Centrica announced the appointment of Charles Berry as a Director and Chairman designate.

Berry will join the Board of Centrica on the 31st October 2018 as a Non-Executive Director and will become Chairman on the 21st February 2019.

Berry succeeds Rick Haythornthwaite who announced in May 2018 his intention to step down during the course of the next 12 months, after serving approximately six years. Haythornthwaite will step down on 20th February 2019.

Berry is Chairman of The Weir Group PLC, the international engineering group, and has previously held Chairman roles including Senior Plc, Drax Group plc, EAGA plc and Thus Group plc.

Previously Berry held executive roles at Scottish Power plc, responsible for power generation, commodity trading, energy retailing and renewable energy in the UK together with board responsibility for energy regulation, and prior to that at Pilkington plc where he held a number of roles and started his career as an engineer.

The Directors have determined that upon appointment Charles Berry will be independent.

Tags:
Centrica   Hires  

Comment on this story


ADVERTISEMENT
NEW Jobs on RetailEnergyJobs.com
TPV-SALES-EXECUTIVE -- Back Office Provider -- Other
Sr-Market-Risk-Analyst -- Wholesale Supplier/Trader -- New York - New York City Metro
Head-of-Retail-Operations -- Wholesale Supplier/Trader -- Other
Energy-Regulatory-Specialist -- Other -- Other
More Stories on RetailEnergyX.com:
AEP Names IT Veterans From Target, Best Buy, & Amazon To Lead Digital Innovation, New Business...
Danly Named FERC Chairman
Former Energy Commodities Broker Named Senior Vice President At Ameresco
Centrica Enters Exclusive Collaboration Agreement With Data Center Provider To Offer Energy Solution
FirstEnergy Announces Management Changes With Responsibility For Innovation, Products, Marketing