Russ Houlden
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed
April 2020
Nationality
British
Experience
Russ brings extensive experience of accounting and finance, international business and performance transformation
External Appointments
Russ is an Independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska SA as well as being the Chairman of its Audit Committee
Previous Roles
Russ was the Chief Financial Officer of United Utilities Group PLC from October 2010 stepping down in July 2020 and prior to that he was the Chief Financial Officer of Telecom New Zealand Limited, Finance Director of Lovells and held various senior financial positions in ICI and BT. In addition, from 2014 to 2020 he was a Member of the Main Committee of the 100 Group and the Chairman of its Financial Reporting Committee
Qualifications
Russ is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He has a first class honours degree in Management Science from Warwick Business School and has completed executive programmes at INSEAD, Stanford and London Business School
Committee Membership
Audit & Risk, Nominations, and Remuneration.