Stephen Harris – Group Chief Executive
Appointed: November 2008 and Chief Executive from January 2009

Past roles: Spent his early career in engineering with Courtaulds plc and then moved to the USA to join APV Inc from 1984 until 1995, where he held several senior management positions. He was appointed to the Board of Powell Duffryn plc as an Executive Director in 1995 and then went on to join Spectris plc as an Executive Director from 2003 to 2008. He was also a Non-Executive Director of Brixton plc from 2006 to 2009 and of Mondi from 2011 to 2021

Qualifications: Chartered Engineer, graduated from Cambridge University, Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.

Daniel Dayan – Non-Executive Chair

Appointed: January 2022

External roles: Non-executive Chair of CellMark AB from 2021 (not listed)
Non-executive Chair of Aquaspersions Group from 2021 (not listed)

Past roles: Chair of Portals International from 2020 to 2022. Chair of Low & Bonar plc from 2018 to 2020, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Chemring Group plc from 2016 to 2018 and Chair of Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute from 2014 to 2015. CEO of Linpac Group and Klöckner Pentaplast Group from 2015 to 2019 and CEO of Fiberweb plc from 2006 to 2013. Daniel spent his early career at Novar plc until 2005 and prior to that worked at ICI and management consultant, Arthur D Little.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Eva Lindqvist – Non-Executive Director

Appointed: June 2012

External roles: Non-Executive Director of Tele 2 AB from 2014 and Keller Group plc since 2017.

Past roles: Began her career in various positions with Ericsson working in Continental Europe, North America and Asia from 1981 to 1990 followed by director roles with Ericsson from 1993 to 1999. Joined Teliasonera in 2000 as Senior Vice President moving to Xelerated initially as Chairperson and later as Chief Executive from 2007 to 2011. Non-Executive Director of Transmode Holdings AB from 2007 to 2013, Blekinge Institute of Technology from 2010 to 2013, Tieto Corporation from 2010 to 2016, Assa Abloy from 2008 to 2018, Caverion Oy from 2013 to 2018, Alimak Holding from 2015 to 2018, Micronic Mydata AB from 2013 to 2016, Mr Green & Co AB from 2016 to February 2019 and Sweco AB from 2013 to 2020.

Qualifications: Engineer, graduated with a Masters from Linköping Institute of Technology, Diploma in Marketing from IHM Business School and MBA Financial Analysis from University of Melbourne.

Patrick Larmon – Non-Executive Director

Appointed: September 2016

External roles: Non-Executive Director of Huttig Building Products Inc., a NASDAQ listed international distributor of construction products since 2015.

Past roles:Executive Vice President and owner of Packaging Products Corporation until 1990 when the company was acquired by Bunzl plc. Held various senior management positions for over 13 years before becoming President of Bunzl’s North America business in 2003, then Chief Executive Officer, North America, of Bunzl plc in 2004, joining the Bunzl plc board in 2005. Retired from Bunzl plc on 31 December 2018.

Qualifications: Graduated from Illinois Benedictine University (major Economics & Business Economics) followed by achieving Certified Public Accountant, followed by an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago and a Masters of International Business from St. Louis University.

Ian Duncan – Senior Independent Director

Appointed: November 2014

External roles: None

Past roles: Worked on a variety of audits with Deloitte & Touche, followed by four years with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. From 1990 to 1992 he worked for Lloyds Bank plc and then switched to British Nuclear Fuels plc from 1993 to 2006. In 2006 he took on the role of Group Finance Director with Royal Mail Holdings plc leaving in 2010. He was Non-Executive Director of Fiberweb plc during 2013, Mouchel Group from 2013 to 2015, WANdisco plc from 2012 to 2016, Babcock International Group from 2010 to 2020 and SIG plc from 2017 to 31.01.2021.

Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, qualified with Deloitte & Touche after graduating from University of Oxford.

Ute Ball – Group Company Secretary

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