South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages

David Hinton will remain in post while successor is found, utility says, a week after group’s chairman quit

The chief executive of South East Water has announced plans to step down just a week after the group’s chairman quit in the wake of major supply outages in Kent and Sussex.

The supplier said David Hinton, who joined the group’s board in 2013, would stay in post to allow an “orderly transition” over the summer while the group hunts for his successor.