South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages
Key takeaways
- A worker carries bottled water to a car at a water station in East Grinstead, after water outages in Kent and parts of Sussex.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleThe chief executive of South East Water has announced plans to step down, a week after the group’s chair quit in the wake of major supply outages in Kent and Sussex.
- The supplier said David Hinton, who joined the board in 2013, would stay in post to allow an “orderly transition” over the summer while the group hunts for his successor.
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A worker carries bottled water to a car at a water station in East Grinstead, after water outages in Kent and parts of Sussex. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAView image in fullscreen. A worker carries bottled water to a car at a water station in East Grinstead, after water outages in Kent and parts of Sussex. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAWater industry South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages David Hinton will remain in post while successor is found, group says, a week after resignation of chair Chris Train
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleThe chief executive of South East Water has announced plans to step down, a week after the group’s chair quit in the wake of major supply outages in Kent and Sussex.
The supplier said David Hinton, who joined the board in 2013, would stay in post to allow an “orderly transition” over the summer while the group hunts for his successor.