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The role of the Board of Bazalgette Tunnel Limited is to govern the Company and hence the Thames Tideway Tunnel Project, such that the company delivers on its objectives, including the successful delivery of the Project.
The Board is collectively responsible for the long-term success of the Company and delivery of sustainable value to shareholders. It sets the strategy and risk appetite for the Company and approves and monitors plans presented by management for the achievement of the Company's strategic objectives and targets.
The Board is composed of 12 directors, nine of which are non-executive, with five being independent non-executives in compliance with the UK Code on Governance and as required by Ofwat, the regulator.
Non-executive Directors
Sir Neville Simms
Non-Executive Chairman
Sir Neville Simms FREng is a Chartered Civil Engineer. He is currently Chairman of Tideway, a Bazalgette Tunnel Limited company. He was previously Chairman of International Power plc for ten years, until the combination of the group with the international power generation assets of GDF Suez early in 2011, at which time he became Deputy Chairman of GDFSuez Energy International. Until May 2005, Sir Neville was Chairman of Carillion plc, after the demerger, in 1999, of the company from Tarmac plc, where he had worked for 35 years; including as Group CEO and Deputy Chairman for the last eight years. He was, for the final three years of the project, joint Chairman of TML, the Channel Tunnel contractor's consortium. Sir Neville has chaired a number of Construction Industry bodies and the Regional Leadership Teams for Business in the Community in the West Midlands and the Solent Region of the UK. He was a founder member of the UK Government's Private Finance Panel, Chairman of the Government's Sustainable Procurement Task Force, Deputy Chairman of Ashridge Management College, Chairman of the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Trust for ten years and a member of the Presidents Committee of the CBI until 2015, he also served for seven years on the Court of the Bank of England.
Anne Baldock
Anne is a lawyer by background having been a partner at international law firm Allen & Overy LLP for 25 years where she acted on and helped to structure many innovative infrastructure deals. Anne currently sits on the Nuclear Liabilities Financial Assurance Board, is a trustee on the board of Cancer Research UK and a non-executive director of AIM listed company Hydrogen Group PLC.
John Holland-Kaye
John is the Chief Executive Officer of Heathrow Airport Holdings. Prior to joining Heathrow in 2009 he held a number of executive roles at Taylor Wimpey and Bass.
Richard Morse
Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Richard is an investment banker with more than 25 years' experience of infrastructure and energy transactions, having been head of energy and infrastructure corporate advisory teams at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Goldman Sachs International and Greenhill International. Richard is currently a partner at Opus Corporate Finance and Chairman of John Laing Environmental Assets Group.
Mike Putman
Mike is a non-executive director of Southern Water Services; Network Rail & ARCADIS, the global design & cost consultancy business. He was President and CEO of Skanska UK plc from October 2009 until May 2017. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President and a main Board Director for Skanska UK plc from June 2001 to September 2009, where he was responsible for leading the infrastructure and then building construction businesses.
Michael Queen
Michael is currently Chief Executive of Aquilys Investment Management Ltd, Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of PA Consulting, Non-Executive Director of Coller Capital, a member of the Advisory Board of CKGSB (a Beijing based Business School) and a Member of the Council at the University of Surrey where he is also President of Surrey 100, a Business Angel Group attached to the University.
Non-Executive Shareholder Directors
Andrew joined Allianz Capital Partners in 2016. He is responsible for all asset management activities for the direct infrastructure investment portfolio. Prior to joining Allianz, Andrew was a Senior Principal Investor and Asset Manager for 3i in its infrastructure team for nearly ten years, where he worked on a variety of infrastructure transactions, including 3i's investments in Anglian Water, Elenia Heat, Cross London Trains and Wireless Infrastructure Group. Previously he worked at Ambac and Schroders. Andrew has an MA in History from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Alistair Ray
Dalmore Capital
Alistair is leading the Dalmore team on Tideway. His career started as a graduate at British Linen Bank, working in the infrastructure team. Following this, he held the position of director at Edison Capital, Noble Group and 3i where he was one of the founding members of the infrastructure team and involved in a number of transactions, including the acquisition of Anglian Water and purchase by 3iN of stakes in Oiltanking GMBH.
Angela Roshier
Angela Roshier is Partner and Head of Asset Management. She joined in 2010 and oversees the asset management of DIF's PPP and renewable energy Investments. Prior to DIF, Angela was a member of 3i Pic and Actis's Infrastructure teams. Over the past 12 years she has contributed to the origination and asset management of a wide variety of infrastructure assets in the PPP, water, oil tanking and railway sectors, both in Europe and emerging markets. She holds a MBA from London Business School and a MA from the University of Cambridge.
Gavin Tait
Amber Infrastructure
Gavin joined the Tideway Board in August 2015 as a shareholder director representing Amber Infrastructure. He has 20 years' experience of developing and investing in global infrastructure and utility assets.
Executive Directors (also part of Executive Committee)
Andy Mitchell CBE
Andy Mitchell FREng took the role as CEO after leaving his post as Programme Director and Board Member at Crossrail in summer 2014. Andy has managed a number of high profile projects both in the United Kingdom and overseas. After 12 years working in the United Arab Emirates, France and South Africa, and on major developments such as Hong Kong Airport and the Hong Kong West Rail, he joined Network Rail in 2001. He was Project Director for Network Rail's Southern Power Upgrade project, and was also the Senior Programme Director of the Thameslink Programme. Mr Mitchell is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Chairman of the IUK Infrastructure Client Group and a visiting professor at Leeds University.
Mark Sneesby
Mark joined Tideway as Chief Operating Officer in May 2014. Mark is a Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in delivering major infrastructure in the water industry. He was formerly Head of Major Projects at Thames Water, which included the Lee Tunnel project, the largest contract ever awarded in the UK water industry.
Mathew Duncan
Mathew joined Tideway in November 2018 following his role at Crossrail as Finance Director for the last three years. Prior to this, Mathew has gained extensive experience in the infrastructure, construction and services sectors primarily through Balfour Beatty where he worked for 15 years in a number of senior financial and general management roles. Mathew is a Chartered Director and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a member of CPA Australia.
Andy Alder
Programme Delivery Director
Andy is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Member of the Association for Project Management. He joined Tideway in 2015 from Crossrail where he was Project Manager for construction of all tunnelling work in the West area of Crossrail. Andy has previously been responsible for the design of the LU Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade, and DLR Extensions to London City Airport and Woolwich.
Roger Bailey
Roger is a chartered civil engineer with more than 30 years' experience in the planning, design and construction of complex infrastructure projects in the UK and internationally.
Celia Carlisle
Celia joined the project in September 2013 having previously held the role of General Counsel at the Olympic Delivery Authority. She has over 20 years' experience advising on major infrastructure projects and their financing.
Steve Hails
Director of Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Steve joined Tideway in June 2016 from his previous role at Crossrail. He has more than 20 years' experience managing health and safety in the construction industry and is a Chartered Member of IOSH.
Julie Thornton
Human Resources Director
Julie joined Tideway in October 2013. Her corporate career started over 25 years ago with IBM where she was Head of HR for Global Services in the UK before moving to Citibank Private Bank where she was VP HR EMEA in Geneva and London. Since 2003 Julie has focused on major Outsourcing, Organisation Design and Change projects for companies including Serco, Mouchel, D&B, Centrica and Balfour Beatty.
Lucy Webster
External Affairs Director
Lucy has held a number of senior communications roles in the transport, housing and regeneration sectors. She spent six years at Transport for London and also worked on the preparation phases, including planning and land assembly, for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Lucy joined Tideway in September 2016 from Metropolitan, a large housing provider.