Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
2 sources·Updated August 10, 2026

Covered by 2 sources
- BBC Business·2h agoThames Water gave finance boss a £1m signing-on fee
The seven-figure payment was given to Steve Buck as part of package to persuade him to join the troubled utility company.
Read at BBC Business → - Guardian UK·2h agoThames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise it Business live – latest updates Thames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite intense scrutiny of Britain’s biggest water company’s…
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