Board of Directors
Sir Peter Gershon, CBE, FREng
Chairman
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Appointed as Non-Executive Chairman 1 March 2005. Currently Chairman of Symbian Limited, GHG Limited (General Healthcare Group) and Vertex Data Science Limited. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the UK Defence Academy and the Court and Council of Imperial College. Formerly Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce, Managing Director of Marconi Electronic Systems and a member of the GEC plc Board.
Harriet Green, BA (Hons)
Chief Executive Officer
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Appointed as Chief Executive Officer 3 April 2006. Previously ran volume distribution businesses in four continents, (including Asia Pacific) for Arrow Electronics as well as having functional responsibility for worldwide marketing, suppliers and strategy. Prior to joining Arrow in 1994 was Managing Director of the Macro Group, part of Diploma plc.
Mark Whiteling, M.Comm (Hons)
Chief Financial Officer
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Appointed as Chief Financial Officer 1 September 2006. Formerly Group Finance Director Communisis plc, the pan-European print management/direct mail group. Prior to joining Communisis in November 2004, he was Group Finance Director of Tibbett & Britten plc, a FTSE 250 logistics company.
Laurence Bain, CA
Chief Operating Officer
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Appointed Chief Operating Officer July 2002 and joined the Board as an Executive Director on 1 July 2003. Previously Vice President and Director of Operations for Motorola in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Steven Webb, LLB Solicitor
Company Secretary
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Appointed as Company Secretary and General Counsel in December 2000. Previously Company Secretary and General Counsel of Kelda Group plc and Company Secretary of Kalon Group plc.
William B Korb, B.S.I.E. AMP
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in January 2003. Formerly President and CEO of Gilbarco Incorporated. Non-Executive Director of Cambrex Corporation.
John Roques, CA
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in July 1999. Non-Executive Director, BBA Aviation plc and Henderson Group Plc. Formerly senior partner Deloitte & Touche.
Paul Withers MA
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2007. Formerly Main Board Director of BPB plc. Non-Executive Director of Hyder Consulting.
Dennis Millard CA (SA) MBA
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2007. Formerly Group Finance Director of Cookson Group plc. Non- Executive Chairman of Smiths News Plc, Non-Executive Director of Debenhams plc, EAG Limited and Xchanging plc.
Cary J Nolan, BA B.S.E.E.
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in July 1999. Formerly President, CEO Picker International Inc., President Cooper Surgical and President Xerox Medical Systems Division. Non-Executive Director of Toshiba Medical and Tomotherapy Inc.
Andrew Dougal, B Acc, CA
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2006. Formerly Chief Executive of Hanson plc, the international building materials company and previously Finance Director of Hanson, the diversified industrial group. Non-Executive Director of Taylor Wimpey plc, Creston Plc and formerly of BPB plc.
Committees
Membership at March 2008
Audit Committee
- John Roques (Chairman)
- Andrew Dougal
- Cary Nolan
- William Korb
- Dennis Millard
Nominations Committee
- Sir Peter Gershon (Chairman)
- William Korb
- John Roques
Remuneration Committee
- Andrew Dougal (Chairman)
- William Korb
- Cary Nolan
- John Roques
- Paul Withers