Chairman
N A Johnson
Neil Johnson joined the board as Non-executive Chairman on 19 October 2009. He currently holds a number of senior Board and advisory positions with public and private companies. He is Chairman of Motability Operations Group Plc (a financial business owned by the UK clearing banks) and Hornby Plc. Until January 2010, he was a Director of Cybit Holdings Plc. He is also a member of a Ministry of Defence Advisory Board and an Independent Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Aged 61

Executive Directors


C J Snowdon BA FCA
Chief Executive
Clive Snowdon joined the Group in April 1997 and has a broad industrial background with significant experience in both distribution and manufacturing. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance, becoming Chairman in May 2009, and is a member of the Council of the ADS trade body. He has been a Non-executive Director of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC since May 2007 and was appointed Senior Independent Director in May 2009.
Aged 57

D G Robertson BA FCA
Group Finance Director
Doug Robertson joined Umeco in July 2007 as Finance Director, having previously held the role of Finance Director at Seton House Group Limited from 2002 until April 2007. From 1994 to 2000 he held a variety of Divisional Finance Director roles within Williams plc and, in 2000, became Managing Director of Tesa Group, Chubb's hotel security division.
Aged 56

A B Moss CEng IMechE
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Moss joined the Group in 1999. He joined the Board in June 2008 on his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, prior to which he was Chief Executive - Umeco Composites. He has a broad industrial and aerospace background, and was previously with Invensys plc, where he was Chief Executive of the Automotive and Building Products Group.
Aged 53


Non-executive Directors


J G Zacharias
(Member - remuneration committee, Chairman - audit committee)
Graham Zacharias joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in September 2005. He was Group Finance Director of Rightmove plc from 2006 until January 2009 and remained on the Board of Rightmove Plc until April 2009, since when he has pursued private interests. He was previously Group Finance Director of Spectris plc and has also served as Finance Director of the Aerospace Group of BTR plc.
Aged 59

S C Bird
(Chairman - remuneration committee, Member - audit committee)
Stephen Bird joined the Board in October 2006 as a Non-executive Director. In April 2009, Stephen became Chief Executive of The Vitec Group plc. Until March 2009 he was Divisional Managing Director of the Weir Group plc's Oil & Gas Division. Stephen has extensive experience in high technology industries having held a number of senior management positions with Black and Decker Europe, Unipart Group and Technicolor Group.
Aged 49

C J Hole
(Member - remuneration committee)
Chris Hole joined the Board in July 2007 as a Non-executive Director. He was previously Director of Procurement at Rolls-Royce plc until his retirement in December 2006. Chris is a Non-executive member of the Board of Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Aged 63

A R Auer

(Member - audit committee)
Adrian Auer joined the Board as a Non-executive Director and as Senior Independent Director on 30 April 2010. Adrian is Chairman of Shanks Group plc and Readymix plc, Non-executive Director of Electrocomponents plc and Chairman of the charity Addaction. Adrian has held the position of Finance Director in a number of major companies, notably in the building materials and construction sectors in addition to senior finance positions with BP and ICI. Adrian Auer has been a member of the audit committee from the date of his appointment to the Board.
Aged 61

Company Secretary

S J Bowers
Steve Bowers joined the Group in 1998 having qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG. He has been Company Secretary since 1999 and was additionally appointed Group Financial Controller in February 2004.
Aged 37



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