SouthWest Water (SWWC) Board of Directors Elects H. Frederick Christie Independent Chair of the Board
October 27, 2009 7:28 AM
SouthWest Water Company (Nasdaq: SWWC) announced that its board of directors elected H. Fredrick Christie as the new independent chairman of the board.
H. Frederick Christie has been a director on the company’s board since 1996 and served as lead director since May 2006. He is a consultant, having retired in 1990 as president and chief executive officer of the Mission Group, responsible for the non-utility subsidiaries of SCEcorp, with assets exceeding $2 billion and earnings exceeding $100 million annually. From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Christie served as president and a director of Southern California Edison Company. He received a master’s degree in management from the University of Southern California in 1964.
SouthWest Water Company provides a broad range of operations, maintenance and management services, including water production, treatment and distribution; wastewater collection and treatment; customer service; and utility infrastructure construction management.
