Ian Marchant (businessman)

Ian Marchant
Ian Marchant
Born	Ian Derek Marchant; 9 February 1961; Croydon
Nationality	British
Education	Trinity School of John Whitgift
Alma mater	Durham University
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1982–present
Title	former Chief Executive of SSE plc
Term	2002–2013
Predecessor	Jim Forbes
Successor	Alistair Phillips-Davies
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Anderson

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.

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]

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]

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

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

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

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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