As at 31 March 2010, the directors of the Company were Sir Derek Wanless, Sir Patrick Brown, John Cuthbert, Heidi Mottram, Chris Green, Claude Lamoureux, Martin Nègre, Alex Scott-Barrett and Jenny Williams, who all served throughout the year, except for Heidi Mottram, who was appointed on 1 March 2010.

John Cuthbert retired from the Board and as Managing Director on 31 March 2010 and Heidi Mottram took up her position as Chief Executive Officer the next day. Margaret Fay was appointed as a non-executive director of NWG and NWL on 1 June 2010.

In accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association (the Articles), Heidi Mottram and Margaret Fay, having been appointed as directors by the Board since the last Annual General Meeting (AGM), will be eligible
for election at this year’s AGM. All other directors holding office
on the day of the notice convening the AGM will retire from office and offer themselves for re-election, with the exception of Jenny Williams who will retire from office at the end of this year’s AGM. The directors’ biographies are set out here

Activities

The principal activities of the Group during the year were the provision of water and waste water services.