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The Board
As a company listed on the London Stock
Exchange, Elementis plc is managed by a Board of Directors.
- Bob Beeston, age 64
Chairman Bob
Beeston joined the Board and was appointed Chairman
of Elementis in September 2006. He is Non-executive
Chairman of Cookson Group plc and the Senior Independent
Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
of D S Smith plc. From 1992 until 2002, he
was Chief Executive Officer of FKI plc. He
spent 18 years with Dowty Group before joining
John Brown Plastics Machinery (UK) Ltd as Managing
Director. In 1985, he was appointed Managing Director
of BTR Valve Group, a position he held for six
years before joining FKI plc.
- David Dutro
Chief Executive Officer, age 51 David Dutro joined Elementis in November 1998 as Managing Director of Elementis Pigments. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer, Elementis Worldwide, a position he has held since October 2005. Before that he was President of Elementis Pigments. In his previous career Mr Dutro was Vice President, General Manager of Universal Foods' Dairy and Food Ingredient businesses (now Sensient Technologies Corp), and also spent time with ICI in their colours, polymer additives and surfactants businesses.
- Brian Taylorson
Finance Director,
age 50 Brian Taylorson was
appointed Finance Director in April 2002.
He was previously Head of European Chemicals
M&A at KPMG Corporate Finance. He joined
KPMG in 2000 from the Dow Chemical Company
where he held a number of positions in finance.
He holds an MA from Cambridge University,
is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales and a member
of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
- Ian Brindle, age 62
Non-executive Director Ian
Brindle was appointed to the board of Elementis
as a non-executive Director in June 2005. Ian retired
in 2001 from his role as UK Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers
where he successfully orchestrated the merger between
Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. In
addition to his role as UK Chairman, he was also
responsible for Global Risk Management. Ian
is the Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting
Review Panel and was a member of the Accounting
Standards Board between 1992 and 2001. As a result
of these two roles Ian has played a significant
role in the development of accounting standards
in the UK and is a strong promoter of good financial
reporting. Ian currently serves as
a Senior Independent non-executive Director on
the board of 4imprint PLC.
- Chris Girling, aged 52
Non-executive
Director Chris Girling was
appointed to the board of Elementis as a
non-executive Director in February 2005.
He is Group Finance Director of Carillion
plc, a construction and support service group,
a role he has held since 1999 and was Finance
Director with Vosper Thorncroft plc for 10
years before that.
- Kevin Matthews
Non-executive
Director, age 42 Kevin Matthews
was appointed a non-executive Director of
Elementis in February 2005. He is Chief Executive
Officer of Oxonica Ltd, a UK-based nano technology
company, a role he has held since 2001. Kevin
Matthews joined Oxonica from Rhodia Consumer
Specialties Limited and previously held roles
with Albright & Wilson UK Limited and
ICI Chemicals and Polymers. Kevin Matthews
holds a D.Phil in organic chemistry.
- Ken Minton, CBE, aged 69
Non-executive
Director Ken Minton was appointed
to the board of Elementis as a non-executive
Director in June 2005. Ken has served on
the board of several FTSE250 companies, including
ten years as Chief Executive of Laporte PLC. Ken
is currently a non-executive Director of
Tomkins PLC, Solvay SA, the Belgian multinational
chemical and pharmaceuticals group and PayPoint
PLC. He is also Executive Chairman of 4imprint
Group PLC (July 2004 - present). Ken
served as the UK representative to CEFIC
(the European Chemical Federation) from 1988
- 1995 and is a past president of the Society
of Chemical Industry (SCI). He was awarded
the SCI Centenary Medal and received a CBE
in 1995 for services to the Chemical Industry.
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