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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson

Thames Water accused of ‘flimsy PR stunt’ over bonus as boss’s pay swells

Sarah Bentley, chief executive of Thames Water
Company reports show Sarah Bentley received a ‘golden hello’ incentive package to lure her from Severn Trent. Photograph: Thames Water

Thames Water has been accused of conducting a “flimsy PR stunt” as it prepares to report that its chief executive has landed nearly double her annual salary with a £1.5m pay package – after announcing that she would shun her bonus amid intense criticism of Britain’s water companies.

Sarah Bentley said last month that she and the firm’s finance chief, Alastair Cochran, would forgo their bonuses and any payments due under long-term incentive plans for the 2022-23 financial year.

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