Chris Weston (businessman)

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Christopher Phillip Anthony Weston (born 5 January 1964)^[1] is a British businessman, and the chief executive of Aggreko, a FTSE 250 Index company, and a former managing director of British Gas, one of the "Big Six" UK energy suppliers.

Early life[]

He went to Pangbourne College, a fee-paying school, from 1977 to 1982.^{[citation needed]} He gained a BSc in applied science.^[where?] He did a PhD in quantitative finance at Imperial College London after his time in the Army.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

He was an officer in the Royal Horse Artillery for seven years.^{[citation needed]}

A British Gas van

British Gas[]

He joined Centrica in 2002, when Centrica bought One.Tel. Between 2002 and 2005, he was managing director of British Gas Business. Between June 2005 and June 2009, he was managing director of British Gas Services, which provides boiler repair. He joined the board of Centrica in 2009. He became head of Centrica's division in the USA (Direct Energy) from July 2009. He became managing director of British Gas. At the time, British Gas was selling gas and electricity to 12 million British households. It made a £606m profit in 2012; £50 per household it supplied to.^{[citation needed]}

It was announced he was leaving British Gas in early June 2014, leaving at the end of 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Aggreko[]

He became chief executive of Aggreko (based in Glasgow) in June 2014.^[2] His salary is £750,000 and he received a £2.2m golden hello.

Personal life[]

He married Lucy Taggart in May 1993 in the City of Westminster.^{[citation needed]} They have two sons (born October 1995 and July 2001) and two daughters (born July 1994 and June 1997).^{[citation needed]} He enjoys fishing and skiing.^{[citation needed]} He lived for a time at Ide Hill in western Kent.^{[citation needed]}

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