South East Water appoints new chair

South East Water has appointed Chris Train OBE as a new independent non-executive director and chair.

Train (pictured) is a former chief executive officer of Cadent Gas and is currently executive and senior advisor at CT Energy. He is currently Non-executive chair of Clean Power Hydrogen and a non-executive director of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Train will succeed Nick Salmon as independent chair on 1 April. South East Water said Salmon was stepping down after six years as chair, as part of the regular renewal of independent non-executive directors on the board.