Aged 62, Chris Cole has been a director since January 2002 and was appointed as non-executive Chairman from 1 March 2007. Mr Cole is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Finance and Administration Committee. Mr Cole is Chief Executive of WSP Group plc.
Aged 49, Geoff 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.
Aged 50, 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 PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP). Mr Robson is a member of the Finance and Administration Committee.
Aged 52, Joseph Phelan was appointed a director on 23 April 2009. Mr Phelan was formerly the CEO of DHL Global Mail based in Weston, Florida and was also a member of the Deutsche Post executive committee. Prior to joining DHL in 2004, Mr Phelan held a number of senior executive positions with American Airlines. Mr Phelan is an American citizen and lives in Weston, Florida.
Aged 40, 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.
Aged 59, 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.
Aged 59, 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.
Aged 56, 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.
Aged 54, Bruce Edwards was appointed as a non-executive director on 8 June 2007. Mr Edwards is the Global Chief Executive Officer for Exel Supply Chain at Deutsche Post World Net, and a member of its Board of Management. He joined DPWN 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 packaging and container manufacturer. He is an American citizen and lives in Columbus, Ohio.
