HSS HIRE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Group General Counsel
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
- Chairman of the Battersea Dogs
Amanda Burton is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Countryside Properties plc and the Skipton Building Society.
She chairs the Remuneration Committee for Countryside Properties plc and is a member of the Remuneration Committee at the Skipton Group. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Connells Ltd and Chair of its Remuneration Committee.
Amanda is also the Chair of the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Until December 2014, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Clifford Chance LLP. She was also previously the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Galliford Try plc, Monitise plc and a Non-Executive Director of Fresca Group Limited.
Amanda is a member of the Board's Audit and Nomination Committees and chairs both the Remuneration Committee and the Market Disclosure Committee.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
- Non - Executive Director
Doug Robertson was appointed as Non-Executive Director of Mpac Group plc on 1 November 2018.
He is also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Zotefoams plc, having been appointed in August 2017. He retired as Finance Director of SIG plc on 31 January 2017.
He was previously Finance Director of Umeco plc from 2007 until 2011, and Finance Director of Seton House Group Limited from 2002 until 2007. He has also held a variety of Divisional Finance Director roles within Williams plc, and was previously Managing Director of Tesa Group, Chubb's hotel security division.
Doug is a member of the Board's Nomination and Remuneration Committees, and chairs the Audit Committee.
Paul Quested joined the Group as Chief Financial Officer in August 2016. Before joining the Group, Paul was Chief Corporate Development Officer for Electrocomponents plc and had held a number of senior positions within Electrocomponents, including those of Global Strategy Director, General Manager (RS UK) and Head of Finance (RS UK).
Prior to Electrocomponents, Paul worked at InBev for ten years, where his roles included Planning & Performance Management Director.
Before InBev, Paul worked at Coopers & Lybrand where he was an Audit Manager for FTSE 100 clients.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Group Chief Executive Officer
- Non - Executive Chairman
- Group 's Chairman
Steve Ashmore joined the Group as Chief Executive Officer in June 2017. Steve brings in considerable leadership experience, and consistent delivery of growth and value in a range of industries complementary to HSS, including building product supply, logistics and distribution.
Steve previously held a number of senior roles at Exel, the supply chain and third party logistics provider, before working in a number of senior leadership positions, including UK Managing Director at Wolseley, the £2.0bn revenue distributor of plumbing and heating products and supplier of building materials.
Before joining HSS, he was the UK Managing Director of Brammer, the specialist distributor of industrial products.
Alan Peterson has served as the Group's Chairman since December 2012. He also served as the Group's Chairman between 2004 and 2007.
Alan's experience over the last 25 years includes involvement in a number of public and private equity-backed businesses across the UK, Europe and North America. He has held the role of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman in a number of manufacturing, industrial and retail companies, including Enterprise Group plc, Pattonair Holdings Limited, Azelis Holdings SA, Rockware Group Meyer International plc. He is also the chairman of BBI Group Holding Limited.
Alan became 3i's first Industrialist in Residence in 2001, serving until 2005. Alan also chairs the Board's Nomination Committee.
Alan has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for his services to charitable fundraising in Wales.