GRAFTON GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Group Financial Controller
- Secretary
David Arnold joined the Board and the Group as Group Chief Financial Officer on 9 September 2013.
He was Group Finance Director of Enterprise plc, the UK Maintenance and Support Services business, from 2010 to 2013 and Finance Director of Redrow plc, the house builder, from 2003 to 2010. He previously held senior financial positions with Six Continents plc, the hotels group and Tarmac plc, the building materials company.
He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc, a UK housebuilding group.
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Rosheen McGuckian joined the Board on 1 January 2020.
She is Chief Executive Officer of NTR plc, an unquoted Irish company that acquires, constructs and manages sustainable infrastructure assets, having been appointed to the role in April 2013. She held a number of other senior management positions with NTR since joining the business in 2008 including the role of Group Corporate Development Director. Immediately prior to joining NTR, Dr. McGuckian was CEO of GE Money Ireland, the consumer finance division of General Electric having joined General Electric in 2002. In her early career, she held senior management positions in various industries and sectors.
She is a director of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, a Non-Executive Director of Sicon Limited, and previously served as Non-Executive Director of Green REIT plc, the Social Innovation Fund of Ireland and the Irish Aviation Authority.
Mr. Born brings a wealth of international business experience to the role having served for five years as Chief Executive of Swissport International AG, the leading global aviation services provider, and for a similar period as Chief Executive of Wincanton plc, a leading provider of supply chain solutions in the UK and Ireland. He was formerly President, West & South Europe of Gategroup, the largest global airline catering provider, and in the decade prior to that he held a variety of senior roles in the retail sector in Switzerland and the UK.
Mr. Born previously served as Non-Executive Director of Serco Group plc, which specialises in the delivery of essential public services, and John Menzies plc, a leading distribution and aviation services business.
Job Titles:
- Board As Non - Executive Director
- Group Finance Director of Balfour Beatty Plc
- Non - Executive Director and Chair Designate
Ian Tyler joined the Board as Non-Executive Director on 1 March 2024 and will assume the role of Chair at the conclusion of the AGM in 2024.
Mr. Tyler was appointed Group Finance Director of Balfour Beatty plc in 1999, Chief Operating Officer in 2002 and Chief Executive in 2005, a role he held until 2013. Mr. Tyler was previously Chair of Amey UK plc, Vistry Group plc, AWE Management Ltd, Al Noor Hospitals Group plc and Cairn Energy plc. He is a former Non-Executive Director of BAE Systems plc, Cable & Wireless Communications plc, VT Group plc and Mediclinic International plc.
He is currently Non-Executive Director of Anglo American plc and Synthomer plc and Chair of BMT Group Ltd, a privately owned design and technical consulting firm and Affinity Water Ltd, a privately owned business.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Non - Executive Chairman
Michael Roney was appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chairman and Chairman Designate on 1 May 2016 and assumed the role of Chairman on 1 January 2017.
He was Chief Executive of Bunzl from 2005 until his retirement in April 2016. Prior to joining Bunzl he was Chief Executive Officer of Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe having previously been President of Goodyear's Eastern European, African and Middle Eastern businesses.
He was appointed Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chairman and Chairman Designate of Next plc, the FTSE 100 listed UK retailer, with effect from 14 February 2017 and took up the role of Non-Executive Chairman of Next plc on 1 August 2017. He is Non-Executive Director of Brown-Forman Corporation, the US based spirits business, and was formerly Non-Executive Director of Johnson Matthey Plc.
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Mr. Robson is a highly experienced former Chief Financial Officer with a board level career in listed companies spanning over two decades and experience, gained at a senior executive level, of the manufacture and distribution of materials to small builders through a national branch network.
Mr. Robson joined the Board of Howden Joinery Group Plc ("Howdens") as CFO in April 2005 and in addition served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer for his final six years on the Board and retired in December 2021. Prior to joining Howdens, Mr. Robson served for six years as CFO of Delta plc, the international industrials group. In his early career, he held progressively more senior financial positions over a period of thirteen years with Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, the global chemical group. Mr. Robson trained as a Chartered Accountant with PwC.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Senior Independent Director
Paul Hampden Smith was appointed to the Board on 27 August 2015.
He was Group Finance Director of Travis Perkins plc from 1996 until his retirement in February 2013. He joined the Travis Perkins Group in 1988 and has 25 years senior level management experience in the UK merchanting industry.
He was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Bellway plc on 12 December 2018 having been appointed Non-Executive Director in 2013 and is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He is also Senior Independent Director of Clipper Logistics plc. He was previously a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Pendragon plc, Redrow plc, DX Services plc and Clipper Logistics plc.
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Vincent Crowley was appointed to the Board on 14 October 2016.
He is currently Non-Executive Chair of Davy Group, Ireland's largest stockbroker, wealth manager, asset manager and financial advisor. Non-Executive Director of C&C Group plc, an international manufacturer and distributor of branded drinks, and Executive Chairman of Altas Investments plc, an Irish company that holds investments in infrastructure and related businesses. In the course of a 24 year career with Independent News & Media PLC, a leading Irish newspaper and media business, he held a number of leadership positions including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer and was a member of the Board. Prior to joining Independent News & Media PLC, he held senior roles in KPMG and Arthur Andersen.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director ( UK )
Susan Murray was appointed to the Board on 14 October 2016.
She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Hays plc and William Grant & Sons Ltd. She is a former Chairman of Farrow & Ball and a former Non-Executive Director of Mitchells & Butlers plc, Compass Group plc, Pernod Ricard S.A., Imperial Tobacco plc, Enterprise Inns plc, Aberdeen Asset Management plc, SSL International plc, 2 Sisters Food Group and Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc. She is also a former Chief Executive of Littlewoods Stores Limited and former Worldwide President and Chief Executive of The Pierre Smirnoff Company, part of Diageo plc.
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Ms. Darzins has a strong business background and varied experience including eight years as a Partner at Accenture in London where she worked closely with many well-known national and international brands operating in the retail and consumer products sectors to deliver successful outcomes and drive performance and growth.
Ms. Darzins has extensive experience of business change in a variety of sectors including four years as Director of Business Transformation at Sky plc. She is a former independent consultant with EY and in her early she career held leadership roles in a number of major businesses and brands. She served as Non-Executive Director at Moss Bros Group plc until the business was taken private in June 2020.