Piers Clark, Chairman at Isle Utilities
About
Piers Clark is the founder and chairman of Isle Utilities.
Prior, Piers was the first Managing Director recruited into Blackstone’s $1bn water-sector private equity fund, Global Water Development Partners (GWDP). From 2010 to 2014, Piers was the Commercial Director at Thames Water. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Mouchel Regulated Industries, part of Mouchel plc. He led a team of 3000 staff and provided engineering consultancy and operational maintenance services in the water, energy, environment and rail sectors. Piers is the chairman of Isle, and helped establish the Technology Approval Group (TAG) in 2005.
Qualifications
BSc Environmental Science, PhD in Civil Engineering, Member of Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, Member of Institute of Asset Management
Experience
Chairman
Company NameIsle Group Ltd
Dates EmployedJan 2010 – Present
Employment Duration 8 yrs 1 mo
Founder and Chairman of Isle Utilities, a specialist technology consulting firm that provides the Technology Approval Group (TAG) forum for water utilities around the world. TAG is an identification, screening and endorsement process for innovative start-up technology companies in the water and waste water sectors. Since 2005 it has reviewed over 2500 different technology companies and facilitated the raising of over $300m of investment. Over 100 utilities from around the world are TAG members. www.isleutilities.com
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Non Executive Director
Company NameEmpire Water Inc
Dates EmployedJan 2008 – Present
Employment Duration10 yrs 1 mo
LocationCalifornia, USA
Empire Water is a small Californian water company, initially listed on OTC but now private. It owns a tract of land in Southern California with the associated water abstraction and transportation rights.
Managing Director
Company NameGlobal Water Development, a portfolio company from The Blackstone Group
Dates EmployedOct 2014 – Jul 2015
Employment Duration10 mos
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
GWD is a new $1bn water infrastructure private equity fund, established in April 2014 by the US based PE fund Blackstone. We invest in companies, projects, JV or concessions which operate in the water sector (from desalination to heat networks to sludge treatment). We are a small team of water industry professionals.
Commercial Director
Company NameThames Water
Dates EmployedApr 2011 – Aug 2014
Employment Duration3 yrs 5 mos
Thames Water is the largest UK water utility serving a population of over 14 million. As commercial director Piers is responsible for growing a new non regulated business portfolio through the generation of new energy projects (solar, biomasss, wind), strategic alliances and the exploitation of the TW existing asset base. He is a member of the Executive board.
Asset Management Director (Interim)
Company NameThames Water
Dates EmployedFeb 2010 – Mar 2011
Employment Duration1 yr 2 mos
LocationUK
Piers was brought in on an interim basis to re-shape the Asset Management team within Thames Water and ensure the delivery of year 1 of the £5bn AMP5 capital programme. Led the asset management input for the OFWAT June Return. Member of the Executive board.
Managing Director, Regulated Industries
Company NameMOUCHEL plc.
Dates EmployedSep 2005 – Dec 2009
Employment Duration4 yrs 4 mos
LocationUK and Middle East
Mouchel plc was an 11,000 person engineering based consultancy. The Regulated Industries business employued 3000 staff acrss the water, energy, environment and rail sectors and included the Middle East offices, which undertook infrastructure projects (roads/power). Piers led the acquisition of Ewan group in 2006 and was a member of the Group Management Board. Turnover in the Regulated Industries business grew from £60m to £180m between 2005 - 2009.
Managing Director, Water
Company NameAtkins
Dates EmployedFeb 2003 – Aug 2005
Employment Duration2 yrs 7 mos
LocationUK
Atkins Water was a business unity within Atkins Ltd and had a turnover of £45m and employed 550 staff across 20 permanent office locations. The business had a strong international base, with active projects in 25 countries.
Founder and Managing Director
Company NameSonico Ltd
Dates EmployedJan 2002 – Aug 2005
Employment Duration3 yrs 8 mos
LocationUK
Sonico Ltd was a JV between Atkins and Purac (subsequently Enpure), established to exploit a novel device for enhanced sludge treatment. Between 2002 and 2005 the company grew rapidly from an initial start-up to delivering a profit of £500k, within installations in Europe, US, Japan and Australia. Piers was the principal inventor of the Sonico product, filing patents in the late 1990s.
Managing Director
Company NameQuay Environmental
Dates EmployedJan 2002 – Jan 2003
Employment Duration1 yr 1 mo
LocationUK
Quay Environmental was a jv between Atkins and a university spin-out Quay Technologies Ltd. The business exploited a portfolio of novel disinfection technologies. Piers held the MD position for the first few months of the jv, establishing the initial company strategy and framework of licensing deals. Quay was ultimately sold to Severn Trent Services.
Head of Research and Technology Development
Company NameAtkins
Dates EmployedSep 1996 – Jan 2002
Employment Duration5 yrs 5 mos
LocationUK
Growing a team of research scientist and engineers to provide technical services to the utilities sector.
Research Scientist
Company NameUnited Utilities
Dates EmployedSep 1994 – Sep 1996
Employment Duration2 yrs 1 mo
LocationUK
Teaching Fellow, Board of Environmental Sciences
Company NameUniversity of Southampton
Dates EmployedAug 1993 – Aug 1994
Employment Duration1 yr 1 mo
Information
- Email: piers.clark@isleutilities.com
- Location: United Kingdom
Industry experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Board director, CEO, COO, CFO, President, Provost
Years of experience: 10 to 20 years
Work experience
Chairman
- Present
Taxonomy
- Engineering
- Executive
- C-level
- Water
- Energy
- Desalination