Anthony Ferrar has taken over as Managing Director of Sutton and East Surrey Water following the retirement of Nick Fisher at the end of December. Anthony Ferrar joined Sutton and East Surrey Water in 2008 as managing director designate.
For the previous 15 years he was Finance Director and Company Secretary of Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water Plc. Anthony has previously worked in UK and overseas contracting, manufacturing and service industries.
Nick Fisher held senior positions at Sutton and East Surrey Water for 20 years. He joined the company in 1989 as Chief Accountant and was appointed Finance Director of East Surrey Holdings and East Surrey Water in 1994. He played a key role in the merger of East Surrey Water and Sutton District Water in 1996 and all the other acquisitions and disposals the Group has made.
Deryk King, Chairman of Sutton and East Surrey Water, said:
“On behalf of the Board, shareholders and staff I would like to thank Nick for the enormous contribution he has made to the past, present and future success of the business.”
Sutton and East Surrey Water supplies water to more than 650,000 people in east Surrey, and parts of West Sussex, west Kent and south London. Its supply area of 322 square miles (834 sq km) extending from Morden and South Croydon in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south and from Cobham, Leatherhead and Dorking in the west to Edenbridge and Bough Beech in the east. Groundwater supplies provide 85 per cent of the company's water, with 15 per cent being extracted from one reservoir at Bough Beech.
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