BBA Group Annual Report 2004 - BBA Aviation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1. ROBERTO QUARTA (55)
Non-executive Director, Chairman
He was appointed Chairman in March 2001. He is a
principal in Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity
firm. From 1993 until March 2001 he was Group
Chief Executive of BBA Group plc. He is the chairman
of Italtel SpA, non-executive director of Equant NV
and a Trustee of the College of the Holy Cross.
4. BRUCE VAN ALLEN (49)
President and CEO,
BBA Aviation Services
He was appointed to the Board in May 2002.
He joined Signature in 1993 and held various
posts since that date, including most recently as
CEO of BBA Aviation North America.
7. JOHN ROQUES (66)
Non-executive Director,
Chairman, Audit Committee
He was appointed to the Board in January 1999.
He is Chairman of Portman Building Society, a
non-executive director of Premier Farnell plc and
HHG plc. He was formerly a partner at Deloitte &
Touche, retiring in 1999 as Senior Partner.
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2. ROY MCGLONE (51)
Group Chief Executive
He was appointed Group Chief Executive with effect
from March 2001. He joined the Board in October
1995 as Group Finance Director. A chartered
accountant, he qualified with Price Waterhouse and
subsequently held positions with Meggitt plc and
BICC plc. In September 2002 he was appointed as
a non-executive director and chairman of the Audit
Committee of Aggreko plc.
5. MICHAEL HARPER (60)
Non-executive Director
He was appointed to the Board on 23 February 2005.
An engineer by training he joined Kidde Group plc
in 1984 following a career with Vickers plc. He joined
the Board of Williams plc in 1999 and on the demerger
in 2000 he became Chief Executive of Kidde. He is
also a non-executive director of UMECO plc, Ricardo
plc and Vitec Group plc.
8. DAVID ROUGH (54)
Non-executive Director,
Senior Independent Director
He was appointed to the Board in March 1998.
He is also a non-executive director of Emap plc,
Land Securities plc, Mithras Trust, Xstrata Group plc
and Brown, Shipley & Co. Ltd. For ten years, until
December 2001, he was Group Director, Investments
at Legal & General plc.
3. ANDREW WOOD (53)
Group Finance Director
He was appointed to the Board as Group Finance
Director in January 2001. A chartered management
accountant, he was formerly Group Finance Director
of Racal Electronics plc.
6. BOB PHILLIPS (66)
Non-executive Director
He was appointed to the Board in May 2000.
He is a managing director of The Clarecastle Group,
a New York marketing firm. He was a board director
of Unilever plc and Chairman of Unilever’s North
American Committee, from which positions he
retired in May 2000.
9. RICHARD STILLWELL (55)
Non-executive Director,
Chairman, Remuneration Committee
He was appointed to the Board in March 1998.
A practising barrister, he is also a non-executive
Director of Penna Consulting plc. Until August
2000, he was Executive Vice-President Industrial
Specialties at Imperial Chemical Industries plc,
where he had held various posts since 1974.