Thames Water gave finance boss a £1m signing-on fee

"The majority of the team were brought in recently to fix the problems the company faces and are not responsible for causing those problems."

— Sir Adrian Montague , Executive

"Money should be going into improving services, not remunerating already well-paid senior executives."

— Alistair Carmichael , Politician

"If we're not prepared to pay market rates, then they won't come to us and they won't stay with us."

— Chris Weston , Executive