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Sir Nigel Rudd
Chairman
Chairman of the Nominating Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee, Sir Nigel Rudd was appointed a non-executive director and Deputy Chairman on 1 January 2009 and became Chairman in July 2009. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of BAA Limited and of Pendragon plc. He is a Non-Executive Director of BAE Systems plc and Sappi Limited (one of the World´s largest paper manufacturers). Sir Nigel was formerly Deputy Chairman of Barclays plc and Chairman of Alliance Boots plc and Pilkington plc. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a Freeman of the City of London.
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Wayne Edmunds
Chief Executive
Wayne Edmunds was appointed a director and Chief Financial Officer on 1 June 2009 and became Chief Executive on 24 March 2011. He was formerly CFO of Invensys Process Systems, having joined the Group from Reuters America, Inc. He previously held senior financial roles in the technology sector, including 17 years at Lucent Technologies, Inc.
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David Thomas
Chief Financial Officer
David Thomas joined Invensys in 2002 as Group Controller, having previously been a senior partner in Ernst & Young specialising in long-term industrial contracting businesses. At Invensys he has worked across many of our businesses and has held CFO and CEO roles within the former divisions. He was latterly SVP Business Risk with responsibility for risk management across the Group and additional responsibility for the Group´s pension schemes. He is a member of the Auditing Practices Board.
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Victoria Hull
Chief Legal Officer
Appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel in July 2001. Previously, Victoria was General Counsel, Company Secretary and Executive Director of Telewest Communications plc. Prior to that, Victoria was a solicitor in the corporate finance department of Clifford Chance.
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Bay Green
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominating Committee, Mr Green was appointed a non-executive director in January 2005 and became the chairman of the Audit Committee in December 2006. Mr Green recently retired as Vice Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort. He is a non-executive director of Axis-Shield plc and trustee of Help the Hospices. Mr Green was formerly a non-executive director of RPC Group plc.
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Deena Mattar
Non-Executive Director
Deena joined Kier Group in 1998 as Finance Director of Kier National, having previously held senior positions at KPMG, and was appointed to the board as Group Finance Director in 2001. She is a chartered accountant and has joined the Audit Committee.
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Michael Parker
Senior Independent Director
Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee, Mr Parker was appointed a non-executive director in May 2006 and became the Senior Independent Director in December 2006. Mr Parker was Group Chief Executive of BNFL, the nuclear company, from August 2003 to June 2009. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, US from November 2000 to December 2002 and also served on the board of directors of Dow from 1995. Mr Parker is Chairman of Liverpool´s new economic development and regeneration company, Liverpool Vision.
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Dr Martin Read
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nominating Committee, Dr Read was appointed a non-executive director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in July 2009. Dr Read is also a non-executive director of Aegis Group plc and Lloyds of London and senior adviser to the Indian technology company HCL. He has recently led a UK Government review of back office operations and IT across the public sector. Martin was chief executive of international IT services company Logica from 1993 to 2007 and has served as a non-executive director on the boards of British Airways Plc, Siemens Holdings Plc, Boots Group PLC and Asda Group plc.
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Paul Lester CBE
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Remuneration Committee, Mr Lester was appointed as a non-executive director on 1 January 2010. Mr Lester has been the Chief Executive of VT Group plc, the support services company, since 2002. He was previously Group Managing Director of Balfour Beatty plc and Chief Executive of Graseby plc. He is a Non-Executive Director of Chloride Group plc.