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Board of Directors  

1. David Newlands R
Non-Executive Chairman
Aged 61

Appointed to the Board in August 1999 and became Chairman in June 2000. He is Chairman of KESA Electricals plc and PayPoint plc, and a Director of a number of other companies. He was formerly Finance Director of The General Electric Company, p.l.c., Chairman of Britax International plc and Deputy Chairman of Standard Life Assurance.

2. James Nicol C
Chief Executive Officer
Aged 54

Appointed to the Board in February 2002. Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Magna International Inc., the Canadian automotive parts company. He joined Magna in 1987 as Vice-President, Special Projects, following a successful career as a commercial lawyer. He left in 1992 to set up TRIAM Automotive Inc. and returned to Magna as Vice-Chairman when Magna acquired TRIAM in 1998.

3. John Zimmerman
Finance Director
Aged 44

Appointed to the Board in October 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant (S.A.) and practised for a number of years at Deloitte in South Africa. He joined Braxton Associates in Toronto in 1990 and then became a partner at Orenda Corporate Finance in 1994. He joined Tomkins as Vice President of Corporate Development in 1999.

4. Richard Gillingwater A R  
Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director
Aged 51

Appointed to the Board in December 2005. He is Dean of Cass Business School in the City and previously held senior appointments in Government and the City, as Chairman of the Shareholder Executive, the body responsible for the Government’s shareholdings in major public-owned businesses, and at CSFB, BZW and Kleinwort Benson.

5. John McDonough A R C     
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Aged 56

Appointed to the Board in June 2007. He is the Group Chief Executive of Carillion plc having been appointed in 2001. He was previously Vice President, Integrated Facilities Management, Europe, the Middle East and Africa of Johnson Controls Inc and is currently Vice Chairman of the CBI’s Public Services Strategy Board and a member of the CBI’s President’s Committee.

6. Leo Quinn A R   
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Aged 51

Appointed to the Board in July 2007. He is Group Chief Executive of De La Rue plc. Previously he was Chief Operating Officer of Invensys plc’s Production Management Division. Prior to this, he spent 16 years with Honeywell Inc. in a variety of senior management roles in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

7. David Richardson A
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Aged 56

Appointed to the Board in March 2006. He is a Non-Executive Director of The Restaurant Group PLC, Serco Group plc, Dairy Crest Group plc and Forth Ports PLC and he has been Chairman of De Vere Group plc and Sports Direct International plc. Previously he held a number of senior financial management and strategic planning positions in Whitbread PLC from 1983 to 2005 becoming Group Finance Director in 2001. Prior to his time at Whitbread, he had worked for ICL plc and Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche LLP).

8. Struan Robertson C
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Aged 58

Appointed to the Board in December 2005. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Forth Ports PLC, Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust plc, International Power plc and Salamander Energy plc. He was Group Chief Executive of Wates Group Limited between 2000 and 2004, having previously spent 25 years with BP plc in a number of senior positions. He was the Senior Independent Director at WS Atkins plc from 2000 to 2005.

 Member of the Audit Committee
 Member of the Remuneration Committee
 Member of the CSR Committee

Directors’ interests in the Company

The interests of the Directors in the share capital of the Company are shown below. No Director had any beneficial interest in the shares or loan stock of any other Group undertaking.

No changes took place in Directors’ interests during the period from 30 December 2007 to 20 February 2008.