Thames Water appoints Chris Weston as boss with up to £2.3m package

Former British Gas executive tasked with leading turnaround in face of debts and controversy over sewage

Thames Water has appointed a former British Gas executive as its new boss with a pay package of up to 2.3m a year and a brief to turn around the heavily indebted utility.

Chris Weston takes up the role on 8 January and replaces Sarah Bentley, who resigned with immediate effect in June after three years in post amid a backlash over the company's dumping of sewage in British waterways.