Governance

Lord Boateng – Independent (Chairman)

The Rt Hon Lord Paul Boateng DL PC is a Member of the House of Lords. He was formerly in the UK Cabinet as Chief Secretary to HM Treasury and UK High Commissioner to South Africa. He is currently Chairman of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund based in Nairobi and is on the Board of the London based Ghana International Bank. He is Chair of a number of charities working in Africa including BookAid International and the International Council of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

David Birch – Independent

David is a civil engineer specialising in water resources. Following three years as a VSO volunteer in Bangladesh, David led water resource projects in Egypt, Pakistan and India. He has worked for one of the UK’s major consulting engineering companies including being managing director or chairman of the group’s companies in India, China and South East Asia.

Robin Bresser – Borealis & Borouge

Robin is Value Chain and Marketing Manager Pipe in Borealis, Vienna. Previously, he spent nine years with Borouge in Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and has strongly contributed to the advancement of both companies and the pipe industry through several polyethylene and polypropylene pipe innovations and market development initiatives, including the Water for the World CSR programme which has projects across Asia and Africa.

Tim Hess – Cranfield University

Tim is Professor of Water and Food Systems at Cranfield University with over 35 years of experience in research, teaching and consultancy in a wide range of water topics. He has worked on research projects in many developing countries, particularly in Africa funded by DFID, UK Research Councils, The EU and agricultural businesses.

Peter Lochery – CARE

Peter is Director of the CARE USA Water Team and his current work includes increased engagement with private entrepreneurs in rural WASH and mobilizing investment into rain-fed agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previously Peter worked for the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program and then with the WSP Regional Water and Sanitation Group for South Asia.

Rebecca Marmot – Unilever

Rebecca, Chief Sustainability Officer, is responsible for leading the team to provide strategic counsel to the business on key advocacy areas and co-creating strategic partnerships that deliver scale. This involves working with commercial organisations as well as the UN, NGOs and Governments and entails developing new business models that help to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

David Scott – Independent

David Scott is a London based chartered accountant. His career has been with Coopers and Lybrand, the Commonwealth Development Corporation and Deloitte, specialising in transactions and business appraisal.

Karl Simons – Independent

Karl is Executive Director – Head of Health, Safety, & Wellbeing at FYLD. Previously, he was the Chief Health, Safety & Security Officer at Thames Water and was responsible for the strategic direction and development of these.  He has 25 years of experience in industry, having worked across all continents and numerous safety critical industries including oil, gas, minerals, rail, construction and utilities.

Thames Water

The new Board representative for Thames Water will be announced shortly.

Andy Wales – Independent

Andy Wales is Chief Digital Impact and Sustainability Officer for BT plc, where he leads on digital skills, digital and human rights, sustainability (with a big focus on climate change) and community engagement. He was previously Global VP Sustainable Development for AB InBev, having spent 10 years with SABMiller plc as Corporate Affairs Director Europe and SVP Sustainability. Andy is a senior advisor at the Global Innovation Fund, and an active tech for good angel investor, and is also a member of WWF UK’s Programme Committee and the Sainsburys Foundation Advisory Board.