Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc

The Board of Directors are all non-executive and four of them, including the Chairman, are independent of Ecofin Advisors Limited, the Investment Manager.

David Simpson

David Simpson, the Chairman of the Company, is a qualified solicitor and was a partner at KPMG for 15 years until 2013, culminating as global head of M&A. Before that he spent 15 years in investment banking, latterly at Barclays de Zoete Wedd Ltd. He is Chairman of M&G Credit Income Investment Trust plc, a director of the British Geological Survey and a director of ITC Limited, a major listed Indian company.

Appointed as Chairman of EGL in September 2016 (independent)

Chairman of the Management Engagement Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee

Iain McLaren

Iain McLaren is a chartered accountant and was a partner at KPMG for 27 years, including senior partner in Scotland from 1999 to 2004, retiring from the firm in 2008. He is a non-executive director of Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc, Wentworth Resources plc and Jadestone Energy Inc.  He is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Appointed as a Director of EGL in September 2016 (independent)

Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of the Management Engagement Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee, Senior Independent Director 

Martin Nègre

Martin Nègre was, until June 2001, the chief executive officer of Northumbrian Water plc, then a subsidiary of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, and Suez Lyonnaise’s chief corporate representative in the UK. Prior to that, he was Suez Lyonnaise’s international director in Paris and then its Asia-Pacific president in Hong Kong and Singapore. Before that, he spent 21 years with Alsthom and GEC Alsthom, the Anglo/French engineering company, where he was a senior executive and the chief executive officer of the power generation division. He is chairman of the Tortoise Vista Long-Short Fund and the Tortoise Global Renewables Infrastructure Fund, funds managed by the Investment Manager, and a non-executive director of Northumbrian Water Limited and Messrs Hottinger & Cie, Paris.

Appointed as a Director of EGL in September 2016

Malcolm (Max) King

Max King is a chartered accountant and has over 30 years’ experience in fund management having worked at Finsbury Asset Management, J O Hambro Capital Management and Investec Asset Management. He is currently a non-executive director of Henderson Opportunities Trust plc and of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc. 

Appointed as a Director of EGL in September 2017 (independent)

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Management Engagement Committee, Member of the Audit Committee

Susannah Nicklin

Mrs Nicklin is an experienced non-executive director and financial services professional with 25 years of experience in executive roles in investment banking, equity research and wealth management at Goldman Sachs and Alliance Bernstein in the US, Australia and the UK. She has also worked in the impact investment sector, with Bridges Ventures and the Global Impact Investment Network. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification. Mrs Nicklin is currently a non-executive director and senior independent director of Pantheon International plc and a non-executive director of Amati AIM VCT plc, Baronsmead Venture Trust plc, and The North American Income Trust plc. She was previously a non-executive director of Baronsmead VCT plc and City of London Investment Group plc.

Appointed as a Director of EGL in September 2020

Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Management Engagement Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee