24th Feb 2005 14:37
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC24 February 2005 ELECTRICITY DIRECTORS RETIRE WITH 90 YEARS SERVICE Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") announced on 29 July 2004 that HenryCasley, non-Executive Director, and David Sigsworth, Generation Director,intended to retire from the Board before the 2005 Annual General Meeting. David Sigsworth will retire from the Board on 31 March 2005. He joined theelectricity industry in 1962 and has been on the Board of SSE since it wasformed in 1998. Henry Casley will retire on 17 May 2005. He joined the industryin 1961 and has also been on the Board since SSE was formed. As stated in the 29 July announcement, SSE's Board will in future consist offour Executive Directors and five independent non-Executive Directors. ColinHood, Chief Operating Officer, will assume Board-level responsibility for theoperation of SSE's generation portfolio and will become Lead Director for theEnvironment. Sir Robert Smith, Chairman of SSE, said: "With almost 90 years' service betweenthem, Henry Casley and David Sigsworth have been outstanding servants of theUK's electricity industry. They were instrumental in the successfulprivatisations of Southern Electric and Scottish Hydro-Electric respectively andin the evolution of what were highly successful companies in their own right. Henry and David have played highly significant parts in the successful merger ofSouthern Electric and Scottish Hydro-Electric to create SSE and in thesubsequent development of the business. They have each brought to bear theirwealth of experience and expertise and their contributions have been invaluable,and they are stepping down from the Board with our best wishes for the future." Enquires to: Alan Young, Director of Corporate Communications0870 900 0410Denis Kerby, Investor and Media Relations Manager0870 900 0410 NOTE TO EDITOR:- When Henry Casley and David Sigsworth joined the electricity industry in theearly 1960s, work was still going on to standardise voltages across the countryafter nationalisation in 1947. Another priority in the early 1960s was tocomplete the rural electrification programmes which were still connecting farmsand other rural settlements to the electricity network. Many electricity bills, especially for industrial and commercial customers, werestill typed on old fashioned typewriters and carbon paper in the early 1960s.The industry's first use of computers for billing and computer centre was builtaround that time at Limewood Approach in Leeds, near where David Sigsworthstarted work for Yorkshire Electricity Board. Cornishman Henry Casley's first job in the electricity industry was with theSouth Western Electricity Board (SWEB), which distributed electricity fromBristol down to Land's End. His final job in the industry has been with SSE,which distributes electricity up to John O'Groats. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
SSE