Directors
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David Richardson (age 58)
Chairman David Richardson is a chartered accountant. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in June 2005 and became Chairman on 1st January 2010. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Serco Group Plc, Dairy Crest Group Plc and Tomkins plc. He retired as Finance Director of Whitbread plc in 2005 after 22 years with the company. |
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Charles Hammond (age 48)
Group Chief Executive Charles Hammond joined Forth Ports Authority as Company Secretary in 1989 having been previously with the law firm of McGrigor Donald. He became Commercial Director in 1992, was appointed Managing Director, Port of Tilbury London Limited in December 1995 and became Group Chief Executive in February 2001. He was recently appointed as Deputy Chairman of the United Kingdom Major Ports Group. He was also Chairman of Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, until May 2008. |
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Wilson Murray (age 58)
Group Finance Director Wilson Murray was appointed Finance Director of Forth Ports Authority in 1986. Previously, he worked in the accounting profession with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Price Waterhouse. |
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Perry Glading (age 51)
Managing Director, Port of Tilbury London Limited Perry Glading joined Forth Ports PLC in February 1999 as the Deputy Managing Director of Port of Tilbury London Limited. He was subsequently appointed Managing Director in February 2001. He was appointed to the Board of Forth Ports PLC in June 2001. Previously he worked for a number of years in the European logistics market. He is a senior member of the Management Committee of Port Skills and Safety, which is the lead body on safety and training matters in the UK port industry and was recently appointed to the Board of Skills for Logistics. |
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Struan Robertson (age 60)
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee Struan Robertson is a mechanical engineer with an MBA. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2003. He joined BP in South Africa in 1977 and from 1989 to 2001 held a variety of senior appointments with BP, both in the UK and overseas. After retiring from BP he was appointed Group Chief Executive of the Wates Group Ltd, one of the UK’s largest privately owned construction and property groups. He stepped down from this role in 2004. He is a Non-Executive Director of International Power plc, Tomkins plc, Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust plc and Salamander Energy plc. He was previously Senior Independent Director at Atkins plc from 2000-2005. |
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Gerry Brown (age 65)
Senior Independent Director Gerry Brown was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2003. He is Chairman of Biocompatibles plc, of Quintiles Transnational Europe and of NFT Distribution Holdings Ltd. He is also the Senior Independent Director of Keller plc. He was formerly Chairman of Upol Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of Vantec Ltd, CH Jones Ltd, Michael Gerson Ltd and Datrontech plc. His Executive Career included senior positions with Exel Logistics plc, TDG plc and Tibbett & Britten plc. |
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James Tuckey (age 63)
Non-Executive Director James Tuckey was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1st July 2007. He is Chairman of Brookfield Europe and the former Chief Executive of MEPC plc. He is also an adviser to the BP Pension Fund. |
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Marie-Louise Clayton (age 49)
Chairman of the Audit Committee Marie-Louise Clayton was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1st January 2010. She has held several senior positions within GEC Alstom and was latterly Group Finance Director of Venture Production plc, a FTSE 250 company in the oil and gas sector. |
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| As at 1st January 2010 |
