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The Board

As a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, Elementis plc is managed by a Board of Directors.

  • Robert Beeston, age 67
    Chairman N(c)
    Robert Beeston joined the Board and was appointed Chairman of Elementis in September 2006. He is Chairman of the Nomination Committee, 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 53
    David Dutro joined the Board and was appointed Group Chief Executive in January 2007. He joined Elementis in November 1998 as President of Elementis Pigments then became President and Chief Operating Officer, Elementis Worldwide, in October 2005. Mr Dutro was vice president and 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. Mr Dutro was born and educated in the US and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing.
  • Brian Taylorson
    Finance Director, age 53
    Brian Taylorson was appointed Finance Director in April 2002. Before joining Elementis he was 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 over a period of 17 years. 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. He is a non-executive director of Fiberweb plc.
  • Ian Brindle, age 65
    Senior Independent Director, Non-executive Director A,N
    Ian Brindle was appointed a non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee in June 2005. He retired as Chairman of the Audit Committee in April 2008 and was appointed Senior Independent Director. He was until 2001 UK chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, was a member of the Accounting Standards Board between 1992 and 2001 and the deputy chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel between 2001 and 2008. He is a non-executive director of Spirent Communications plc and serves as the senior independent director on the board of 4imprint Group plc.
  • Andrew Christie, aged 53
    Non-executive Director A, N, R
    Andrew Christie was appointed a non-executive director in August 2008 and has 25 years of investment banking and international corporate finance experience. He was until March 2008 a UK managing director in the European Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse. In his prior role at Credit Suisse, he was head of Investment Banking, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong and, before that, held the same position with Barclays de Zoete Wedd. He is also a non-executive director of Ark Therapeutics Group plc and holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.
  • Chris Girling, aged 55
    Non-executive Director A(c), N,R
    Chris Girling was appointed a non-executive director in April 2005 and Chairman of the Audit Committee in April 2008. He was group finance director of Carillion plc, a construction and support service group, from 1999 to 2007, and previous to that he was finance director of Vosper Thornycroft plc for ten years. He holds an MBA and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is an independent trustee for a city law firm's pension fund and a non-executive director of ARCO Limited and Inetec Limited.
  • Kevin Matthews, age 45
    Non-executive Director A,N,R(c)
    Kevin Matthews was appointed a non-executive director in February 2005 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in April 2008. He is chief executive officer of Oxonica plc, a UK-based nanotechnology company, a role he has held since 2001. He joined Oxonica from Rhodia Consumer Specialties Limited and previously held roles with Albright & Wilson UK Limited and ICI Chemicals and Polymers. He holds a D.Phil in organic chemistry.