David Coghlan – Chairman (Non-executive Director)
has degrees in Law and in Finance from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and an MBA from Wharton in Philadelphia. He was formerly a partner at strategy consultants Bain & Company and is currently chairman of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation (listed on NASDAQ) and a director of several other companies.
John Shepherd - Chief Executive (Executive Director)
has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University College of North Wales and is a fellow of the RSA. He is a former Managing Director of Smiths Detection and former CEO of First Technology plc. He is currently non-executive Chairman of FTSA Holdings Ltd.
Nigel Poultney - Finance Director (Executive Director)
has a degree in business studies from Aston University, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, Haskins and Sells in 1981. He joined Quadnetics Group in 1991, having previously worked for Dairy Crest and the RTZ group.
Dennis Bate – Non-executive Director
has 45 years of experience in the construction industry of which 31 years were spent with Bovis, most latterly as Board Director responsible for Bovis’ operations in the UK and Eastern Europe, and then Bovis Lend Lease operations. He was awarded the CBE for his services within the industry.
Steve Coggins – Non-executive Director
joined the Board as a non-executive director in January 2005. Steve has held various senior roles in both sales and marketing and general management in the information technology arena including Senior Vice President at both Amdahl (as part of Fujitsu) and at Silicon Graphics. Earlier he spent time at IBM and also in engineering computing in the aircraft industry.
Peter Rae - Non-executive Director
is a graduate of Cambridge University, and formerly Chief Executive of S.W. Wood plc (now Wyndeham Press plc). He has current interests in a wide range of engineering and other businesses.