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Phil White CBE, Non-Executive Chairman |
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| Aged 60, was appointed non-executive chairman of the Group in November 2007 having joined as non-executive director in July 2006. He served as chief executive of National Express Group plc from January 1997 to September 2006. He is a chartered accountant and has extensive experience of both listed and private companies. He is currently chairman of Lookers plc and Unite Group plc. He is chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. |
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John Dodds, Chief Executive |
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| Aged 64, was appointed chief executive in May 2003 and has been with the Group since 1970. He has spent time overseas working particularly in Africa and Hong Kong returning to the UK to lead the civil engineering business. He was a member of the Board which lead to the employee buy-out of Kier from Hanson in 1992 and then the flotation of Kier Group plc in 1996. He holds the position of director with overall responsibility for safety, health and environmental matters and is a member of the Nomination Committee. |
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Deena Mattar, Finance Director |
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| Aged 44, was appointed to the Board as an executive director in September 2001. She joined Kier in 1998 from KPMG where she developed an in-depth knowledge of construction. She held the role of finance director of the Group’s major projects construction arm until July 2001 and was appointed Group finance director in November 2001. |
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Dick Simkin |
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| Aged 61, joined the Group in 1989 and has made a significant contribution to strengthening Kier’s presence in the property sector. He played a key part in the Group’s acquisition of Laing Property in 2002 and was appointed to the Board in January 2003 as director responsible for the Group’s Property division. In July 2008 he took on the additional responsibility for Kier Project Investment and the new business stream Kier Asset Partnership Services. |
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Ian Lawson |
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| Aged 52, rejoined the Group in November 2000 as managing director of the Group’s Infrastructure Investment operations. His knowledge of major overseas and UK contracting was established early in his career within the Group. He has served on both the Kier Regional board as well as the Support Services board. In October 2005 he was appointed main board director responsible for Support Services and in July 2008 his responsibilities were extended to include the Homes division, embracing both the private and social housing businesses. |
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Paul Sheffield |
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| Aged 48, joined the Group as a graduate engineer in 1983. He has extensive knowledge of both UK and overseas contracting and was appointed managing director of Kier Construction in 2001, chairman of Kier Construction in 2003 and joined the Kier Regional board in 2004. He was appointed to Board in October 2005 and has responsibility for the Group's infrastructure and overseas businesses. As of November 2008, he has assumed responsibility for all of the Group's construction activities as managing director of Kier Regional following Dick Side's retirement. |
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Simon Leathes, Non-Executive |
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| Aged 61, was vice chairman for support services at Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC, from January 2001 to December 2006. He previously held senior appointments at Lend Lease Corporation, Hambros PLC and SG Warburg Group plc and now provides financial and investment advice to companies and institutions. He was appointed to the Board in March 2001 and is chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. |
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Chris Geoghegan, Non-Executive |
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| Aged 55, was appointed to the Board in July 2007. He joined the Board of BAE Systems plc in July 2002 as chief operating officer with responsibility for all European joint ventures and UK defence electronics assets. He is non-executive chairman of e2v technologies plc, a non-executive director of Hampson Industries, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a past president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies. He is the senior independent director, chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. |
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Nicholas Paul Winser, Non-Executive |
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| Aged 49, was appointed to the Board in March 2009.
He joined the Board of National Grid in April 2003 as group director responsible for UK and US transmission operations. He was previously chief operating officer of US transmission for National Grid Transco plc. He joined National Grid Company plc in 1993, becoming director of engineering in 2001. Prior to this, he had been with PowerGen since 1991 as principal negotiator on commercial matters, having joined the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1983 where he served in a variety of technical engineering roles. He is a member of the audit, nomination and remuneration committees. |
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