various senior appointments within Government, including being head of the water directorate during the period of water privatisation. She is also a Crown Estate Counsellor, a non-executive director of the Land Trust and Keep Britain Tidy and, until recently, a director of Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Investment Trust.

Gill Rider CB

Non-executive Director

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Audit
Sustainability (formerly Corporate Responsibility)
Nomination
Remuneration

Appointed on 1 September 2012.  Gill has held senior executive roles in global management consulting and technology services and most recently in the Cabinet Office where she was head of the Civil Service Capability Group reporting to the Cabinet Secretary.  Prior to that she held a number of senior positions with Accenture culminating in the post of Chief Leadership Officer for the global firm. Gill currently holds non-executive directorships with Charles Taylor Consulting Plc, the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development where she is president, and De La Rue Plc where she is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Kenneth David Woodier, Solicitor, CMA, DMS, CPE (Law)

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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Executive

Appointed company secretary to the Board in March 1998. Ken was formerly the head of group legal services at Pennon Group Plc (then South West Water Plc) from February 1990. Previously he held senior legal positions with H.P. Bulmer (Holdings) Plc, Investors in Industry Plc (3i) and Severn Trent Water. He is a director of the Devon & Somerset Law Society and a member of its governance committee.