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Ian Russell CBE
Chairman
Ian joined the company as Non-Executive Chairman in January 2007. Ian has been a Chairman, Non-Executive Director or Advisor to a number of PLC, private equity and not for profit organisations. From 2001 until 2006, Ian was Chief Executive of Scottish Power PLC, having previously been the Group Finance Director from 1994 until 2001. A Chartered Accountant by profession, Ian has had a career in finance working for companies such as HSBC, Mars Limited, and KPMG.
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Executive Board
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Tim Matthews
Chief Executive
Tim was appointed to the role of Chief Executive October 2008. In his last role Tim was Senior Vice President of global consulting engineering and project management company, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. Tim had previously been the Managing Director of Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd. He has had several high profile jobs in the public sector, including Chief Executive of the Highways Agency from November 2000 to October 2003 and Chief Executive of Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Hospital Trust from March 1993 to November 2000.
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Nigel Hopkins
Executive Director, Finance
Nigel joined the Company in May 2004. Formerly Director of Administration with Comau Estil, Nigel has held previous posts with Laporte, United Technologies, Coopers & Lybrand and Ernst & Young.
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Guy Phillips
Secretary
A solicitor, Guy joined the Company in 1994 as a Legal Adviser. Previously, he held positions with John Mowlem, American Express and the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation.
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Non-Executive Board
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Ian Black
Non-Executive
Ian is a highly experienced and commercially orientated HR Director and Business Partner who has worked in various sectors. He has significant experience as an Executive Director and Board Member. For the last 10 years, Ian has worked at BAT/Rothmans as a senior HR Director. Ian has worked at other leading organisations, including NCR organisation, AT&T and Sidlaw PLC.
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Graham Corbett CBE
Non-Executive
Graham was appointed to the Board in June 2004. Previous positions include Chairman of Postcomm, Deputy Chairman of the Competition Commission, Board member, Chief Financial Officer of Eurotunnel and Senior Partner of Peat Marwick's Continental European Firm. He is currently Chairman of Trustees for RICAbility.
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Ian Harley
Non-Executive
Ian was appointed to the Board in June 2004 as a Non-Executive Director, and he is the Senior Independent Director for Remploy. He is a former Chief Executive of Abbey National having previously worked for Touche Ross & Co. Ian is Chairman of Rentokil Initial Pension Trustee Limited and Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chairman, and Senior Independent Director of British Energy plc. He is also Chairman of the Court of the Whitgift Foundation and Vice President of the National Deaf Children's Society.
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Joe Mann MBE
Non-Executive
Joe was appointed to the Board in May 2006. Joe is currently Deputy General Secretary with Community trade union, with specific responsibility for politics and external affairs. He was General Secretary of the National League of The Blind and Disabled from 1995-2000, during which time he was appointed to the Government's Disability Rights Task Force. Since 1997, he has been a member of the Labour Party National Policy Forum, and since 2003 a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee. Joe is also a member of the Executive Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions.
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Kate Nash
Non-Executive
Kate has 20 years experience in working strategically to effect long-term attitudinal and major social systems change in relation to disabled people. Kate was Chief Executive of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) for five and a half years. Prior to that she was the deputy CEO and Company Secretary with Arthritis Care, Founding Director of the Leadership Consortium, Business Development Manager at the Employers Forum on Disability, Director of Young Arthritis Care and Campaigns and Research Assistant with SCOPE. Kate is now a freelance Diversity Consultant. She also holds posts as a Governor of Motability, the leading car scheme for disabled people and as a Non-Executive Director of the Disability & Carers Service, an Executive Agency of the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Peter Smith
Non-Executive
Peter was appointed to the Board in June 2008. Previous positions include Procurement Director for Dun & Bradstreet (Europe), the Department of Social Security and the NatWest Group. He was Chairman, then President of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and was appointed a Commissioner for the Legal Services Commission in April 2008.
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Ian Thornley
Non-Executive
Ian was appointed to the Board in May 2006. A Chartered Accountant, Ian joined Northwest Airlines in 1992, holding a number of senior management posts with responsibility for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He joined a US quoted support services business in 1998 as Corporate Development Director before being appointed Managing Director of Right4Staff Ltd, one of its UK subsidiaries. Ian led a management buy-out of Right4Staff in 2002, serving as its CEO until October 2005. Ian is the Managing Director of Staffing Partners, a corporate finance advisory business specialising in the recruitment and staffing sector.
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