Chairman
N A Johnson
Neil Johnson joined the board as 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), Hornby Group Plc and 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 60

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. Previously he was Managing Director of Burnfield plc and has held senior positions with Vickers plc and Hawker Siddeley Group plc.
Aged 56

D G Robertson BA FCA
Group Finance Director
Doug Robertson joined the Group at the end of July 2007 having held the post of Group Finance Director of Seton House Group, formerly Britax International, a global business with sales of circa £500m with three operating divisions, one of which was Aircraft Interiors.
Aged 55

AB Moss CEng IMechE
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Moss joined the Group in 1999 as CEO - Umeco Composites. He joined the board and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in June 2008. 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 58

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 48

C J Hole
(Member - remuneration committee)
Chris Hole joined the Board in July 2007. From 1998 to December 2006 he worked at Rolls-Royce plc, initially as Aerospace Procurement Director before becoming Group Procurement Director and joining the Group Executive. He previously held senior purchasing and supply chain management positions within the Ford Motor Company in the UK, USA and Germany.
Aged 62



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 36



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