Water company Severn Trent has appointed two new non-executive directors.
Gillian Sheldon is a senior adviser at Credit Suisse in the investment banking division, where she previously held the roles of head of telecoms, media and technology in Europe and vice chair of investment banking. She is also a member of the Salesforce Europe, Middle East and Africa advisory board, and is a former senior independent non-executive director at Capita.
Sheldon joined the Severn Trent board this week and has been appointed as a member of the nominations, treasury and audit committees.
Tom Delay worked for Shell for 16 years in a variety of commercial and operations roles before moving into management consultancy with McKinsey and AT Kearney. He is CEO of the Carbon Trust and a member of the UK Energy Research Partnership and the advisory boards of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College London.
Delay has also been appointed as a member of the nominations committee and of the corporate sustainability committee. He will join the board on 1 January 2022 and will succeed Dame Angela Strank as chair of the corporate sustainability committee in March 2022.
Christine Hodgson, chair, commented: “On behalf of the entire board, I look forward to welcoming both Gillian and Tom to Severn Trent. Their wide-ranging strategic corporate finance and sustainability experience, gained over many years, will complement the existing composition of the board and will help to ensure that we continue to build upon the excellent progress we have made in delivering for all of our stakeholders.”