Grafton Group Plc
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Grafton Group distributes building materials to trade customers engaged in residential repair, maintenance and improvement projects, and house building. It's main operating units are Merchanting, Retailing and Manufacturing. Merchanting distributes building and plumbing materials. Retailing operates do-it-yourself and home improvement business and manufacturing comprises a manufacturer of dry mortar and a plastics manufacturing business. Its brands are Selco, Buildbase, Plumbase, Chadwicks, Heiton Buckley, Macnaughton and Panelling Centre.
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Sector Industrials
Industry Industrial Equipment Distributors
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Board of Directors
Michael Chadwick
Non-Executive Chairman
Michael Chadwick joined the Group in 1975, was appointed to the Board on 4 December 1979 and became Executive Chairman in 1985. He retired as Executive Chairman on 1 July 2011 and continued to serve on the Board from that date as non-executive Chairman. He is a Director of other companies in which he has invested.
Gavin Slark
Chief Executive Officer
Gavin Slark joined the Group and the Board as Chief Executive Designate on 1 April 2011 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2011. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Galliford Try plc, a UK housebuilding and construction group. He was previously Group Chief Executive of BSS Group plc, a leading UK distributor to specialist trades including the plumbing, heating and construction sectors.
David Arnold
Chief Financial Officer
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.
Frank van Zanten
Non-Executive Director
Frank van Zanten was appointed to the Board on 13 May 2013. He is Managing Director of the Continental Europe business area of Bunzl plc, the FTSE 100 UK international distribution and outsourcing Group with operations across the Americas, Europe and Australasia. He was previously Chief Executive of PontMeyer N.V., the Dutch Builders Merchants.
Roderick Ryan
Non-Executive Director
Roderick Ryan joined the Board on 15 March 2006 and was appointed Senior Independent Director in May 2010. He is a Non-Executive Director of Glen Dimplex having previously served as an executive director of the company. Mr. Ryan is a former Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen in Ireland. He is a member of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board.
Charles M. Fisher
Non-Executive Director
Charles Fisher was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2009. He is currently Chairman of Garden Centre Property Development Trading plc. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of Sharpe & Fisher plc, the UK builders merchanting company, from 1989 to 1999. He was formerly Chairman of Mowlem plc and previously served as a director of a number of other public companies including Travis Perkins plc, Baggeridge Brick plc, South Western Electricity plc and Delta plc.
Annette Flynn
Non-Executive Director
Annette Flynn was appointed to the Board on 15 March 2011. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Aryzta AG, a global food business with a leadership position in speciality bakery, and Canada Life International Assurance Limited. She was formerly a non-executive director of Irish Life Group, a life and pensions company and of UDG Healthcare plc, the international healthcare services group where she previously served as an executive director for seven years. She also held senior positions with Kerry Group plc, the international food ingredients business.
Paul Hampden Smith
Non-Executive Director
Paul Hampden Smith, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed to the Board on 27 August 2015. Paul was Group Finance Director of Travis Perkins plc from 1996 until his retirement in February 2013, having worked for Travis Perkins since 1988. He is currently a non-executive director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees of Belway plc, Pendragon plc, and Clipper Logistics plc. He was previously a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Redrow plc and DX Services plc.