Leadership

Summary

Trevor Harvey is the Chief Executive Officer of the Group and joined the Group in January 2000.

Skills and Experience

Prior to joining the Group, Mr Harvey held management positions as managing director of Myson Radiators and managing director of Myson Heat Emitters, both of which operate within the radiator and heat emitter sector. Trevor studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr Harvey is currently a director of ISG Boiler Holdings Limited, a holding company whose subsidiaries are engaged in the manufacture and distribution of boilers, and has held this  position since January 2002.

Summary

Bob Ellis is a Director and the Chair of the Board and joined the Group in August 2009.

Skills and Experience

Mr Ellis has a strong financial background with significant experience in operational restructuring and has also worked with various companies with private equity ownership, across a number of sectors, including the retail, manufacturing and construction sectors.

Mr Ellis currently holds directorships on the board of Whittan Group as chair of the remuneration and audit committees, the board of Reconomy as chair of the board and remuneration
and audit committees and the board of Outright Games as chair of the remuneration and audit committees.

Summary

Leigh Wilcox is the Chief Financial Officer of the Group and joined the Group in January 2012.

Skills and Experience

Leigh was previously a manager at PwC where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW).

Since 2012, Leigh has gained significant experience working in the Group’s finance department including cross-business engagement, corporate transactions, financing activities, the Group’s IPO and development of the Group’s post-IPO governance landscape.

Leigh studied at the University of York and graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Economics.

Summary

Edmund Lazarus is a Non-Executive Director and joined the Group in November 2014.

Skills and Experience

Mr Lazarus is also managing partner and founder of EMK Capital. Prior to EMK Capital, Mr Lazarus was managing partner of Bregal Capital which he co-founded in 2002. He has been in senior private equity positions for over 20 years. Mr Lazarus’ prior career was as a strategic consultant with Bain & Co and as an M&A and corporate finance adviser with SG Warburg and Merrill Lynch before entering the private equity industry with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.

In addition to being a partner of EMK Capital LLP, Mr Lazarus holds a number of other external appointments in private equity portfolio companies.

Summary

Nicholas Armstrong is a Non‑Executive Director and joined the Group in November 2015.

Skills and Experience

Mr Armstrong is a partner and member of the founding team at EMK Capital. Prior to EMK, Mr Armstrong was part of the Bregal Capital team from mid-2014 and worked extensively across a number of portfolio companies including Stelrad Group.
Prior to joining Bregal, Mr Armstrong worked in Nomura’s UK M&A team in London and Nomura’s Australian M&A team in Sydney. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor and Master of Commerce.

In addition to being a partner of EMK Capital LLP, Mr Armstrong holds a number of other external appointments in private equity portfolio companies.

Summary

Katherine Innes Ker is a Non-Executive Director and the Senior Independent Director, and joined the Group in February 2024.

Skills and Experience

Dr Innes Ker has gained extensive executive and non-executive experience across a range of sectors in a career spanning over 30 years. She was a nonexecutive director of Vistry plc until 2023, and senior independent director of Go-Ahead Group until 2020.
Katherine has also held positions as a non-executive director at Taylor Wimpey plc, St Modwen Properties plc, Bryant Group plc, Gigaclear Ltd, Colt Group SA, Gyrus Group plc, and the
Ordnance Survey. She was chair of Sovereign Housing Association and Victoria Carpets, and deputy chair of Marine Farms ASA. Katherine holds an MA (Hons) in Chemistry and a DPhil in
Molecular Biophysics from Oxford University.

Dr Innes Ker is currently chair of the MAB plc, senior independent director and chair of the remuneration committee of Forterra plc, non-executive director of Ground Rents Income Fund plc, and chair of toob ltd. She is chair of the remuneration committee of Balliol College, Oxford.

Summary

Nicola Bruce is a Non-Executive Director and joined the Group in October 2021.

Skills and Experience

In addition to her significant non-executive Board experience, Ms Bruce was a partner at the Monitor Group (now Deloitte) and group director of strategy at De La Rue plc. Ms Bruce holds  a number of non-executive roles in the housing and building materials sectors. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA (Hons) PPE from Oxford University.

Ms Bruce is currently a non-executive director of Ofwat, the economic water regulator for England and Wales, a non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee for Ibstock plc and Gleeson plc, and senior independent director and chair of the remuneration committee for the Anchor Hanover Group.

 

Summary

Martin Payne is a Non-Executive Director and joined the Group in October 2021.

Skills and Experience

Mr Payne is an experienced chief executive officer and was formerly the chief executive officer of Genuit Group plc (formerly Polypipe Group plc), a UK FTSE 250 building materials company which serves the construction industry by providing sustainable water and climate management solutions. Prior to that Mr Payne was chief financial officer of Polypipe Group plc,
and has also held the roles of group finance director at Norcros plc and group financial controller at JCB, the construction equipment manufacturer. Mr Payne was also a director and chairman of the Construction Products Association, the trade association that represents the UK building materials industry. Mr Payne is a qualified accountant and a fellow of the  Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Durham University.

Mr Payne is currently a non-executive director of Churchill China plc.