Mobico Group PLC
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Sir John Armitt
Chairman
Sir John Armitt is currently Deputy Chairman of Berkeley Group Holdings PLC, Chairman of City and Guilds and a member of the Board of Transport for London and of the Airports Commission. Sir John was Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority from 2007 to 2014 and Chairman of the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council from 2007 to 2012. From 2001 to 2007 he was Chief Executive of Network Rail and its predecessor, Railtrack. In 1997 he was appointed as Chief Executive of Costain Group PLC, a position he held until 2001. Before this, Sir John was Chief Executive of Union Railways, the company responsible for the development of the high speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link. This followed a 27-year career at John Laing PLC. Sir John assumed the role of Chairman on 1 February 2013.
Dean Finch
Group Chief Executive
Prior to joining National Express, Dean Finch was Group Chief Executive of Tube Lines from May 2009. Before that he worked for over ten years in senior roles within FirstGroup PLC. He joined FirstGroup in 1999 having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, where he worked for 12 years specialising in Corporate Transaction Support Services, including working for the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising on the privatisation of train operating companies. At FirstGroup, he was Managing Director of the Rail Division from 2000 to 2004 and then was appointed to the main board as Group Commercial Director in 2004, before being made Group Finance Director. With the completion of the Laidlaw acquisition, he became Chief Operating Officer in North America before returning to the UK as Group Chief Operating Officer. Dean is also currently a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Matthew Ashley
Group Finance Director
Matt Ashley joined National Express as Group Financial Controller in 2010 from Deloitte where he was a Director specialising in transport and infrastructure and the auditing of listed companies, having previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1998. He was then promoted to the role of Finance Director of the UK Bus division in 2013 before becoming interim Group Finance Director in October 2014. He has no external directorships.
Matthew Crummack
Independent Non-Executive Director
Matthew Crummack is currently Deputy CEO and Chief Integration Officer of Bravofly Rumbo Group, incorporating lastminute.com, the online travel and leisure retailer where he was previously CEO from 2011 until its acquisition by Bravofly in March 2015. Mr Crummack was formerly a Senior Vice President of Lodging at Expedia, has previously worked for Nestlé UK, and spent eight years at Procter & Gamble in a variety of roles.
Joaquín Ayuso
Independent Non-Executive Director
Joaquín Ayuso is Board Vice Chairman for Ferrovial, the €8 billion Spanish transport infrastructure and services group that employs over 70,000 people worldwide. He has been with Ferrovial since 1981 and was appointed CEO in 2002 and held that position until October 2009. During this period, Ferrovial expanded internationally with business interests in the UK, US, Canada, Latin America and Europe. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director of Bankia, a Member of the Board of Autopista del Sol SA, Independent Director of Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios SA and Senior Advisor to AT Kearney in Spain and Portugal.
Jane Kingston
Independent Non-Executive Director
Jane Kingston is currently Group Human Resources Director at Compass Group PLC and was previously Group Human Resources Director at BPB PLC. Prior to this, Jane has worked in a variety of sectors including roles in Blue Circle Industries PLC, Enodis PLC and Coats Viyella PLC.
Lee Sander
Senior Independent Director
Elliot (Lee) Sander is President and Chief Executive Officer of the HAKS Group, Inc. An American citizen, he has been Executive Director and CEO for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and has served as Commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation. Lee is Chairman of the Regional Plan Association, a prominent NGO based in New York that has played a highly influential role in driving public policy and investments in the New York Metropolitan area over the last 80 years. In the past, he has also served on the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Finance Commission.
Jorge Cosmen
Deputy Company Chairman
Jorge Cosmen was appointed to the Board at the time of the ALSA transaction. He was appointed Deputy Company Chairman in October 2008. He was Corporate Manager for the ALSA Group from 1995, becoming Chairman in 1999. Between 1986 and 1995, he worked in sales, distribution and banking. He is a Business Administration graduate and has an International MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. He is a Non-Executive Director of Bankia, as well as of other private companies.
Mike McKeon
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mike McKeon was Group Finance Director of Severn Trent plc from 2005 until his retirement from the board in 2015. Prior to that, between 2000 and 2005, he was Group Finance Director of Novar plc. He has held various senior roles, both in the UK and internationally, at Rolls-Royce plc, CarnaudMetalbox, Elf Atochem and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mike is currently Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at investment trust, The Merchants Trust PLC. He is a Chartered Accountant.
Chris Muntwyler
Independent Non-Executive Director
Chris Muntwyler is CEO and Chairman of the Swiss Management Consulting company Conlogic Ltd. He is also Non-Executive Director of Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd (Switzerland) and the Austrian Post Ltd (Austria). During his 27 years at Swissair he held top executive positions in Switzerland, Sweden and North America. In 1999 he joined DHL Express serving as Managing Director of Switzerland, Germany and Central Europe and from 2005 to 2008 as CEO of DHL Express (UK) Ltd based in London.
Sandra Forbes
Company Secretary and Group General Counsel
Sandra Forbes is a qualified solicitor and, prior to joining National Express, was a specialist banking and transport partner at Burges Salmon where she was the Head of the Corporate and Financial Institutions Department and the firm’s Banking Sector Head. Sandra is also a Governor at the University of the West of England where she chairs the Strategic Planning and Performance Committee.