A skilled and capable Board.

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Amanda Burton

Non-Executive Chair
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Amanda Burton

Non-Executive Chair
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Appointed: July 2024

Skills and experience:

  • Substantial board, leadership and strategic experience gained from senior positions across the public, private and charity sectors.
  • Qualified solicitor having worked in a variety of legal and operational roles over 30 years, including as Chief Operating Officer of Clifford Chance LLP and General Counsel, Executive Director and Divisional Chair at Meyer International PLC.

Committee membership:

  • Audit
  • Disclosure
  • Nomination (Chair)
  • Remuneration

Other appointments:

Non-Executive Director at Post Office Limited and Elevate Services Inc and Chair and Trustee of Green Light Trust.

Relevant past appointments:

Non-Executive Director at HSS Hire Group plc, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Connells Limited, Countryside Partnerships plc, Seckford Education Trust and Skipton Building Society.

Chris Belsham

Chief Executive Officer
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Chris Belsham

Chief Executive Officer
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Appointed: March 2024

(Previously CFO from April 2017)

Skills and experience:

  • Strategic and leadership experience at both NWF Group plc and as Head of Corporate Finance and Equity Partner at Irwin Mitchell LLP.
  • Extensive mergers and acquisitions, valuation and financing expertise across a range of sectors following 14 years as a corporate finance advisor with KPMG with a focus on listed clients.
  • Qualified Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales, having qualified with PwC in 1999.

Committee membership:

  • Disclosure 

Other appointments:

Board Member at Cheshire and Warrington Business Advisory Board.

Relevant past appointments:

Equity Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Irwin Mitchell LLP.

Katie Shortland

Chief Financial Officer
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Katie Shortland

Chief Financial Officer
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Appointed: October 2023 

Skills and experience:

  • An experienced finance and business leader with extensive experience working in infrastructure, engineering and manufacturing.
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
  • Significant experience in leading and implementing change across diverse business environments.

Committee membership:

  • Disclosure (Chair)

Other appointments:

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Relevant past appointments:

Finance and Transformation Director at Midland Expressway Limited and Director of Finance at Meggitt. Katie qualified as an accountant in 2001 during her career with Rolls-Royce plc.

Richard Armitage

Senior Independent Director
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Richard Armitage

Senior Independent Director
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Appointed to the Board: July 2020

Skills and experience:

  • Extensive financial, strategic, mergers and acquisitions and governance experience, gained within a range of commercial organisations including consumer goods and distribution.
  • A board-level executive in large complex organisations for the last 15 years.
  • Experience of investor relations and debt capital markets, with strong banking relationships.
  • Qualified Chartered Management Accountant.

Committee membership:

  • Audit (Chair)
  • Nomination
  • Remuneration

Other current appointments:

Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Advanced Materials plc.

Relevant past appointments

Chief Financial Officer at Victrex plc.

Tim Cooper

Non-Executive Director
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Tim Cooper

Non-Executive Director
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Appointed to the Board: July 2024

Skills and experience:

  • Extensive experience in a variety of senior management positions across a range of sectors, most recently as an Executive Director and member of the executive leadership team at Victrex plc.
  • Substantial experience as a Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair.

Committee membership:

  • Audit
  • Nomination
  • Remuneration (Chair)

Other appointments:

Non-Executive Director at Chesterfield Special Cylinders Holdings plc.

Relevant past appointments:

Non-Executive Director at Renold plc and Executive Director at Victrex plc.

Tom Harland

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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Tom Harland

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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Appointed to the Board: March 2024

Skills and experience:

  • An experienced solicitor, company secretary and corporate governance professional who joined as Interim Company Secretary in January 2024.
  • Extensive experience in quoted company requirements.
  • Legal and governance experience gained within a range of commercial organisations.
  • Significant experience on wide-ranging property matters.

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