Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban

Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments

The bosses of Wessex Water received 50,000 in previously undisclosed extra pay from a parent company, in the same year that the utility was banned from paying bonuses, the Guardian can reveal.

Chief executive Ruth Jefferson and chief financial officer Andy Pymer were paid 24,000 and 27,000 respectively in the year to June 2025, according to a spokesperson for Wessex Water's owner, the Malaysian YTL group.