Board
Brian May
Director, date of birth 19/05/51, appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Officer in June 2005. He is a chartered civil engineer who progressed his career in Tarmac, subsequently holding a number of senior positions in Mowlem plc before becoming Chief Executive of Laing Construction plc and more latterly HBG Construction Ltd.
Roy Harrison OBE
Director, date of birth 30/7/47, appointed to the Board as a non-executive Director in November 2003. Subsequently appointed Executive Chairman in March 2004, reverting to non-executive Chairman with effect from 1 October 2005. He is a former Chief Executive of the Tarmac Group and has a number of Investing Director positions in private construction materials companies. Roy is a non-executive Director of BSS Group Plc, and Governor and Chairman of a number of
city academies.
David Forbes
Director, date of birth 06/03/60, appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive Director in June 2011. David qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984 and has been a leading figure in corporate advisory services for many years, serving NM Rothschild & Son Limited in its investment banking division where he continues as a consultant to the firm. David's areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy and corporate finance, involving both debt and equity. David is also a non-executive director of Vertu Motors PLC and Chairman of Northern Ballet Theatre Ltd.
John Bishop
Director, date of birth 26/05/45, joined the Board as a non-executive Director in October 2006. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years' PLC experience at Main Board level. Before retiring in 2005, John spent twelve years at Morgan Sindall Plc as Development Director and latterly as Finance Director. John is currently Chairman of CLC Group PLC, a leading UK building maintenance business, and Primary Medical Property Limited, a specialist property investment company.
John Samuel
Director, date of birth 29/07/56, was appointed to the Board in May 2006 as the Group Finance Director. He was previously Group Financial Director of Filtronic plc from 1991 until 2004. Subsequently he was Chief Financial Officer of Zetex plc from July 2004 until February 2006. John qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells before serving as a partner with Baker Tilly from 1987 until 1991.