Morgan Advanced Materials Plc
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Founded in 1856 and listed in 1890, Morgan Crucible operates via 5 Global Business Units, which design and supply a range of products made from carbon, ceramic and magnetic materials used in industries as diverse as transport, telecommunications, fire protection and medical instruments.
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Andrew Shilston
Chairman
Appointed: May 2012 (Chairman Designate; August 2012, Chairman) Career history: Having joined Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in 2002, Andrew was Finance Director from 2003 until his retirement in 2011 and prior to this he was the Finance Director at Enterprise Oil plc. Andrew was previously a non-executive Director of Cairn Energy plc, where he chaired the Audit Committee. Additional appointments: Senior Independent Director of BP p.l.c.; non-executive Director of Circle Holdings plc. Committees: Nomination (Chair) and Remuneration.
Pete Raby
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: August 2015 Career history: Pete joined Morgan Advanced Materials in August 2015 as Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Morgan Advanced Materials, Pete was President of the Communications and Connectivity sector of Cobham plc. Pete held a number of senior positions at Cobham over a nine- year period. Prior to Cobham, Pete was a partner at McKinsey & Company, specialising in the aerospace, defence and power and gas sectors. Pete has a PhD in satellite navigation and an M.Eng from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds.
Kevin Dangerfield
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: August 2006 Career history: Kevin joined Morgan Advanced Materials in July 2000 as Deputy Group Financial Controller before being promoted to Group Financial Controller. He was appointed to the Board on becoming Chief Financial Officer in August 2006. Before joining Morgan Advanced Materials, Kevin worked for London International Group plc and Virgin Retail Europe Limited. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Additional appointments: Non-executive Director of e2v technologies plc.
Andrew Hosty
Chief Operating Officer
Appointed: July 2010 Career history: Prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer in February 2013, Andrew was Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Ceramics and joined the Board in July 2010. Before this appointment he held a number of senior positions within Morgan Advanced Materials. Andrew was a non-executive Director of Fiberweb plc from 2012 to 2013 and President of the British Ceramics Confederation from 2003 to 2005. Additional appointments: Non-executive Director of Consort Medical plc and non-executive Director of British Ceramic Research Limited.
Douglas Caster
Senior Independent Director
Career history: Bringing to the Board broad experience as an electronics systems engineer and company director, Douglas started his career with the Racal Electronics Group in 1975, before moving to Schlumberger in 1986 and then to Dowty as Engineering Director of Sonar & Communication Systems in 1988. In 1992, he became Managing Director of that business and, after participating in the management buy-out that formed Ultra Electronics, joined the Board in October 1993. In April 2000, he became Managing Director of Ultra’s Information & Power Systems division. In April 2004 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and became Chief Executive in April 2005. He was appointed deputy Chairman in April 2010 and became Chairman of Ultra in April 2011. Additional appointments: Chairman of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc and Chairman of Metalysis Limited. Committees: Audit, Nomination and Remuneration (Chair).
Victoire de Margerie
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: May 2012 Career history: Victoire previously held non-executive positions at Ciments Français, Norsk Hydro, Outokumpu and Ipsos, and was a Professor of Strategic Management at Grenoble Graduate School of Business. During her executive career she held senior management positions in Germany, France and the USA with Arkema, CarnaudMetalbox and Péchiney. Victoire holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). Additional appointments: Chairperson of Rondol Industrie SAS; Chairperson of the Materials Committee, French Waste Recycling Scheme; non-executive Director of Arkema; non-executive Director of Eurazéo; non-executive Director of Italcementi Group. Committees: Audit, Nomination and Remuneration.
Andrew Reynolds Smith
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: May 2013 Career history: Andrew joined GKN in 2002 and has held a number of senior positions across GKN’s Driveline, Powder Metallurgy and Off Highway businesses. Prior to GKN, he held various general management and functional positions at Ingersoll Rand, Siebe plc. (now Invensys plc.) and Delphi Automotive Systems. Andrew is a former Chairman of the CBI Manufacturing Council and a former member of the Ministerial Advisory Group for Manufacturing. Additional appointments: Chief Executive of Automotive and Powder Metallurgy and an executive director of GKN plc; Vice President of CLEP A (the European Association of Automotive Suppliers). Committees: Audit, Nomination and Remuneration.
Rob Rowley
Non-executive Director
Appointed: February 2014 Career history: Rob joined Reuters in 1978 where he held various senior management positions, including Finance Director from 1990 to 2000. He retired as a director of Reuters Group plc in December 2001. Rob was previously Deputy Chairman of Cable & Wireless plc, and a non-executive Director of Intu Properties plc from 2004 to 2013, Prudential plc and Taylor Nelson Sofres plc. Additional appointments: Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director of Taylor Wimpey plc; non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC; non-executive Director of Greene King plc; non-executive Director of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited. Committees: Audit (Chair), Nomination and Remuneration.
Peter Blausten
Director of Human Resources
Appointed: March 2011 Career history: Prior to joining Morgan Advanced Materials, Peter advised on private equity acquisitions and international leadership programmes as an independent consultant. He was formerly Group HR Director of BAA plc and held senior roles with Charles Schwab & Co, British Airways, and Ford Motor Co. He served as a member of the CBI Employment Policy Committee and was appointed a Commissioner for the UK Civil Service in 2010.
Paul Boulton
Company Secretary & General Counsel
Appointed: January 2007 Career history: Paul joined Morgan Advanced Materials plc in July 2004 as General Counsel and Deputy Company Secretary before becoming Company Secretary in 2007. Prior to joining Morgan Advanced Materials, Paul spent nine years with IMI plc, his last role being Deputy Company Secretary and Senior Legal Adviser. Paul is a qualified solicitor.
Simon Halliday
Director of Strategic Programmes
Appointed: February 2014 Career history: Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. Before joining Morgan Advanced Materials he worked in venture capital, specialising in healthcare investments. He has over 20 years of experience with the Company in M&A and finance roles, including as CFO of the Morgan Ceramics global division from 2010 to 2013. During 2013 he directed the project to implement the One Morgan organisational structure and business model, before taking up his current strategy post in 2014.
Mike Murray
Chief Technology Officer
Appointed: February 2014 Career history: Prior to his appointment as Chief Technology Officer, Mike held a number of senior positions within Morgan Advanced Materials across the ceramics, carbon and composites-based technologies. Mike represents Morgan Advanced Materials as a member of a number of materials advisory boards to the UK Technology Strategy Board and peer strategy reviews of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Keith Parker
Marketing Director
Career history: Prior to his appointment as Marketing Director, Keith was the Marketing Director of Morgan Ceramics. He originally joined Morgan Advanced Materials in 1978 and before focusing on Marketing, held a number of senior positions in sales and general management in the Technical Ceramics business. Keith is a member of Lucideon CICS Advisory Board.
Andrew Riley
Director of Finance
Appointed: February 2014 Career history: Andrew qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte and came to Morgan Advanced Materials on secondment from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1998, joining the Group Financial Planning department and working on a range of acquisitions. Andrew joined Morgan Advanced Materials in January 2000 and has since worked in a variety of finance roles in head office and in the operations across most of the Morgan Advanced Materials businesses. Prior to his current role Andrew was Finance Director of the Engineered Materials division from 2004 to 2010.