Ann Bishop
Appointment to the Board: 25 March 2020
Director membership of Board Committees:
Remuneration Committee
Nomination Committee
Qualifications: Ann has a BA (Hons), MA Cantab from Sidney Sussex College Cambridge University.
Skills and career experience: Ann has over 30 years' experience in the regulated sectors working with investors, the chair, chief executives, board members and senior executive teams in utility companies, Government agencies and regulatory organisations helping to develop strategy and think differently about the nature of complex institutional arrangements, particularly the role of customers. Before founding Indepen, a management consultancy company in 1990, Ann worked in the Strategy Group in Deloitte’s management consultancy division, working in a range of sectors, including financial services, high street retail, food manufacturing, design engineering and publishing which followed a career in marketing and corporate finance.
Other current business interests: From 2010 to date Ann has been Governor of Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University), a member of the Finance, Staffing and Resources Committee, the Governance and Nominations Committees, and from 2017 to date, chair of Senior Staff Remuneration Committee. From 2019 to date, Ann has been Chair of the Customer Engagement Group (CEG) for UK Power Networks. Ann was also a member of the London First Infrastructure Commission and of the Ofwat Expert Panel. Ann was also an Ambassador of Wellbeing of Women and, from 2000 to 2010, was non-executive director and deputy chair for Opera North.
Other directorships held within the Affinity Water Group: None