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Overview
Christine Hodgson currently serves as Chair of Severn Trent plc, where she leads the Nominations Committee and serves on both the Corporate Sustainability and Remuneration Committees (since 2020). She is also Chair of Newton Group Holdings and serves as Senior Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council at Loughborough University, where she champions governance, sustainability, and educational excellence. She will become Chair of Whitbread plc in September 2025.
Christine brings extensive executive and board-level experience, having spent 22 years at Capgemini UK. There, she progressed from Chief Financial Officer to CEO, and ultimately Executive Chair, following earlier roles as CFO for Global Outsourcing and Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Notably, she was among the first women to serve on the Capgemini Group Executive Committee, leading finance, CSR, and UK operations during a significant period of expansion.
Her non-executive portfolio includes past roles as Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair at Standard Chartered plc (until early 2023) and Non-Executive Director at Ladbrokes Coral Group plc (until 2017).
Christine brings deep cross-sector expertise in:
• Utilities governance & sustainability – steering water infrastructure with high environmental and regulatory standards
• Technology & professional services leadership – Leading global finance, operations, and CSR in complex innovation-driven sectors
• Board structure & ethical leadership – shaping remuneration, nomination, and sustainability frameworks at FTSE companies
• Education & stakeholder advocacy – enhancing university governance and fostering youth career initiatives through national organisations
A first-class graduate in Accounting and Financial Management from Loughborough University, Christine is a Fellow of ICAEW. She was appointed CBE in 2020 for services to education. Known for her integrity, strategic acumen, and stakeholder-first ethos, she is a sought-after mentor for senior leaders navigating governance, societal impact, and transformational change.
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Severn Trent plc
Chair
Standard Chartered plc
Senior Independent Director and RemCo Chair
Capgemini UK plc
Executive Chair and Group Executive Committee member
Other Career Highlights
Careers and Enterprise Company
Chair
Tech Partnership
Non-Executive Director
UK Department for Education’s Business Forum
Member
Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
Non-Executive Director
Business in the Community
Trustee
MacIntyre Care
Trustee