Charles Berry
Background
Charles Berry was Scottish Power's Executive Director UK, responsible for the UK energy businesses of Generation, Energy Management and Supply. He joined Scottish Power in November 1991 and was appointed to the Board in April 1999. Mr. Berry was named Human Resources Director in early 1996 and in July of the same year was appointed Chief Executive of Manweb, the Scottish Power subsidiary supplying electricity to Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. In April 1998 Charles Berry became Managing Director of Energy Supply for Scottish Power, continuing to be a member of the Boards of Manweb and Southern Water. In April 1999 he took up his Board position with responsibility for the Energy Supply and Retail businesses, Electricity Trading and Regulation. He was also a member of the Board of the Energy Saving Trust. [2]
Prior to joining Scottish Power, in 1990 he was Group Development Director of Norwest Holst, a subsidiary of Compagnie Générale des Eaux, and prior to that held management positions within subsidiaries of Pilkington plc.
Between 1974 and 1982 he held various engineering, project management and marketing positions within Pilkington before attending MIT under full sponsorship. After returning from the US in 1983, he worked in a number of Pilkington subsidiaries serving UK and international markets as Technical Director, Business Development Director and Marketing Director.
Charles Berry was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and the University of Glasgow where he graduated in 1974 with a first class Honours Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering. He graduated MS at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1983. [3]
- ^ Company history from Archive's cached Scottish Power page 19 January 2005, Charles Berry, accessed 20 April 2007.
- ^ Company history from Thus Press Releases, Charles Berry, accessed 20 April 2007.
Restructuring the company
Notes
- ^ Photograph from SecuritiesTrust Our People, Charles Berry, accessed 20 April 2007.
