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Severn Trent Board

The Directors of the Severn Trent PLC and Severn Trent Water Limited Boards.

Chair and Non-Executive Director: Nominations Committee (Chair) | Corporate Sustainability Committee | Remuneration Committee

Liv Garfield CBE

Chief Executive: Executive Committee | Disclosure Committee

Helen Miles

Chief Financial Officer: Executive Committee | Disclosure Committee

Sarah Legg

Independent Non-Executive Director: Audit and Risk Committee (Chair) I Corporate Sustainability Committee I Nominations Committee I Treasury Committee

Tom Delay CBE

Independent Non-Executive Director: Corporate Sustainability Committee (Chair) I Nominations Committee

Kevin Beeston

Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director: Audit and Risk Committee | Nominations Committee | Remuneration Committee | Treasury Committee

Sharmila Nebhrajani

Independent Non-Executive Director: Remuneration Committee (Chair) I Corporate Sustainability Committee I Nominations Committee

Richard Taylor

Independent Non-Executive Director: Treasury Committee (Chair) | Audit and Risk Committee | Nominations Committee | Remuneration Committee

Group Company Secretary

Hannah Woodall-Pagan

Group Company Secretary Severn Trent Plc and Severn Trent Water Limited

Governance documents

Severn Trent Executive Committee

The Executive Committee oversees the development and execution of Severn Trent’s strategy. It also has accountability for achieving business results.

Liv Garfield CBE

Chief Executive: Executive Committee | Disclosure Committee

James Jesic

Director of Capital and Commercial Services: Executive Committee

Bob Stear

Chief Engineer: Executive Committee

Helen Miles

Chief Financial Officer: Executive Committee | Disclosure Committee

Didar Dhillon

General Counsel: Executive Committee | Disclosure Committee

Neil Morrison

Director of Human Resources: Executive Committee

Shane Anderson

Director of Strategy and Regulation: Executive Committee | Disclosure Committee

Jude Burditt

Director of Customer Solutions: Executive Committee

Steph Cawley

Director of Customer Operations: Executive Committee

Governance documents

UK Governance Code

The UK Corporate Governance Code

Matters Reserved

Matters Reserved to the Severn Trent Plc Board

Expectations and Roles

Charter of Expectations and Role Profiles

Articles of Association

Memorandum and Articles of Association

Hafren Dyfrdwy Board

These are the Directors of the Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig Board.

John Coghlan

Chair

James Jesic

Managing Director, Hafren Dyfrdwy

Adam Stephens

Chief Financial Officer, Hafren Dyfrdwy

Dr Mohammed Mehmet

Independent Non-Executive Director

Christine Hodgson CBE

Non-Executive Director

Sally Jones-Evans

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ann Beynon OBE

Independent Non-Executive Director

Iain Mansfield

Independent Non-Executive Director

Governance documents

UK Governance Code

The UK Corporate Governance Code

Matters Reserved

Matters Reserved to the Hafren Dyfrdwy Board

Expectations and Roles

Charter of Expectations and Role Profiles

Articles of Association

Memorandum and Articles of Association

Board Committees

Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee assists the Board in discharging its responsibilities for the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the assessment of the effectiveness of the systems of internal controls and the effectiveness of internal and external auditors.

Membership

Sarah Legg (Chair)

Richard Taylor

Kevin Beeston

Further Information

Audit and Risk Committee Terms of Reference

Non-Audit Services Policy

Tax Strategy

Explaining our Tax Contribution

Internal Audit Charter

Corporate Sustainability Committee

The Corporate Sustainability Committee provides guidance and direction to the Company’s corporate sustainability programme based on our Code of Conduct, Doing the Right Thing: the Severn Trent Way. It also reviews the Group’s non-financial risks and opportunities.

Membership

Tom Delay (Chair)

Christine Hodgson

Sharmila Nebhrajani

Sarah Legg

Further Information

Corporate Sustainability Committee Terms of Reference

Nominations Committee

The Nominations Committee assists the Board by keeping the composition of appointments to the Board under review. It also assists the Board on issues of Executive Directors’ succession planning, conflict of interest and independence.

Membership

Christine Hodgson (Chair)

Further information

Nominations Committee Terms of Reference

Remuneration Committee

On behalf of the Board, the Remuneration Committee determines the Company’s policy on the remuneration of Executive Directors, other members of the Executive Committee and the Chairman of the Board.

Please note that the Company’s latest Remuneration Policy is contained within the 2021 Annual Report and Accounts. The Policy grants the Committee discretion to determine that LTIP awards continue to be capable of vesting for good leavers.

Membership

Sharmila Nebhrajani (Chair)

Richard Taylor

Christine Hodgson

Kevin Beeston

Further Information

Remuneration Committee Terms of Reference

Treasury Committee

The Treasury Committee provides oversight of treasury activities in implementing the policies and the funding and treasury risk management plan approved by the Board, including inter alia: the measurement and management of interest rates, funding, counterparty credit, liquidity and operational risks; funding proposals; relationship with rating agencies; debt
investor relations; bank relationship management, and treasury internal controls.

The Committee will review and approve the Group Treasury Policy Statements, at least annually, and present an annual report to the Board in relation to its activities.