The Board of Pennon Group plc announced the appointment of David Sproul as Chair Designate. David will join the Board as a non-executive director on 1 July 2024. Gill Rider will retire from the Board post the Annual General Meeting on 24 July 2024, after which David will assume the role of Chair.

David is a Chartered Accountant who has spent most of his career in professional services at Deloitte including Global Deputy CEO from 2019 to 2021. In late 2021 David became Chair of Starling Bank Ltd; the UK's leading digital bank. He also serves as a non-executive director at Safanad Limited, a privately held asset manager and is a senior adviser to Bridgepoint Europe.

He also sits on the Board of Governors as Chair designate of University of Hertfordshire.