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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff and Alex Lawson

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Thames water appoints chris weston as boss with up to 2 3m package - The Untold Story

Chris Weston in 2017,
Chris Weston takes up the role in January, replacing Sarah Bentley, who resigned in June 2023. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty

Thames Water has appointed a former British Gas executive as its new boss with a pay package of up to £2.3m a year and a brief to turn around the heavily indebted utility.

Chris Weston takes up the role on 8 January and replaces Sarah Bentley, who resigned with immediate effect in June after three years in post amid a backlash over the company’s dumping of sewage in British waterways.

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