Chairman

B D McGowan FCA
Brian McGowan joined the Group in April 1997 as non-executive Chairman. He was a co-founder of Williams plc, and a Chairman of House of Fraser plc. He is currently Chairman of Rentokil Initial Plc and non-executive Chairman of Catalyst Corporate Finance Limited. He was Chairman of Burnfield plc until its acquisition by Fairey Group plc in January 1997.
Aged 62


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 54

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 54


Non-executive Directors

D R Porter
(Chairman - audit committee, senior independent director)
David Porter joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in January 2001, and was appointed chairman of the audit committee in August 2002. He was a senior corporate stockbroker at BZW until his retirement in January 1997, since when he has pursued private interests.
Aged 62

J G Zacharias
(Chairman - remuneration committee, member - audit committee)
Graham Zacharias joined the Board in September 2005. He was appointed Group Finance Director of Rightmove plc in January 2006, having previously been Group Finance Director of Spectris from 1995 until 2004. He was finance director of BTR industries Aerospace Group from 1992 to 1995, and was previously Group managing director of Boustedco Singapore Limited.
Aged 56

S C Bird
(Member - remuneration and audit committee)
Stephen Bird joined the Board in October 2006. He is currently Divisional MD of the Weir Group plc's Clear Liquid Division. Stephen has extensive experience in high tec industries having held a number of senior management positions with Black and Decker Europe, Unipart Group and Technicolor Group.
Aged 46

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 60



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 34


Executive Management

JT Crabtree
Chief Executive - Umeco Supply Chain
Jason Crabtree has been with the Group for 14 years, during which time he has held several senior management positions including Managing director of Pattonair and Ulogistics. A career-long aerospace professional, he was appointed Chief Executive of Umeco Supply Chain in October 2000.
Aged 37


AB Moss CEng IMechE
Chief Executive - Umeco Composites
Andrew Moss joined the Group in 1999 in his current role. 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 51