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British businessman (born 1964)

Chris Weston
BornJanuary 1964 (age 60–61)
NationalityBritish

Christopher Phillip Anthony Weston (born 5 January 1964) is a British businessman. He is chief executive of Thames Water.

Early life

Weston was an officer in the Royal Horse Artillery for seven years and did a PhD in quantitative finance at Imperial College London after his time in the Army.

Career

A British Gas van

During a civilian career with Centrica, Weston worked his way up to be managing director of its British Gas subsidiary. He became chief executive of Aggreko (based in Glasgow) in June 2014. It was announced on 19 November 2021 that he was leaving Aggreko.

Thames Water announced that he would become chief executive in December 2023. Weston took up the position on 8 January 2024 and will be paid an annual salary of £850,000 and a performance-related bonus of up to 156 per cent, taking his total package to about £2.25 million.

Personal life

He is married with four children. He enjoys fishing and skiing.

References

  1. Christopher Phillip Anthony WESTON, Companies House
  2. ^ Makortoff, Kalyeena (14 December 2023). "Thames Water appoints Chris Weston as boss with up to £2.3m package". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. "British Gas boss to join Aggreko". The Guardian. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  4. Emily Gosden (29 May 2014). "British Gas boss Chris Weston quits to join Aggreko as Centrica exodus continues". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
    - "Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer". Aggreko. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. "Aggreko CEO Weston to leave within months of £2.3bn takeover". Sky News. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. Makortoff, Kalyeena (14 December 2023). "Thames Water appoints Chris Weston as boss with up to £2.3m package". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
Business positions
Preceded byRupert Soames Chief Executive of Aggreko
January 2015 - November 2021 		Succeeded byBlair Illingworth
Preceded byPhil Bentley Managing Director of British Gas
- December 2014 		Succeeded byDavid Kirwan
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