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Sir Roy Gardner
Chairman
Appointed Chairman in July 2006 having been appointed to the Board as Senior Independent Director in October 2005. He is a senior advisor to Credit Suisse, President of Carers UK and Chairman of the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. He is a former Chief Executive of Centrica plc, Chairman of Manchester United plc, Finance Director of British Gas plc, Managing Director of GEC-Marconi Ltd and a Director of GEC plc and a former non-executive director of Laporte plc. Sir Roy is Chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Responsibility Committees, a member of the Remuneration Committee and received his Knighthood in 2002 for services to the gas and electricity industries. |
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Richard Cousins
Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board in May 2006 and appointed Group Chief Executive in June 2006. He was until December 2005 Chief Executive Officer of BPB plc, having held a number of positions with that company since joining it in 1990. He is a non-executive director of HBOS plc and in 2005/06 held a similar position at P&O plc. His earlier career was with Cadbury Schweppes plc and BTR plc. Richard is a member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee. |
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Andrew Martin
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board in March 2004. He was previously a partner with Arthur Andersen and held senior financial positions with Forte Plc and Granada Group PLC. Following the disposal of the Hotels Division in 2001, Andrew joined First Choice Holidays PLC as Finance Director. He joined Compass Group in 2004. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Andrew is a member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee. |
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Gary Green
Group Managing Director – USA, Canada and Mexico
Appointed to the Board with effect from January 2007. Joined the Group in 1986 in a senior finance role in the UK Division and became a UK divisional director in 1992. Relocated to the USA in 1994 as Chief Finance Officer of the Group’s North American Division and in 1999 became Chief Executive Officer. Appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Americas in January 2005. |
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Sir James Crosby
Senior Independent Director
Appointed to the Board with effect from February 2007. He is a non-executive director of ITV plc and the Financial Services Authority and the former Chief Executive of HBOS Plc. He is Chair of the Public Private Forum on Identity Management and a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries. Sir James is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. |
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Sven Kado
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in April 2002. He is Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Holdings GmbH and was previously Chief Financial Officer of Nixdorf Computer AG, Chief Financial Officer of Dyckerhoff AG and senior advisor of Principal Finance Group/Nomura International. Sven is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. |
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Steve Lucas
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in July 2004. He is Group Finance Director of National Grid plc having been previously Executive Director, Finance of Lattice Group plc. He is a chartered accountant and has held a number senior finance positions with Shell International Petroleum Company and British Gas. More recently he was Treasurer at BG Group. Steve is Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Corporate Responsibility Committees. |
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Susan Murray
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in October 2007. Susan was a member of the Board of Littlewoods Limited from October 1998 until January 2004, latterly as Chief Executive of Littlewoods Stores Limited. Prior to that she was Worldwide President and Chief Executive of The Pierre Smirnoff Company, part of Diageo plc. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, council member of the Advertising Standards Authority and non executive director of Enterprise Inns Plc, SSL International PLC, Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC and Imperial Tobacco PLC. |
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Tim Parker
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board with effect from February 2007. Tim is currently Chief Executive of The AA and a non-executive director of Alliance Boots Plc. |
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Sir Ian Robinson
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board with effect from December 2006. He is Chairman of Ladbrokes plc (formerly Hilton Group plc), a non-executive director of Scottish & Newcastle plc and Siemens Holdings plc. He is a former Chairman of Amey plc, Chief Executive of Scottish Power plc and non-executive director of ASDA plc and RMC plc. Sir Ian is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a member of the Takeover Panel and received his Knighthood in 2000 for services to the electricity industry. |
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Mark White
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Mark, a qualified solicitor, joined Compass in June 2007. He was previously at Wolseley plc, a world leading distributor and supplier of construction materials and services, where he was Group Company Secretary and Counsel. Prior to that he was Company Secretary at Enterprise Oil plc. |