Ian Marchant (businessman)

Ian Marchant
Born	Ian Derek Marchant (1961-02-09) 9 February 1961 Croydon
Nationality	British
Education	Trinity School of John Whitgift
Alma mater	Durham University
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1982–present
Salary	£1,017,000
Title	former Chief Executive of SSE plc
Term	2002–2013
Predecessor	Jim Forbes
Successor	Alistair Phillips-Davies
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Anderson
Children	2

Ian Derek Marchant (born 9 February 1961) is an English accountant and businessman. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE plc) from 2002 until he left the position as of 30 June 2013.

Early life

He attended the independent Trinity School of John Whitgift. Afterwards he gained a BA in Economics from Durham University, where a highlight was scoring a try for the University IV VX rugby team.

Career

He was an accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1983-92. In 1992, he joined Southern Electric, which became Scottish and Southern Energy in 1998.

Scottish and Southern Energy

He became CEO of SSE in 2002 when aged 41. SSE has about 9.5 million electricity and gas customers.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Anderson in September 1986 in Bradford. They have a daughter, Sarah and a son, James.

External links

• SSE

News items

• Scotsman November 2008
• The Times August 2008