South East Water CEO David Hinton resigns after outage pressure
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 8
South East Water CEO David Hinton resigns after outage pressure
7 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 8
The company said Friday he would stay on while a replacement is found, after outages across Kent hit tens of thousands of customers.
South East Water said Hinton believed his role had become an increasing distraction amid pressure from lawmakers and customers over repeated supply failures.
Earlier reports said winter disruptions cut supplies to 24,000 properties in Kent and Sussex, with 30,000 more later affected, and chair Chris Train resigned a week earlier.
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