Board of Directors

Donald Brydon, CBE
Chairman

British. Donald Brydon was appointed to the Board in April 2004, becoming Chairman in September 2004. He is Chairman of the London Metal Exchange and of Royal Mail Holdings plc.  He had a 20 year career with Barclays Group, during which time he was Chairman and Chief Executive of BZW Investment Management, followed by 10 years with the AXA Group.  More recently, he was also formerly Chairman of Amersham plc and a Director of Allied Domecq plc and Scottish Power plc.  He is Chairman of the ifs School of Finance and the David Rattray Memorial Trust (UK). 

Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Philip Bowman
Chief Executive

Australian. Philip Bowman was appointed Chief Executive in December 2007. He previously held the positions of Chief Executive at Scottish Power from early 2006 until mid 2007 and Chief Executive at Allied Domecq between 1999 and 2005. He is currently the senior independent director of Burberry Group plc. Past board appointments include British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, Scottish & Newcastle Group plc and Coles Myer Limited as well as Chairman of Liberty plc and Coral Eurobet plc. His earlier career includes five years as a director of Bass plc (now Mitchells & Butler plc and Intercontinental Hotel Group plc), where he held the roles of Chief Financial Officer and subsequently Chief Executive of Bass Taverns.

David Challen, CBE
Non-executive Director

British. David Challen was appointed to the Board in September 2004. He is Vice-Chairman of Citigroup European Investment Bank and former Chairman of J Henry Schroder & Co Ltd. He is senior independent director at Anglo American plc. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Takeover Panel.

Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Stuart Chambers
Non-executive Director

British. Stuart Chambers was appointed to the Board in November 2006. He was Chief Executive of Pilkington plc and is now Group Chief Executive of Nippon Sheet Glass. Prior to joining Pilkington plc in 1996, he spent ten years at Mars Corporation, latterly as Vice President, Sales & Marketing – Mars Electronics International. A chemical engineer by training, he previously spent ten years at Shell in a variety of European roles.

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Peter Jackson
Non-executive Director

British. Peter Jackson was appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in December 2003 and as senior independent director in September 2004. He was formerly Chief Executive of Associated British Foods plc and Chairman of Kingfisher plc. He is chair of the Disabilities Trust.

Senior independent director and member of the Remuneration Committee.

John Langston
Finance Director

British. John Langston was appointed to the Board, as head of Sealing Solutions, in December 2000, was subsequently Group Managing Director, Detection and became Group Managing Director, Specialty Engineering in August 2004. A Chartered Accountant, he was appointed Finance Director in September 2006. He had been a director of TI Group plc since October 1998. He joined TI Group in 1993, becoming Chief Executive of Bundy Automotive in 1996 and Chief Executive of TI Specialty Polymer Products in 1998. He is a non-executive director of Rexam plc.

Sir Kevin Tebbit, KCB, CMG
Non-executive Director

British. Sir Kevin Tebbit was appointed to the Board in June 2006. He served widely in policy, management and finance posts in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, NATO and finally the Ministry of Defence, where he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State from July 1998 to his retirement in November 2005. He is Chairman of Finmeccanica UK. He is also Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London and Chairman of the Lifeboat Fund.

Member of the Remuneration Committee.