Ian Derek Marchant (born 9 February 1961) is an English accountant and businessman. He was the
chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...
of
Scottish and Southern Energy
SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. SSE operates in the United Kingdom and ...
(
SSE plc) from 2002 until he left the position as of 30 June 2013.
Early life
He attended the independent
Trinity School of John Whitgift. Afterwards he studied at
Durham University
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, as a member of
Hatfield College
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, gaining a
2:1 in Economics in 1983.
Career
He was an accountant for
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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from 1983-92. In 1992, he joined
Southern Electric, which became Scottish and Southern Energy in 1998.
Marchant received an Honorary Doctorate from
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...
in 2009
Scottish and Southern Energy
He became CEO of SSE in 2002 when aged 41. SSE had about 9.5 million electricity and gas customers.
References
External links
SSE
News items
''Scotsman'' November 2008''The Times'' August 2008
SSE plc
English chief executives
1961 births
People educated at Trinity School of John Whitgift
People from Croydon
Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham
Living people
English accountants
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