NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSHIPS CONSULTING - Key Persons
Christopher Roche is a multi award winning photographer and director whose photographs have been internationally published and exhibited. He has developed a speciality in photographing senior executives from business and industry.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Edinburgh Investment Trust Plc
Elisabeth is the Chair of Edinburgh Investment Trust plc and a Non-executive Director of WP Carey Inc, Alstria Office REIT AG, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and an external member of the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee and FMI (Financial Market Infrastructure) Board.
She was previously a Non-executive Director of Korian SA, Aareal Bank AG and a member of the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee of TLG Immobilien AG. During her executive career she was Global Chief Operating Officer for LaSalle Investment Management, having previously worked Morgan Stanley for more than 20 years.
James Miller has more than 10 years of non-executive board headhunting experience from Heidrick & Struggles, JCA Group and The Zygos Partnership, and a total of 19 years of search experience across various sectors and business environments. He focused on Chair and Non-executive Director assignments throughout his search career, primarily FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE Small Cap appointments, as well as advising internationally domiciled and private company boards. He has met many of the active UK NED and Chair population.
James has worked across a broad range of geographies and sectors, including financial services, industrial, consumer, retail, healthcare and life sciences, technology, professional services and aerospace and defence, and has experience of building boards in a range of contexts, including working with private equity firms in preparation for IPOs. Examples of his international board search work include advising companies headquartered in the Middle East, Africa and Asia on listing in London.
He is an advisor to The 350 Club, the dedicated platform enabling FTSE 350 board members and FTSE 100 exco members to connect and collaborate as a closed group, which has members from a wide range of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 boards.
Following a brief investment banking career, James moved into search in 2001 and went on to spend seven years with The Willis Partnership, latterly as Head of Research, before joining Heidrick & Struggles. He was Treasurer and a Committee Member of the Executive Research Association for 12 years.
James has a degree in Classics and Modern Languages from The Queen's College, Oxford, where he was a choral exhibitioner.
John Coghlan is a chartered accountant with a background in financial and general management across a variety of sectors. He is a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Severn Trent plc, Chair of Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig, Severn Trent's licensed entity in Wales, Vice Chair and the Senior Independent Director of Clarion Housing Association and a NED of OCS Group Ltd.
Previously, John was Chair of Inchcape Shipping Services and a NED and the Audit Chair of Associated British Ports Holdings. In his executive career he was a Director of Exel plc for 11 years to 2006, where he was Deputy Chief Executive and Group Finance Director. Prior to Exel, John worked for Tomkins plc and Arthur Andersen for many years.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Founder and CEO of the 350 Club
Marianne Macdonald founded Non-executive Directorships Consulting in 2016, and has 15 years of experience working with Non-executive Directors, Chairs, boards and board organisations in the UK. She advises a wide range of clients with FTSE 350 and equivalent backgrounds from all sectors, including financial services, professional services, FMCG, aerospace and defence, industrial, retail and utilities, and works on both a group and individual level.
Alongside Non-executive Directorships Consulting, Marianne is the founder and CEO of The 350 Club, the dedicated platform enabling FTSE 350 board members and FTSE 100 exco members to connect and collaborate as a closed group. It has members from a wide range of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 boards.
Marianne previously spent seven years at The Zygos Partnership, focused exclusively on non-executive work, advising boards ranging in scale from FTSE 100 to FTSE Small Cap, as well as family businesses, mutuals and private companies. Prior to its 2018 sale to Russell Reynolds, Zygos was a leading UK board search firm in the non-executive space.
Before The Zygos Partnership, Marianne had an award winning 20 year career as a broadsheet journalist. She latterly spent 10 years interviewing international leaders within the arts, media, politics and sports sectors for UK broadsheet newspapers and magazines, including the Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Independent.
She has a First in English from New College, Oxford, a Diploma in Journalism from City University, and was a Guardian Student Journalist of the Year.
She is an Ambassador for Nurole and has been a Board Advisor for the MBS Group, and a career advisor for BCKR, the organisation working to help senior lawyers create a portfolio. She has strong relationships with a very wide range of search firms, mentoring companies, non-executive development groups, board effectiveness firms and other board organisations, as well as the Chair and non-executive group in the UK and more internationally.
May is Non-executive Directorship Consulting's PA. She has a skillset combining project management, social media strategy and events management. She has a degree in Political Economy from King's College, London.
At Microsoft, between 1983 and 2006, Patrick founded the Benelux subsidiaries, led the development of the Western European business and ultimately between 2003 and 2006 served as Chair of Microsoft for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He went on to work with early stage ventures, extending his experience of large, established multi-nationals. When Patrick left Microsoft at the end of 2006, the EMEA region generated revenues of $12 billion and had a headcount of 12,000 employees.
He has a deep knowledge of international markets, technology and digital, and diverse industry sectors. Patrick chairs Bytes Technology Group plc, having helped to oversee its float onto the Main Market in December 2020, Emis Group plc and Divitias Holdco Ltd, and is the Senior Independent Director at PageGroup plc. Patrick was formerly Interim Chair at KCOM Group plc and the SID at Anite plc and Morgan Sindall Group plc, where he was also Chair of the Remuneration Committee. He was also a NED and Chair of the Remuneration Committee for Victrex plc and Anite plc.
Robin Adams is an experienced consultant and researcher in the FTSE350 space. A specialist in the history of UK Chief Executives, he has a PhD in Economic History from St Peter's College, Oxford and a MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics.