Thames names new chairman

Thames names new chairman

ROGER CARR (left), the chief executive of the fire and security products group Williams Holdings, is to become the next chairman of Thames Water. Mr Carr, 52, will succeed Sir Robert Clarke who is retiring in March aged 70. Thames said Mr Carr, who has been a director of the company since 1994, was being appointed to the chairmanship in a non-executive capacity but declined to give details of his salary or how many days a week he would put in.