Ex UU boss joins Carillion

FORMER United Utilities boss Philip Green is to join the board of Carillion as senior independent non-executive director.

The £1.5bn engineering and support services giant announced Mr Green’s appointment this morning. He was until recently chief executive of Warrington-based United Utilities Group PLC, the UK’s largest listed water business. 

His earlier business experience includes serving as chief executive of Royal P&O Nedlloyd until its acquisition by AP Moller-Maersk A/S, as a director and chief operating officer at Reuters Group PLC and as chief operating officer at DHL for Europe and Africa.
 
Mr Green is a director of Business in the Community and chairman of the trustees of Sentebale, a charity focusing on the needs of orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho. 
 
David Garman, who has been a non-executive director of Carillion since 2004 and is currently the senior independent non-executive director and chairman of the remuneration committee, will step down from the board at the Wolverhampton company’s annual meeting next month.
 
Cheshire-based Vanda Murray OBE, who has been a non-executive director of the company since 2005, will succeed Mr Garman as chairman of the remuneration committee.
 
Carillion chairman Philip Rogerson said: “We are delighted that Philip Green will be joining the board, where his considerable experience as a business leader in the services industry will enable him to make a valuable contribution to the future development of Carillion.”