MITIE Group Plc
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MITIE provides a range of services to customers who own or occupy their buildings, including maintenance, management and improvement. Founded in 1987, the company has become a leading player in the support services sector.
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Board of Directors
Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE
Chief Executive
Ruby McGregor-Smith was appointed as Chief Executive of Mitie Group PLC in March 2007. She joined a small number of women holding the position of Chief Executive in the FTSE 250 and is the first Asian woman to be appointed in such a role. Ruby is a Chartered Accountant. She joined Mitie in 2002 as Group Finance Director. In 2005, she was promoted to Group Chief Operating Officer and in 2007, to Chief Executive. Download Ruby\'s full biography below.
Suzanne Baxter
Group Finance Director
Suzanne joined the Board of Mitie in April 2006 as Group Finance Director. Suzanne previously held a number of commercial and operational roles with Serco Group plc. Suzanne is a Non-Executive Director of WH Smith PLC, Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. She is Deputy Chair of the Opportunity Now Leadership Board, a part of the Business in the Community organisation with a focus on workplace diversity and a member of the council of the Business Services Association. Suzanne is also a mentor on the ICAEW Women in Leadership programme and a member of the ICAEW FTSE 250
Roger Matthews
Non-executive Chairman and Chairman of the Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee
Roger was appointed as non-executive Chairman of Mitie Group PLC on 31 July 2008, having previously been appointed as non-executive Director in December 2006. Roger previously held the roles of Group Finance Director of J. Sainsbury PLC and Group Managing Director and Group Finance Director of Compass Group PLC.
David Jenkins
Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
David Jenkins was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in March 2006 and held the position of Chairman of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director until July 2015. David was previously a senior partner with Deloitte LLP in London having spent over 20 years in Assurance and Advisory Services. He is Chairman of Development Securities PLC and a Non-Executive Director of Renewable Energy Systems Holdings Limited.
Larry Hirst, CBE
Senior Independent non-executive director, member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Larry Hirst was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in February 2010 and Senior Independent Director in July 2015. Until his retirement from IBM in 2010, Larry was Chairman of IBM (EMEA) and held a number of other senior positions during his 33 year career with IBM. Larry is a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of ARM Holdings plc, he is also Chairman of the Imperial College Data Science Institute Advisory Board. His community interests include acting as an Ambassador to Everywoman, Black British Business and POWERful Women.
Mark Reckitt
Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Mark Reckitt was appointed as Non-executive Director on 1 July 2015 and Chairman of the Audit Committee from 13 July 2015. Mark was Group Strategy Director of Smiths Group plc from February 2011 to April 2014 and was additionally Divisional President, Smiths Interconnect from October 2012 to April 2014. Prior to joining Smiths, Mark was interim Managing Director of Green & Black’s Chocolate and before that was Chief Strategy Officer at Cadbury plc between 2004 and 2010. He held a range of Strategy and Finance roles at Cadbury since joining in 1989, including Finance Director of Cadbury UK. Prior to joining Cadbury, Mark spent six years in Investment Banking and Retailing, following his qualification as a chartered accountant in 1983. Mark is Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at both Cranswick plc and J D Wetherspoon plc.
Jack Boyer
Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit and Nomination committees
Jack Boyer was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board in June 2013 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in October 2014. He is Chairman of Ilika plc and a Non-Executive Director of Laird PLC where he chairs the Remuneration Committee. He also sits on the board of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and is Deputy Chair of the Advanced Materials Leadership Council. A serial entrepreneur, he previously founded and was CEO of companies in the engineering, telecommunications and biotechnology sectors. He has been an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and strategy consultant at Bain & Co. Jack was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to Science and Engineering.