Ian Marchant (businessman)

Ian Derek Marchant (born 9 February 1961) is an English accountant and businessman. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE plc) from 2002 until he left the position as of 30 June 2013.

Ian Marchant
Born
Ian Derek Marchant

(1961-02-09) 9 February 1961
NationalityBritish
EducationTrinity School of John Whitgift
Alma materDurham University
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1982–present
Titleformer Chief Executive of SSE plc
Term2002–2013
PredecessorJim Forbes
SuccessorAlistair Phillips-Davies
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Anderson

Early life

He attended the independent Trinity School of John Whitgift. Afterwards he studied at Durham University, as a member of Hatfield College, gaining a 2:1 in Economics in 1983.[1]

Career

He was an accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1983-92. In 1992, he joined Southern Electric, which became Scottish and Southern Energy in 1998.

Marchant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2009 [2]

Scottish and Southern Energy

He became CEO of SSE in 2002 when aged 41. SSE had about 9.5 million electricity and gas customers.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Anderson in September 1986 in Shipley. They have two children.

References

  1. "Durham University Gazette, 1982/1983/83". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. "Honorary Graduates 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2009.

News items

Business positions
Preceded by
Jim Forbes
Chief Executive of SSE plc
2002 - June 2013
Succeeded by
Alistair Phillips-Davies
Preceded by
Finance Director of SSE plc
- 2002
Succeeded by


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