The Weir Group Plc
WEIR:LN
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Scotland-based pump maker, Weir Group, also develops turbines and valves. The company has a strong international presence, working in Europe, the US and Latin America. The engineer employs 8,000 people across five divisions.
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Charles Berry
Chairman
Charles Berry was appointed Chairman on 1 January 2014. Charles is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Senior plc. Charles was an Executive Director of Scottish Power plc from 1999 to 2005 and Chief Executive of their UK Operations between 2000 and 2005. Prior to joining ScottishPower, he was Group Development Director of Norwest Holst, a subsidiary of Compagnie General des Eaux, and held management positions within subsidiaries of Pilkington plc. He is a former Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Drax Group plc, Eaga plc and Thus Group plc, and a former Non-Executive Director of Impax Environmental Markets PLC and Securities Trust of Scotland plc.
Keith Cochrane
Chief Executive
Keith Cochrane joined the Group as Finance Director in July 2006 and was appointed Chief Executive in November 2009. Following a number of years with Arthur Andersen, Keith joined Stagecoach Group plc in 1993. He was appointed Finance Director in 1996 and Group Chief Executive in 2000. He joined ScottishPower plc in 2003 where he became Director of Group Finance. Keith is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Society Ltd and was appointed Non-Executive Director of Carillion plc on 2 July 2015. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Jon Stanton
Finance Director
Jon Stanton joined the Group as Finance Director in April 2010. He was formerly a partner with Ernst & Young having joined as a graduate trainee in their Birmingham office in 1988. He was appointed as a partner in their London office in 2001 with lead responsibility for the audit of a number of FTSE 100 multinational clients. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Melanie Gee
Non-Executive Director
Melanie Gee was appointed a Non-Executive Director in May 2011. Melanie is a Senior Adviser for Lazard & Co. Limited, having worked for them since 2008. Formerly, she spent a number of years with S.G. Warburg (now part of UBS) and was appointed a Managing Director of UBS in 1999. Between 2006 and 2008, she was a Senior Relationship Director of UBS. Melanie has been an alternate member of The Takeover Panel – LIBA (CFC) since 2006. Melanie is a Non-Executive Director of Drax Group plc.
Alan Ferguson
Non-Executive Director
Alan Ferguson was appointed a Non-Executive Director in December 2011. He is a Non-Executive Director of Johnson Matthey plc and Croda International plc, where he chairs the audit committees. Alan was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Lonmin plc, one of the world’s largest producers of platinum group metals, from 2007 until 2010. Prior to his role with Lonmin, he held the position of Group Finance Director with the BOC Group plc. Before this he spent 22 years working for Inchcape plc in a variety of roles, including six years as Group Finance Director. He is a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Richard Menell
Non-Executive Director
Richard Menell was appointed a Non-Executive Director in April 2009 and as a Senior Independent Director on 1 February 2015. He is a Non-Executive Director of Gold Fields Ltd and Sibanye Gold Limited, both South African companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, and Rockwell Diamonds Inc., a South African company listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Richard worked as an investment banker before joining Anglovaal Group in 1992. He was appointed Chief Executive of Anglovaal Mining in 1996 then Executive Chairman in 2002. In 2005, he left to become President and Chief Executive of TEAL Exploration & Mining Inc. He was formerly Chairman of Avgold Ltd (1996-2004) and Bateman Engineering BV (2005-2009) and Director of Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Ltd (1996-2010) and Standard Bank Group Ltd (1997-2011). Richard is a Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse and serves as a Director on a number of unlisted companies and non-profit organisations. He is a fellow of the Geological Society (London) and of both the Australasian and South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
John Mogford
Non-Executive Director
John Mogford was appointed a Non-Executive Director in June 2008. He is currently a Managing Director for First Reserve, a large global energy focused private equity firm. As part of this role he sits on several boards. John is Chairman of CHC Helicopters SA in Luxembourg, Amromco Energy LLC in Romania and White Rose Energy Ventures LLP in the UK. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Deep Gulf Energy LP in America, DOF Subsea AS in Norway and Midstates Petroleum, Inc, a US company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He was formerly an Executive Vice President of BP plc having been with BP for over 30 years, initially in their exploration division and progressively rising to Executive Vice President (Chief Operating Officer US Downstream & Head of Refining). He held numerous positions in every area of operations from gas and renewables to upstream and downstream oil. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Mary Jo Jacobi
Non-Executive Director
Mary Jo Jacobi was appointed Non-Executive Director in December 2013. Ms Jacobi has extensive experience at senior levels in the energy, financial services and public sectors in the UK and USA. She is also an established brand advisor with extensive communications and public affairs experience. Previously Ms Jacobi was a Senior Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc, BP America Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., HSBC Holdings plc and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. She was a Non-Executive Director of Tate & Lyle plc between 1999 and 2004. She is currently the Managing Director of her own consultancy practice and a Non-Executive Director of Mulvaney Capital Management. She is a Senior Associate of The Leadership Council and holds several advisory and consultancy roles in the not for profit sector. Ms Jacobi holds dual United States and British citizenship. She was appointed Assistant US Secretary of Commerce by President George H. W. Bush and had earlier served as Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and as a Member of President Reagan’s Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations. She was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in June 2012 and was formerly a British Civil Service Commissioner. She is also a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University.
Sir Jim McDonald
Non-Executive Director
Professor Sir Jim McDonald has been Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde since March 2009 and has held the Rolls-Royce Chair in Electrical Power Systems since 1993. His other roles include Chair of the Glasgow Science Centre and, previously, he was member of the Scottish Science Advisory Committee, member of the UK Trade and Investment Energy Excellence Board and Vice-President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.