John Hirst

John Raymond Hirst is currently Chairman at Anglian Water Group Ltd. since 2020 and Chairman at The British Standards Institution since 2019.
Current roles also include Director positions at Anglian Water Services Financing Plc (since 2015), Anglian Water Services Holdings Ltd., Clark Thomson Insurance Brokers Ltd. (since 2018), Epilepsy Research UK, BBPS Ltd. (since 2017), Anglian Water Services UK Parent Co. Ltd. (since 2018), Orsus Medical Ltd., Aigrette Financing (Issuer) PLC (since 2021), and Trustee at Epilepsy Bereaved.
Other current non-executive and director roles include White Square Chemical, Inc. (since 2015), SME Insurance Services Ltd. (since 2015), Marsh UK Ltd. (since 2014), Imis Global Ltd. (since 2015), and Director at Clark Thomson Insurance Brokers Ltd. (since 2018).
Former roles include Chief Executive Officer at Premier Farnell Ltd. from 1998 to 2005, Chief Executive Officer- Global businesses at Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Met Office from 2005 to 2014, Non-Executive Chairman at ASBISc Enterprises Plc from 2006 to 2008, Chairman at The National Oceanography Centre, Non-Executive Director at Anglian Water Group Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at Hammerson Plc from 2013 to 2014, Independent Non-Executive Director at Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd. (United Kingdom) from 2015 to 2019, Director at Jelf Wellbeing Ltd. from 2015 to 2018, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Anglian Water Services Ltd. from 2016 to 2020, Non-Executive Director at Jelf Ltd., Director at Bluefin Insurance Services Ltd., and Member at ACT 2013 Ltd.