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Annual Report 2016 THE EXECUTIVE TEAM 1. 2. 1. Adrian Page Group Chief Executive 4. Nigel Baker Managing Director of Echo Appointed as Group Chief Executive in January 2013, having been Group Finance Director since April 2004. Previously Group Finance Director of South Staffordshire Group Plc from 1998 to 2002. Prior to this Adrian was with ACT Group and KPMG. Adrian is also a Board member for the Water Companies Pension Scheme Trustee Company. Appointed as Managing Director of Echo in April 2014 having been Operations Director since October 2005. Prior to working with Echo, Nigel worked with Barclays Stockbrokers and Charles Schwab Europe. 2. Phil Newland Managing Director of South Staffs Water Appointed in October 2007 having joined the Group as Group Financial Controller in March 2004. Prior to this Jason spent over six years with Deloitte. Jason is also Company Secretary and a member of the Governance Committee for the South Staffordshire Group Pension Plan. Appointed Managing Director of South Staffs Water in April 2014 having previously been Managing Director of Echo since April 2006. Prior to joining Echo, Phil was a Management Consultant with Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and Terence Chapman Associates. 3. Dave Taylor Managing Director of SSI Services 3. 4. 5. 40 Appointed Managing Director of SSI Services in May 2015, having been the Managing Director and founder of Onsite Specialist Maintenance, formerly Data Contracts, for several years before moving into a divisional role at SSI Services as Commercial Director in January 2015. 5. Jason Goodwin Group Chief Financial Officer