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Christopher Rogers
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors & Member of the Audit and Nomination Committee @ Travis Perkins
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Christopher Rogers was appointed as a non-executive director on 1 September 2013. Christopher was Managing Director of Costa Coffee from 2012 to 2016 and a director of Whitbread PLC from 2005 to 2016 where he also served as Group Finance Director. He was Group Finance Director of Woolworth Group PLC from 2001 to 2005 and previously held senior roles in both finance and commercial functions in Comet Group PLC and Kingfisher PLC. He was also a non-executive director of HMV Group PLC from 2006 to 2012. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations Committee. Christopher is a chartered accountant.
Learn more about Christopher Rogers on Crunchbase…Travis Perkins plc, a FTSE 100 company, is one of the UK’s leading companies in the builders’ merchanting and home improvement market. Read more about Travis Perkins on Crunchbase…
Brendan Nelson
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ BP
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Brendan Nelson is a chartered accountant. He was made a partner of KPMG in 1984 and served as a member of the UK board of KPMG from 2000 to 2006, subsequently being appointed vice chairman until his retirement in 2010. At KPMG International he held a number of senior positions including global chairman, banking and global chairman, financial services. He served for six years as a member of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel and in 2013 was the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Learn more about Brendan Nelson on Crunchbase…BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world. Read more about BP on Crunchbase…
Roger McDowell
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ Servelec Group
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Roger joined the Company as a Non- Executive Director on the 24 October 2013. The early part of Roger’s career was spent as CEO of an independent distribution business, growing the company both organically and by acquisition, then leading the business through a main market listing. Subsequently he has served as a Non-Executive Director or Chairman of numerous listed businesses and his extensive experience includes chairing all Board Committees. Roger is currently Chairman of Avingtrans Plc, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Tribal Plc and Non-Executive Director of IS Solutions Plc, Swallowfield Plc, Proteone Sciences Plc (and Audit Chair) and PTSG Group Plc.
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Ruth Anderson
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ The Royal Parks
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Ruth Anderson was appointed as a non-executive director in 2011. She is a non-executive director of Ocado plc, Coats plc, Coats Group plc, The Royal Parks – an executive agency of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and a trustee of the charity, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. She is a chartered accountant, and held a number of positions in KPMG (UK) from 1976 to 2009, being a member of its board from 1998 to 2004 and Vice Chair from 2005 to 2009. She is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations and Stay Safe Committees.
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Bernie Waldron
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ Servelec Group
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Bernie joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2013. Bernie has more than 30 years’ experience in the global technology marketplace including positions as director of strategy for IBM Corporation, based in New York, general manager of IBM’s industrial sector business for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Executive Chairman of the former Maersk Data Group of companies, based in Copenhagen. He is now non-executive chair or director of a number of public and private companies.
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John Nelson
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ First Hull Trains
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John has been involved in the rail industry for most of his working life. He has held a number of senior positions including Chief Executive of Network South East and has also headed up the Eastern Region which was responsible for over a quarter of Britain’s rail network. He is currently Chairman of First Class Partnerships – a strategic consultancy business which services the UK and international rail industries. John is also currently a non-executive director of Hull Trains, Marylebone Railway and YourRail Limited.
Learn more about John Nelson on Crunchbase…First Hull Trains is a company that provides train transportation around the Hull and London areas in England. Read more about First Hull Trains on Crunchbase…
Eamonn O’Hare
Independent Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ Dialog Semiconductor
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Eamonn joined the Board in May 2014 as an independent non-executive Director. He was appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee in December 2014 and was replaced by Alan Campbell in July 2015. Eamonn has spent over two decades as CFO of some of the world’s fastest-growing consumer and technology businesses. From 2009 to 2013, he was CFO and main board member of the UK’s leading entertainment and communications business, Virgin Media Inc. and led its successful sale to Liberty Global Inc. in 2013. From 2005 to 2009, he served as CFO of the UK operations of one of the world’s largest retailers, Tesco plc. Before joining Tesco he was CFO and Board Director at Energis Communications and led the successful turnaround of this high profile UK telecoms company. Prior to this Eamonn spent ten years at PepsiCo Inc. in a series of senior executive roles in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Eamonn spent the early part of his career in the aerospace industry with companies that included Rolls-Royce PLC and BAE Systems PLC.
Learn more about Eamonn O’Hare on Crunchbase…Dialog Semiconductor makes energy-efficient, highly-integrated, and mixed signal ICs for mobile, IoT, and solid state lighting applications. Read more about Dialog Semiconductor on Crunchbase…
Ann Simon
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ Lumacron Technology Ltd
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Ann Simon has worked in finance, particulary in the life sciences and technology sectors, since 1985. Ann is currently a Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors at Scientific Digital Imaging (where she chairs the audit committee) and Lumacron and is providing consultancy in the areas of finance, strategic planning, enablement and funding to development-stage life sciences companies including Peptinnovate and OBS Medical. Over the past 15 years Ann has held roles including chairman of OBS Medical and Chief Financial Officer of Pyreos, mLED, Sphere Medical Holding, Genosis, Mirada Solutions, NextGen Sciences, e-San and Bioglan Pharma. Prior to that Ann undertook corporate finance advisory work at Cazenove & Co. over more than a decade for clients ranging from start-ups to FTSE100 companies. Ann has managed IPOs (London full list and AIM), corporate acquisitions and trade sales and fund raisings in the public and private markets. Ann was on the FSA’s Financial Information Theme Team from 2002 to 2003. Ann earned her Ph.D. and B.A. degrees in Physics from the University of Cambridge.
Learn more about Ann Simon on Crunchbase…Lumacron’s products target the monitoring of next generation packet-optical networks. Read more about Lumacron Technology Ltd on Crunchbase…
Coline McConville
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors & Chair Person of the Remuneration Committee @ Travis Perkins
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Coline McConville was appointed as a non-executive director on 1 February 2015. Coline is currently a non-executive director of TUI AG, Inchcape PLC, Fevertree Drinks PLC, UTV Media PLC and Wembley National Stadium Limited and was formerly a non-executive director of Shed Media PLC and HBOS PLC, and a global advisor and director of Grant Thornton International Limited. Previous to that Coline was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer Europe of Clear Channel International Limited. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. Coline chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nominations and Audit committees.
Learn more about Coline McConville on Crunchbase…Travis Perkins plc, a FTSE 100 company, is one of the UK’s leading companies in the builders’ merchanting and home improvement market. Read more about Travis Perkins on Crunchbase…
Nick Taylor
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ Merityre Specialists
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Nick began his commercial career as a graduate trainee in the aerospace and medical divisions of Smiths Industries plc. In 1979 he founded Harvard Public Relations, which went on to become one of Europe’s leading TMT consultancies with offices in London, Paris and Munich. Following Harvard’s acquisition by Chime in 2000, Nick joined Chime and is involved in a number of Chime’s overseas businesses, Chime Ventures (investments and start ups) and Chime’s M&A activity. Nick is a Non-Executive Director of Merityre Specialists.
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Lynn Rothschild
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors @ The Economist Group
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LAppointed as a non-executive director in October 2002. A non-executive director of the Estée Lauder Companies and a trustee of the Eranda Foundation, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the McCain Institute for International Leadership.
Learn more about Lynn Rothschild on Crunchbase…The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. Read more about The Economist Group on Crunchbase…
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