South East Water appoints two new board members

Chris Girling and Olivier Fortin were both named on Monday by the company as the newest members of its board.

Girling has previously worked in the construction, support services, pharmaceuticals, and aerospace sectors, and retired as the group finance director of Carillion in 2007.

Fortin is Director of Asset Management at CDP Capital France – a subsidy of Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ).

Prior to his involvement with CDPQ, he has a “long experience” with the infrastructure asset class in the UK and continental Europe with regulated and non-regulated assets.

South East water chairman Gordon Maxwell said: “We are delighted to welcome Olivier and Chris to the Board.

“It’s an exciting time at South East Water as the company prepares to begin the next investment period from 2015 – 2020 and they both bring valuable knowledge and experience to the team.”