Stephen Harris – Group Chief Executive
Appointed: November 2008, and Executive from January 2009.
Senior Independent Director for Mondi plc
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.
Qualifications:Chartered Engineer, graduated from Cambridge University, Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Skills and experience:
Dominique Yates – Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: November 2016
External roles: None.
Past roles:Held various senior positions in Imperial Tobacco Group plc followed by Chief Financial
Officer positions at Symrise AG, LM Windpower and most recently at Regus plc from 2011 to 2015.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, graduated from Bristol University in Economics and Accounting.
Skills and experience:
Anne Quinn CBE – Chair
Appointed: January 2018
External roles: None.
Past roles:Worked in various roles for NZ Forest Products Ltd, followed by management consultancy with Resource Planning Associates, a management position with Standard Oil and various senior management roles with BP plc from 1987 to 2007. Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings LLC from 2008 to 2009. Non-Executive Director of BOC Group plc from 2004 to 2006, Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair as well as Senior Independent Director of Mondi plc from 2007 to 2017 and Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Smiths Group plc from 2009 to 2018.
Qualifications: B.Com University of Auckland and MSc Management Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Skills and experience:
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 May 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.
Skills and experience:
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: Was 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.
Skills and experience:
Ian Duncan – Senior Independent Director
Appointed: November 2014
External roles: Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Babcock International Group plc since 2010 and a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the audit committee of SIG plc from 2017.
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 and WANdisco plc from 2012 to 2016.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, qualified with Deloitte & Touche after graduating from University of Oxford.
Skills and experience:
Lili Chahbazi – Non-Executive Director
Appointed: January 2018
External roles:Strategy consultant and since 2008 a global partner in the London office of Bain & Company.
Past roles: Lili began her career as an actuary before joining Bain & Company.
Qualifications: Graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from Concordia University, Montreal followed by an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau. Associate of the Society of Actuaries.
Skills and experience:
Kevin Boyd – Non-Executive Director
Appointed: September 2020
External roles:Non-Executive Director of EMIS Group since 2014 and Chair of the Audit Committee since 2019. Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Polypipe Group plc from 22 September 2020.
Past roles: Held the positions of Group Finance Director at Oxford Instruments plc and Radstone Technology plc and, most recently, Chief Financial Officer at Spirax Sarco plc which he stepped down from in September 2020.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, Chartered Engineer. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Engineering and Technology. BEng, Electronic and Information Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast.
Skills and experience:
Ute Ball – Group Company Secretary
Springwood Court, Springwood Close, Tytherington Business Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2XF
Tel: +44 1625 505300
Fax: +44 1625 505313
Registered Number 519057 England and Wales.
Auditors
PWC LLP
Principal Bankers
HSBC Bank plc, Barclays Bank PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Svenska Handelsbanken AB, UniCredit Bank AG, ING Bank NV, Wells Fargo Bank, NA and KBC Bank NV
Solicitors
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and DLA Piper UK LLP
Financial Advisers
Lazard & Co. Limited
Brokers
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Jefferies Hoare Govett
Registrars
Equiniti Limited
Stephen Harris – Group Chief Executive
Appointed: November 2008, and Executive from January 2009.
Senior Independent Director for Mondi plc
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.
Qualifications:Chartered Engineer, graduated from Cambridge University, Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Skills and experience:
Dominique Yates – Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: November 2016
External roles: None.
Past roles:Held various senior positions in Imperial Tobacco Group plc followed by Chief Financial
Officer positions at Symrise AG, LM Windpower and most recently at Regus plc from 2011 to 2015.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, graduated from Bristol University in Economics and Accounting.
Skills and experience:
Anne Quinn CBE – Chair
Appointed: January 2018
External roles: None.
Past roles:Worked in various roles for NZ Forest Products Ltd, followed by management consultancy with Resource Planning Associates, a management position with Standard Oil and various senior management roles with BP plc from 1987 to 2007. Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings LLC from 2008 to 2009. Non-Executive Director of BOC Group plc from 2004 to 2006, Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair as well as Senior Independent Director of Mondi plc from 2007 to 2017 and Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Smiths Group plc from 2009 to 2018.
Qualifications: B.Com University of Auckland and MSc Management Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Skills and experience:
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 May 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.
Skills and experience:
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: Was 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.
Skills and experience:
Ian Duncan – Senior Independent Director
Appointed: November 2014
External roles: Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Babcock International Group plc since 2010 and a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the audit committee of SIG plc from 2017.
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 and WANdisco plc from 2012 to 2016.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, qualified with Deloitte & Touche after graduating from University of Oxford.
Skills and experience:
Lili Chahbazi – Non-Executive Director
Appointed: January 2018
External roles:Strategy consultant and since 2008 a global partner in the London office of Bain & Company.
Past roles: Lili began her career as an actuary before joining Bain & Company.
Qualifications: Graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from Concordia University, Montreal followed by an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau. Associate of the Society of Actuaries.
Skills and experience:
Kevin Boyd – Non-Executive Director
Appointed: September 2020
External roles:Non-Executive Director of EMIS Group since 2014 and Chair of the Audit Committee since 2019. Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Polypipe Group plc from 22 September 2020.
Past roles: Held the positions of Group Finance Director at Oxford Instruments plc and Radstone Technology plc and, most recently, Chief Financial Officer at Spirax Sarco plc which he stepped down from in September 2020.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, Chartered Engineer. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Engineering and Technology. BEng, Electronic and Information Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast.
Skills and experience:
Ute Ball – Group Company Secretary
Springwood Court, Springwood Close, Tytherington Business Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2XF
Tel: +44 1625 505300
Fax: +44 1625 505313
Registered Number 519057 England and Wales.
Auditors
PWC LLP
Principal Bankers
HSBC Bank plc, Barclays Bank PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Svenska Handelsbanken AB, UniCredit Bank AG, ING Bank NV, Wells Fargo Bank, NA and KBC Bank NV
Solicitors
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and DLA Piper UK LLP
Financial Advisers
Lazard & Co. Limited
Brokers
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Jefferies Hoare Govett
Registrars
Equiniti Limited
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