Intertek Group Plc
ITRK:LN
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Leading testing, inspection and certification services group, Intertek, focuses primarily on customers products and commodities, which it assesses against safety, regulatory, quality and performance standards. The company performs these services from more than 270 laboratories worldwide.
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Board of Directors
Sir David Reid
Chairman
Appointed to the Board in December 2011 and became Chairman in January 2012. Sir David Reid retired as Non-Executive Chairman of Tesco PLC in November 2011 after serving in that role since April 2004. Prior to that he was Deputy Chairman of Tesco PLC and had served on the Tesco Board since 1985. David is Chairman of the charity Whizz-Kidz. In February 2012 he was appointed a member of the Global Senior Advisory Board of Jefferies International Limited, a global securities and investment banking group. He was formerly the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, Chairman of Kwik-Fit Group Ltd, Non-Executive Director at Greenalls Group Plc (now De Vere Group), Legal & General Group Plc and Westbury plc. In November 2010, Sir David was appointed a member of the Prime Minister\'s Business Ambassadors Network.
André Lacroix
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Intertek Board as Chief Executive Officer in May 2015. André is an experienced Chief Executive with a strong track record of delivering long-term growth strategies and shareholder value with global companies across diverse territories. André was previously Group Chief Executive of Inchcape Group plc from 2005 to 2015 and prior to this he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Euro Disney S.C.A. From 1996 to 2003 he was the President of Burger King International, previously part of Diageo. André is currently the Senior Independent Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and Chairman of Good Restaurants AG.
Edward Leigh
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer in October 2014. Prior to joining Intertek, Edward spent nine years at Dixons Retail Plc, where he held several senior financial management positions, including Divisional & Corporate Development Finance Director, UK & Ireland CFO and Group Financial Controller. From 1995 to 2004 Edward held commercial financial leadership roles at Procter & Gamble Co. covering the UK and international markets.
Edward Astle
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2009. Until July 2013, he was Pro Rector (Enterprise) at Imperial College London where he had overseen the university\'s relationships with industry, and led business development opportunities in the UK and internationally. Edward was an Executive Director of National Grid plc from 2001 to 2008, a Managing Director at the BICC Group from 1997 to 1999 and an Executive and Regional Director at Cable & Wireless plc from 1989 to 1997. Previously he held senior business strategy positions in the UK and France. He is a member of the BT Equality of Access Board, a member of the Governing Board of the University of Manchester and Vice Chair of the Shannon Trust.
Alan Brown
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2011. He is currently Group Chief Executive Officer of ASCO Global, an international oilfield support services business and a Non-Executive Director to the Home Office. Alan was Chief Executive Officer of Rentokil Initial plc for five years until October 2013. He spent 25 years at Unilever PLC where he rose through a variety of finance roles in the UK and Europe and then general management in Taiwan and China. His last four years were as Executive Chairman of Unilever China. Following this, Alan returned to the UK as Chief Financial Officer at Imperial Chemical Industries PLC taking a leading role in the divestment of the company.
Dame Louise Makin
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in July 2012. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of BTG plc, a growing international specialist healthcare company, a position she has held since 2004. Before joining BTG, Louise was at Baxter Healthcare from 2000, holding the roles of Vice President, Strategy & Business Development Europe, and from 2001, President of the Biopharmaceuticals division of Baxter Healthcare, where she was responsible for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Prior to her time at Baxter, she was Director of Global Ceramics at English China Clay, and in her earlier career, held a variety of roles at ICI between 1985 and 1998. Louise is a Trustee of The Outward Bound Trust, an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College Cambridge, and a Non-Executive Director of Woodford Patient Capital Trust plc. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of Premier Foods plc.
Gill Rider
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in July 2015. She currently holds non-executive directorships with Pennon Group Plc, where she chairs the Sustainability Committee, and Charles Taylor Plc and De La Rue Plc where she is also Chairman of their Remuneration Committees. She is President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and Chair of Council of the University of Southampton. Formerly Gill was head of the Civil Service Capability Group in the Cabinet Office reporting to the Cabinet Secretary and prior to that held a number of senior positions with Accenture culminating in the post of chief leadership officer for the global firm.
Michael Wareing CMG
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2011. He is currently the Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman at Cobham plc and was previously a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman at Wolseley plc. Michael was appointed as the Economic Development Adviser to the Government of Afghanistan in August 2011. He has major international and board level knowledge gained during an extensive global career up to senior partner level at KPMG, where his last position was as International Chief Executive Officer, which he occupied for four years until 2009. He was previously the Prime Minister\'s Special Envoy for Reconstruction in Southern Iraq.
Mark Williams
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2013. Until February 2013, Dr. Mark Williams worked for over 33 years at Royal Dutch Shell Plc (\'Shell\'), including more than 21 years in Shell\'s Exploration & Production and midstream businesses in the US, serving most recently as Downstream Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Shell, where he was one of the top three operating executives responsible for all strategic, capital, and operational matters. Mark has held Board positions on non‑profit and industry Boards and is currently Chairman of Hess Corporation in the US.
Mark Williams
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2013. Until February 2013, Dr. Mark Williams worked for over 33 years at Royal Dutch Shell Plc (\'Shell\'), including more than 21 years in Shell\'s Exploration & Production and midstream businesses in the US, serving most recently as Downstream Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Shell, where he was one of the top three operating executives responsible for all strategic, capital, and operational matters. Mark has held Board positions on non‑profit and industry Boards and is currently Chairman of Hess Corporation in the US.
Lena Wilson
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in July 2012. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Enterprise, Scotland\'s national economic development agency, a member of Scotland\'s Financial Services Advisory Board and Chair of Scotland\'s Energy Jobs Taskforce. Prior to this, she was Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Development International (Scotland\'s international trade and investment arm) and Chief Operating Officer, Scottish Enterprise. Lena was also a Senior Advisor to The World Bank in Washington DC on private sector development for developing countries. Lena is a member of the University of Strathclyde\'s Business Advisory Board, and an Ambassador for the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. She served on the Board of the Prince\'s Scottish Youth Business Trust for 10 years as well as numerous arts, culture, business and sport organisations.