The evolution of Thames Water
- From: Vol 2, Issue 8 (August 2001)
- Category: Companies
- Region: Europe
- Country: United Kingdom
- Related Companies: Anglian Water, Berlinwasser, Centrica, Eon, Hyder, Kelda, Powergen and Veolia Environnement (formerly Vivendi Environnement)
In November 2000, Thames Water became a division of RWE. The company now manages all core water operations within the RWE group, including RWE Aqua, which has operations in Germany and eastern Europe. RWE started life as a local municipal electricity company, evolving over the past 100 years to become an international multi-utility group. In this interview, Thames Water’s chief executive Bill Alexander tells Peter Allison how the two companies have been integrated and discusses the group’s growth and development aspirations.
Q: Can you start by giving us an idea of how Thames has been integrated into RWE?
A: We closed the integration project on 12 July following an eight-month period in which teams from RWE and Thames Water made sure the two companies were successfully merged. The main issue for me as we went through the integration was to reinforce ...
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