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Our Board

The Board consists of our Chairman and acting Chief Executive - Chris Mellor and four Non-
Executive Directors - John Ballard, Ruth Thompson, Declan Gormley and Donald Price.
The Non-Executive Directors are joined on the Board by Executive Directors - Ronan Larkin
(Director of Finance and Regulation) and George Butler (Director of Asset Management).

Below are our Chairman / Chief Executive and Non-Executive Board members.
Non-Executive Board Members

Chris Mellor
Chairman
Chris joined as non-executive Chair in February 2006. He spent five and a
half years as CEO of Anglian Water Group up to 2003. Chris is a qualified
accountant and has worked for nearly 25 years in the Water Industry in both the public and
private sectors.

John Ballard
Non Executive Director
John is a former Finance Director of the Department for Environment, Transport and the
Regions (DETR) and Water Director with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA). He is a member of the Steering Board for the Marine Fisheries Agency,
appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is also a
non-executive Director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, NHS Trust.

Ruth Thompson, OBE


Non Executive Director
Ruth was the former Group Corporate Affairs Director for National Grid Plc
and has undertaken senior roles in the energy industries. She is a non exec
Director with a number of public organisations and charities. She is a non
exec of ONE RDA, NHS NE, New and renewable energy Centre (NAREC),
University of Northumbria and Chair of National Energy Action.
Declan Gormley
Non Executive Director

Declan is a former General Manager of Saxone (Ireland), UK Operations


Director with the British Shoe Corporation and most recently Managing
Director of Ulster Weavers Apparel Ltd.

He also currently holds the position of Deputy Chairman of the Action


Renewables Board

Donald Price
Non Executive Director

Donald is a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board Director of the
Northern Bank, where he is currently a non-executive director. A former
Managing Director of NIR and the Belfast Telegraph, he is a Fellow of the
Institute of Bankers and a member of the CBI and IoD.

Executive Board Members


Laurence MacKenzie
Chief Executive
Laurence joined Northern Ireland Water as Chief Executive Officer in July
2009. Prior to joining NI Water he was an executive director of the Viridian
Group and headed up Northern Ireland Electricity plc. Before joining Viridian
in 2000 he was General Manager of ABB's manufacturing interests in
Scotland, he also spent time with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc as Business
Performance Manager.

Responsible for the overall performance of Northern Ireland Water and the
ongoing transformation of the organisation into an efficient, customer
focussed, world class water utility.

Ronan Larkin
Director of Finance & Regulation

Ronan is the Director of Finance and Regulation for NI Water. He was


previously responsible for commercial and financial roles in various other
organisations in the UK and Ireland

George Butler
Director of Asset Management
George has worked in most aspects of the water industry as a consultant,
independent contractor, regulator and financier.

In his early career he procured major water and waste facilities in the UK and
overseas, using conventional and PPP models.

He is a chartered engineer, member of ICE, CIWEM and IWO and holds


degrees from Edinburgh, Imperial and Cranfield universities. He is a director
of UKWIR.

George's role with Northern Ireland Water has responsibility for strategic asset
management and the company's scientific services.
Mark Ellesmere
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Mark Ellesmere is Head of Legal and Company Secretary at Northern Ireland
Water Limited (“NIW”). He is a member of the NIW Executive Team. He is
responsible for all legal matters impacting on the organisation including the
establishment of the in-house legal function within NIW as well as external
advisors instructed on behalf of NIW.

Mark has spent the last 11 years as a senior in-house lawyer. Prior to his role
at NIW he held a similar position at First Trust Bank in Northern Ireland.

Mark qualified and practised in the City of London as a solicitor for several
years before returning home to Northern Ireland in 1996.

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