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 Philip Fletcher CBE: Chairman of the Water Services Regulation Authority
Philip Fletcher was appointed for a five-year term as non-executive Chairman of the Water Services Regulation Authority with effect from 1 April 2006.
He was previously Director General of Water Services from 1 August 2000 until 31 March 2006.
His previous career was based mainly in central government public service, with an emphasis on financial issues.
He was a founder member of the Department of the Environment from 1970. His work there covered such issues as planning and land use, urban regeneration, rural issues, local government, finance and private housing. As Director of Central Finance there, he took part in the issues leading up to the privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales in 1989.
He was appointed as Chief Executive of PSA Services (the former Property Services Agency) in 1993. When he had completed its privatisation, he transferred to head the Cities and Countryside Group in DoE in 1994. Philip's immediate previous post was as Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District from 1996, providing financial and support services for the Metropolitan Police, with accountability both to the Home Secretary and the Commissioner.
He is a member of the Archbishops' Council for the Church of England, and is also a member of the Ofqual Committee.
Educated at Marlborough College and Oxford University, Philip Fletcher is married with one daughter. Hobbies include walking and bird watching.
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