Leadership

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 board and remuneration and audit committees and the board of Reconomy as chair of the board and remuneration and audit committees. Mr Ellis is also a board adviser to  Perceptive eClinical Limited, a medical technology company.

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

Annette Borén is a Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Group having joined the Group in November 2023.

Skills and Experience

Mrs Borén has close to 30 years of finance experience and held several senior finance roles prior to joining the Group, including Chief Financial Officer and Head of Sustainability at Hilti Northern Europe, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Doro, listed on Nasdaq, and Non-Executive Director at Sparbanken Oeresund.

Mrs Borén is Chapter Chairwoman for the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the North West and Chairs the Sustainability Group at Construction Excellence at BRE, The British Research Establishment.

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 cofounded 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

Terry Miller is a Non-Executive Director and the Senior Independent Director, and joined the Group in October 2021.

Skills and Experience

As well as her significant non‑executive board experience, Ms Miller has also previously held senior executive positions as general counsel for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and, prior to her LOCOG appointment, as a partner and international general counsel for Goldman Sachs.

Ms Miller is a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank, part of the multinational Goldman Sachs Group of financial services businesses. Ms Miller is also a non‑executive director of Rothesay Life plc, and  the senior independent director of Galliford Try Holdings plc.

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. She has chaired the remuneration committees at the Civil Service Healthcare Society Ltd and the Anchor Hanover Group. Ms Bruce is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds both an MBA from INSEAD and an MA (Hons) in PPE from Oxford University.

Ms Bruce is currently a nonexecutive director of OFWAT, the UK water regulator, and senior independent director and chair of the remuneration committee at 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 up until recently was the chief executive of Genuit Group plc, a UK FTSE 250 company which serves the construction industry by providing sustainable water and climate management solutions.  Previously Mr Payne has also held the roles of group financial director at Norcros plc group financial controller at JCB Group and was also a non-executive director of the Construction Products Association. 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.