Chris Cole,
Non-executive Chairman
Aged 60, Chris Cole has been a director since January 2002 and was appointed as non-executive Chairman from 1 March 2007 at which time he stepped down as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee a role he had performed since September 2003. Mr Cole is Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Finance and Administration Committee. Mr Cole is Chief Executive of WSP Group plc.
Geoffrey Drabble,
Chief Executive
Aged 47, Geoffrey Drabble was appointed as Chief Executive on 1 January 2007 having served as Chief Executive designate from 2 October 2006. Mr Drabble was previously an executive director of The Laird Group PLC where he was responsible for its Building Products division. Prior to joining The Laird Group, Mr Drabble held a number of senior management positions at Black & Decker. Mr Drabble is Chairman of the Finance and Administration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee
Ian Robson,
Finance Director
Aged 48, Ian Robson has been Finance Director since June 2000. Prior to June 2000, Mr Robson held a series of senior financial positions at Reuters Group plc for four years. Before joining Reuters Group plc, Mr Robson was a partner at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). Mr Robson is a member of the Finance and Administration Committee.
Sat Dhaiwal
Chief Executive Officer, A-Plant
Aged 38, Sat Dhaiwal has been Chief Executive Officer of A-Plant and a director since March 2002. Mr Dhaiwal was Managing Director of A-Plant East, one of A-Plant’s four operational regions, from May 1998 to March 2002. Before that he was an A-Plant trading director from 1995 and, prior to 1995, managed one of A-Plant’s profit centres. Mr Dhaiwal has some 20 years experience in the equipment rental industry.
Cliff Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sunbelt
Aged 44, Cliff Miller was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunbelt and as one of our directors in July 2004. Mr Miller has more than 20 years of experience in the rental industry and joined the Group in 1996 with the acquisition of McLean Rentals. From that time until 2003 he was Vice President responsible for Sunbelt’s North-Eastern division. Subsequently, he was one of two Executive Vice Presidents responsible for all of Sunbelt’s front line operations before assuming his current role in 2004.
Hugh Etheridge,
Senior independent non-executive director
Aged 57, Hugh Etheridge has been a director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees since January 2004. Mr Etheridge was appointed as senior independent non-executive director on 1 March 2007. Mr Etheridge is Chief Financial Officer of the Waste and Resources Action Programme (“WRAP”), a non-profit organisation established by the UK Government to promote sustainable waste management. Before joining WRAP, Mr Etheridge was Finance Director of Waste Recycling Group plc and, prior to that, of Matthew Clark plc.
Gary Iceton
Independent non-executive director
Aged 57, Gary Iceton was appointed as a non-executive director and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees effective from 1 September 2004. Mr Iceton also became Chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 1 March 2007. Until 2000 he was a director of St Ives plc and Chairman and Chief Executive of its Books Division. More recently, he was Chairman of Jarrold Limited and, prior to that, Chief Executive Officer of Amertrans.
Age 54, Michael Burrow was appointed as a non-executive director and member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees effective from 1 March 2007. Mr Burrow was formerly Managing Director of the Investment Banking Group of Lehman Brothers Europe Limited.
Age 52, Bruce Edwards was appointed as a non-executive director on 8 June 2007. Mr Edwards is the Global Chief Executive for Exel Supply Chain at Deutsche Post World Net, following its acquisition of Exel PLC in December 2005. Prior to the acquisition Mr Edwards was a director of Exel PLC and Chief Executive of its Americas businesses. Mr Edwards is also a non-executive director of Greif Inc, a NYSE listed packing and container manufacturer.
