James Fisher and Sons Plc
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James Fisher and Sons plc is a leading provider of specialised services to the marine, oil and gas and other high assurance industries worldwide.
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Board of Directors
Charles J Rice
Non-Executive Chairman
Joined the Board in April 2004 and was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman on 1 August 2012. He has wide experience in commercial shipping having held a number of commercial and operational roles with Overseas Containers Limited. During the 1990s he was responsible for the development of P&O’s Trans European logistics and services division and was appointed as a main board director of The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) in 2001. Following a number of other outside directorships, he is currently Chairman of the Transport Research Foundation. Charles is also Chairman of the Nominations Committee
Nicholas P Henry
Chief Executive Officer
Joined James Fisher in February 2003 as Managing Director of James Fisher Tankships Limited and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in December 2004. He worked for 20 years for P&O Containers and P&O Ports, of which 10 years were in senior management positions based in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Netherlands and the Indian Sub-Continent. His experience encompasses a wide range of commercial and operational roles, including fleet management and information technology. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the UK Chamber of Shipping.
Stuart C Kilpatrick
Group Finance Director
Joined the Group in July 2010 and was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director in December 2010. Stuart was formerly Group Finance Director of Empresaria Group Plc, and he previously held senior finance roles with Vodafone Group Plc, Charles Baynes plc and Elementis Group Plc. Stuart is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and qualified with BDO Binder Hamlyn.
Malcolm Paul
Senior Non-Executive Director
Joined the Board in February 2011. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and was a founder and former Finance Director of WSP Group plc between 1987 and 2009. Prior to that he was a Principal at the corporate finance boutique Financial Decisions and an equity partner at Longcrofts, Chartered Accountants. He is currently Chairman of Anthesis Consulting Group, a private equity backed international company providing global clients with environmental and sustainable business solutions. Malcolm is also Chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees
Michael Salter
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Board in August 2013. Formerly Chief Operating Officer at Abbot Group plc and earlier in his career, CEO of Smedvig Limited and General Manager of Bawden Drilling UK Ltd. Michael is a Non-Executive Director of SAR Gruppen AS and Director of ASV Pioneer Limited.
David Moorhouse CBE
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Board in August 2013. Formerly Executive Chairman of Lloyds Register and earlier in his career, CEO of John Brown plc, Director of Trafalgar House plc and Executive Vice President of Kvaerner where he had particular responsibility for their engineering and process businesses. David is currently a Non-Executive Director of OAO Sovcomflot and Braemer Shipping plc as well as holding a number of senior voluntary posts. He is also a life member of the UK’s Foundation for Science and Technology.
Aedamar Comiskey
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Board in November 2014. Aedamar has been a partner at Linklaters LLP since 2001 and was recently elected to the firm’s International Board. She specialises in international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and fundraisings and is very involved in expanding Linklaters’ business in Latin America. Before joining Linklaters, Aedamar worked for two years as a consultant with Accenture in Dublin, Chicago and Belfast.