Question: What is the equivalent of the group that appoints the members of the public company oversight board in the country where United Utilities operates?

There is no common name for securities commission or financial regulatory agency in each country. Naming has become more complicated as some governments have consolidated or merged organisations and given them a wider remit. They sometimes contain the term securities and commission. A number also have names based on Financial Authority, such as the Financial Services Authority of the UK or Financial Supervisory Authority (Sweden) or variations such as the Financial Services Agency (Japan). Such as the Securities and Exchange Commission of the US or Securities and Futures Commission (Hong Kong). <SEP> every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in new delhi, where the president of india presents the awards. this is followed by the inauguration of the national film festival, where the award - winning films are screened for the public. declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. due to the national scale of the national film awards, it is considered the indian equivalent of the american academy awards. <SEP> in terms of ship categories, greek companies have 22.6% of the world's tankers and 16.1% of the world's bulk carriers (in dwt). an additional equivalent of 27.45% of the world's tanker dwt is on order, with another 12.7% of bulk carriers also on order. shipping accounts for an estimated 6% of greek gdp, employs about 160,000 people (4% of the workforce), and represents 1/3 of the country's trade deficit. earnings from shipping amounted to €14.1 billion in 2011, while between 2000 and 2010 greek shipping contributed a total of €140 billion (half of the country's public debt in 2009 and 3.5 times the receipts from the european union in the period 2000–2013). the 2011 ecsa report showed that there are approximately 750 greek shipping companies in operation. <SEP> The PCAOB has five Board members, including a Chairman, each of whom is appointed by the SEC, after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury. Two Board members must be Certified Public Accountants. If the PCAOB Chairman is one of them, he or she may not have been a practicing CPA for at least five years prior to being appointed to the board. Each member serves full - time, for staggered five - year terms. The Board's budget, approved by the SEC each year, is funded by fees paid by the companies and broker - dealers who rely on the audit firms overseen by the Board. The organization has a staff of about 800 and offices in 11 states in addition to its headquarters in Washington. <SEP> Originally the back office service function inside UK utility company United Utilities, Vertex was spun out as a separate company in 1996. In 2007, United Utilities sold Vertex to a consortium of investors (Oak Hill Capital, GenNx360, Knox Lawrence International) for £217m.