April 2023 as CEO.
Master of Engineering and with over 25 years in commercial and operational leadership across Industrial product distribution and services; 7 years at FTSE100 RS Group plc: key leadership roles as Group Chief Operating Officer responsible for P&L across Americas, EMEA and APAC; President of EMEA and initially Managing Director leading the turnaround of UK and Northern Europe. 9 years at FTSE250 Brammer Plc (now trading as Rubix), Key Account and Sales Director prior to which, 9 years at Rexel across broad range of commercial and operational roles.
Mike is passionate about creating a purpose led, high performance culture. Highly customer centric in approach and an advocate for diversity and inclusion. Committed to inspiring the next generation of engineers and giving back to the community.
• Member of the AIM Compliance & Corporate Governance Committee.
• Other committees by invitation.
None.
November 2018.
Qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now PwC) in 1991. Spent 27 years working as a turnaround and restructuring professional, 20 years with PwC prior to taking Partner roles at Baker Tilly (now RSM International) from 2008 to 2013 and FRP Advisory from 2013 to 2018. At both Baker Tilly and FRP he played a key role in the success and expansion at both firms. Russell’s experience in effecting change both in terms of operational improvement and cash management have served the Group well given the focus in each of these areas in recent years. The experience Russell has in turnaround/distressed situations served us well when negotiating the terms of recent acquisitions.
• Member of the AIM Compliance and Corporate Governance Committee.
• Other committees by invitation.
None.
June 2020 as Independent Director, and Non-Executive Chair from August 2020
Roger is a highly successful businessman and entrepreneur, with a strong record of delivering shareholder value. He was Managing Director of Oliver Ashworth for 18 years before IPO and subsequent sale to Saint-Gobain. He was recognised in 2017 by The Sunday Times receiving the AIM Non-Executive Director of the Year award for his Chairmanship of Avingtrans plc, a precision engineering business.
• Chair of Nomination Committee
• Member of the Audit, Remuneration and AIM Compliance and Corporate Governance Committees
• Non-Executive Chair of Hargreaves Services plc, Avingtrans plc and Brand Architekts Group plc
• Senior Non-Executive Director and Chair of Remuneration Committee of Tribal Group plc
• Non-Executive Director of Proteome Sciences plc and Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee of British Smaller Companies VCT II plc
March 2022.
Jamie has had successful roles in listed and private equity fund management, originally starting out with 3i plc. Over his career, having sat on 20+ different boards, he has focused on driving shareholder value and has gained experience covering investment, strategy and governance, M&A, audit and consultancy. Most recently he worked with Hanover Investors and, prior to this, Jamie ran the Catalyst funds with the Volantis team under the umbrellas of Lombard Odier, Henderson and Gartmore. He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte
• Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
• Member of the Audit, Nomination, AIM Compliance and Corporate Governance Committees
• CIO/ Director of Kelso Group Holdings and associated companies.
• Chair of Titon Holdings PLC, PadelStars Limited and Triple Point Venture VCT PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Oryx International Growth Fund PLC and Chapel Down Group PLC.
• Member of the Investment Advisory Group at Rockwood Strategic plc.
March 2022.
Ailsa has held a number of lead-operational management roles including at TNT and Brammer Buck and Hickman. Until 2019, she was Chief Operating Officer for the UK, Ireland and Iceland territories at Brammer Buck and Hickman, the UK subsidiary of Rubix Group, Europe’s largest supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul products and services. In 2019, Ailsa joined HSS Hire Services, Scotland, one of the UK’s largest equipment rental companies, where she is Managing Director and, in early 2021 she took over as Managing Director for ABird and Apex Power Solutions, two service business parts of HSS Group.
Ailsa has a deep understanding of the industrials distribution sector, including within e-commerce where she has a wealth of digital transformation expertise driving revenue growth through e-commerce strategies.
• Member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and AIM Compliance and Corporate Governance Committees.
• No other Board appointments
• Executive role as described above.
January 2023.
Stuart is a Chartered Accountant. He was Senior Partner for EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young) in Yorkshire and the North-East and specialised in audit. He was also responsible for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Programme. He retired from EY in 2017.
• Chair of the Audit Committee.
• Member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and AIM Compliance and Corporate Governance Committees.
• Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee of Vp plc.
• Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee of Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
• Advisor to Panmure Liberum.
Committee Chair
Audit
Nomination
Remuneration
AIM Compliance and Corporate Governance
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