Steven (Steve) Buck

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Chief Financial Officer

Appointed in April 2025.

Skills

  • Strategic thinking 
  • Transformation and change management 
  • Operational performance improvement 
  • Team leadership and development 

Experience

Steve is an experienced Board-level CFO with proven expertise in capital-intensive and regulated industries, including infrastructure, utility and customer services. He is an expert in navigating complex regulatory processes, financial restructures and pioneering initiatives such as the launch of a UK green bond. 

Before joining Thames Water, Steve was CFO at Pennon Group and Anglian Water. Prior to this he was at Centrica for 11 years where he held a number of senior roles, including as Group Head of Finance and Transformation and as the Finance Director of British Gas. He has previously worked for Thames Water between 2002 and 2007.

He is a Chartered Management Accountant.