Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc

The board of directors are all non-executive and independent. Apart from Max King, Susannah Nicklin and Joanna Santinon, the directors were appointed at admission on 26 September, 2016. All directors are members of the Audit Committee, Management Engagement Committee and Remuneration Committee.

David Simpson

Chairman

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, and a director of Aberdeen New India Investment Trust PLC and ITC Limited, a major listed Indian company.

Iain McLaren

Chairman of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director

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 director of Wentworth Resources plc and Jadestone Energy Inc. He is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 

Malcolm (Max) King

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

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 also a columnist for MoneyWeek magazine. Max is currently a director of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc. He was appointed as a director of the Company on 11 September 2017.

Susannah Nicklin

Chair of the Management Engagement Committee

Susannah 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. Susannah is Chair of the Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust plc and a non-executive director of Baronsmead Venture Trust plc, The North American Income Trust plc and Frog Capital LLC. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification. She was appointed as a director of the Company on 9 September 2020.

Joanna Santinon

Joanna Santinon is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. She specialised in tax, transactions and private equity, and gained wider experience including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, capital raisings and listings in her 24 year career at EY. Joanna was a founder member of the 30% Club in the UK. She is a non-executive director and audit committee chair of Octopus Future Generations VCT plc and of Guinness VCT plc. She is also a trustee of The Centre For Entrepreneurs. She was appointed as a director of the Company on 12 September 2023.