British Water appoints Arup’s Mark Fletcher as chair

British Water has appointed Mark Fletcher as its new chair, taking over from Chris Loughlin.

Fletcher (pictured) is global water leader at Arup and an Arup Fellow. He joined the British Water non-executive board in 2020  and  is former chair of the Water Industry Forum, which merged with British Water in April 2022.

Fletcher has over 35 years’ experience working across water in the UK and globally. He is an international authority on urban water resilience;  was made an Honorary Fellow of CIWEM in March 2021; a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Fellow in 2019; and an Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Environment in June 2018.

His appointment, succeeding Chris Loughlin, was announced at the British Water AGM. Other key appointments announced at the meeting were Rachel Lewis as UK Forum chair and Tom Williams as International Forum chair. 

Lewis is joint owner and director of IQ Engineers and was formerly vice-chair of the UK Forum.   Williams is chief executive of Enebio and has been British Water’s USA export mentor for ten years, as well as vice-chair of the International Forum.