Johnson Matthey Plc
JMAT:LN
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Johnson Matthey is a speciality chemicals company that specialises in platinum. The business is organized into four units: catalysts & chemicals, precious metals, colours & coatings and pharmaceutical materials, all of which revolve around the white metal. The bread and butter business is the platinum refining and making catalytic convertors to filter car pollutants, but the long term attraction comes from its research into platinum-based cancer drugs and fuel cells.
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Board of Directors
Tim Stevenson
Chairman
Appointed Chairman Designate in March 2011 and as Chairman in July 2011. He was Chairman of The Morgan Crucible Company plc from December 2006 to July 2012 and Chairman of Travis Perkins plc from November 2001 to May 2010. He has also sat on a number of other boards including National Express plc, where he was the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Partnerships UK and Tribal PLC where he chaired the Remuneration Committee. He was Chief Executive at Burmah Castrol plc from 1998 to 2000. He is a qualified barrister and is Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Robert MacLeod
Chief Executive
Appointed as Chief Executive in June 2014 having joined Johnson Matthey as Group Finance Director in 2009. Previously he was Group Finance Director of WS Atkins plc for five years. He is a Chartered Accountant with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
Den Jones
Group Finance Director
Joined Johnson Matthey in June 2014 as Group Finance Director. Previously interim Chief Financial Officer from September 2012 at BG Group. He held an executive director position on its board between February and November 2013. Prior to that he held a number of senior finance positions including Group Financial Controller and Regional Finance Director of Asia and the Middle East. Before joining BG Group, he spent more than a decade with the investment banking arm of Citibank / Salomon Smith Barney and PwC within their Corporate Finance and Recovery division. He is a Chartered Accountant.
Alan Ferguson
Senior Independent Director
Appointed a non-executive director of Johnson Matthey in January 2011 and as Senior Independent Director in July 2014. He was previously Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Lonmin Plc. Prior to this he was Group Finance Director of The BOC Group until it was acquired by Linde Group in 2006. Before joining BOC, he worked for Inchcape plc for 22 years in a variety of roles including Group Finance Director from 1999 until 2005. He is a Chartered Accountant and sits on the Business Policy Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Odile Desforges
Non-executive Director
Odile’s automotive industry experience began with the French Government’s Transport Research Institute and developed with Renault SA and AB Volvo. She has held senior positions in purchasing, product planning, development and engineering, including as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization (RNPO) and most recently as Executive Vice President, Engineering and Quality at Renault. She was appointed a Knight of the French Legion of Honour in 2009.
Colin Matthews, CBE FREng
on-executive Director
Colin has been Chief Executive Officer of Heathrow Airport (previously BAA), Hays plc and Severn Trent plc. He was also Managing Director of Transco and Engineering Director of British Airways. Earlier he worked in the motor industry in Japan and the UK, in strategy consulting and in General Electric Company in the UK, France and Canada. He has also served as non-executive director of Mondi plc. Colin is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).
Chris Mottershead
Non-executive Director
Prior to joining King’s College in 2009, Chris had a 30 year career at BP, most recently as Global Advisor on Energy Security and Climate Change. Before this, he was Technology Vice President for BP’s Global Gas, Power and Renewables businesses, and was also the technical manager for its North Sea exploration and production activities. He is also Chairman of the UK Government’s Transport Energy Task Force and a governor of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Dorothy Thompson, CBE
Non-executive Director
Prior to joining Drax Group in 2005 Dorothy was head of the European business of the global power generation firm, InterGen. First starting her career in banking, she has had senior management roles in the UK, Asia and Africa.
John Walker
Executive Director, ECT
Joined Johnson Matthey in 1984; appointed Division Director, Emission Control Technologies in 2009 after holding a series of positions within the division in the USA, Asia and Europe. Appointed Executive Director, Emission Control Technologies in October 2013.
Larry Pentz
Executive Director
Joined Johnson Matthey in 1984; appointed Division Director, Process Catalysts and Technologies in 2001. Appointed Executive Director, Process Catalysts and Technologies in August 2003, Executive Director, Emission Control Technologies in July 2004 and Executive Director, Environmental Technologies in April 2009. Currently holds board level responsibility for Johnson Matthey’s Process Technologies and Fine Chemicals Divisions.
Simon Farrant
Company Secretary and Legal Director
Joined Johnson Matthey in 1994. Appointed Company Secretary in 1999 and Group Legal Director in 2007. He is a Solicitor and Attorney & Counselor-at-Law (State of New York).