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Management Overview Andy Mitchell, CEO Andy Mitchell CBE FREng took the role as Tideway CEO after leaving his post as Programme Director and Board Member at Crossrail in summer 2014, where he was responsible for the agreement of the baseline schedule and budget for the project and the subsequent design and construction of the tunnels, the majority of which were finished by the time he left. Andy has managed a number of high profile projects both in the United Kingdom and overseas. After 12 years working in the United Arab Emirates, France and South Africa, and on major developments such as Hong Kong Airport and the Hong Kong West Rail, he joined Network Rail in 2001. He was Project Director for Network Rail's Southern Power Upgrade project, and was also the Senior Programme Director of the Thameslink Programme. Since his arrival at Tideway, he has taken full responsibility for all aspects of bringing into being a new regulated water company, agreeing the baseline schedule and budget and the successful launch of the Company and the agreements and delivery mechanisms that are in place today. Since Licence Award a key area of focus has been the establishment of the best possible delivery and financing arrangements. Mr Mitchell is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Chairman of the IUK Infrastructure Client Group, a visiting professor at Leeds University and has an MBA in Project Management. He was awarded the CBE for services to civil engineering. Mark Sneesby, COO Mark joined Tideway as Chief Operating Officer in May 2014. Mark is a Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in delivering major infrastructure in the water industry. He was formerly Head of Major Projects at Thames Water, which included the Lee Tunnel project, the largest contract ever awarded in the UK water industry. Mark is responsible for managing the construction of the TTT. He has also the led the implementation of the company's systems, processes and capabilities to operate as a regulated water company and a major infrastructure delivery organisation, as well as the final negotiations in the procurement of the Main Works Contractors. Mark Corben, CFO Mark joined Tideway in February 2014 from his role as Head of European Power & Utilities at UBS, where he had extensive experience in the regulated water sector and advised Thames Water on the development of the delivery model for Tideway. Over the last three years Mark has led a number of key projects for Tideway including negotiation of the Licence and Government Support Package, and establishment of controls and reporting systems of Tideway. His current responsibilities include chairing the Risk, Change, Funding and Financing and Information Systems committees. Pedro Madeira, Treasurer Pedro joined Tideway in June 2015 after leaving his role as Deputy Treasurer at Heathrow where he was responsible for leading numerous loan and capital market transactions on the airport's efforts to raise over £15bn debt since 2008. He was also responsible for looking after Heathrow's extensive derivatives portfolio. Pedro has previously worked for Shell and is a member of CIMA and the Association of Corporate Treasurers. In his current role Pedro has recruited the Treasury team, led the implementation of Treasury systems, led the negotiation of an index-linked loan with the EIB and the issuance of £450m deferred index-linked bonds. Sir Neville Simms, Chairman of the Board of Directors Sir Neville Simms FREng is a Chartered Civil Engineer. He was previously Chairman of International Power plc for ten years, until the combination of the group with the international power generation assets of GDF Suez early in 2011, at which time he became Deputy Chairman of GDF Suez Energy International. Until 2005, Sir Neville was Chairman of Carillion plc, after the demerger, in 1999, of the company from Tarmac plc, where he had worked for 35 years; including as Group CEO and Deputy Chairman for the last eight years. He was, for the final three years of the project, joint Chairman of TML, the Channel Tunnel contractor's consortium. Sir Neville has chaired a number of Construction Industry bodies and the Regional Leadership Teams for Business in the Community in the West Midlands and the Solent Region of the UK. He was a founder member of the UK Government's Private Finance Panel, Chairman of the Government's Sustainable Procurement Task Force, Deputy Chairman of Ashridge Management College, Chairman of the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Trust for ten years, member of the Presidents Committee of the CBI until 2015, and he also served for seven years on the Court of the Bank of England.
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