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Directors
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Steve Smith ACA Chief Executive 52 Appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 1999, having been a member of the Board since August 1997. Managing Director of vehicle hire operations since 1990. Steve qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and held a number of senior financial positions in industry prior to joining the Company. |
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Paul Tallentire BSc (Hons) Deputy Chief Executive 47 Appointed Deputy Chief Executive on 31 October 2008, it had been intended that he would take over as Chief Executive on 1 August 2009, but this has been deferred for 12 months. Previously with Premier Farnell for 7 years where he became President of the two major operating divisions, Newark Electronics in North America and Farnell Europe based out of the UK. Prior to that he held senior international management roles with ICI. |
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Bob Contreras Finance Director 46 Appointed Group Finance Director on 2 June 2008. A Chartered Accountant, Bob has held senior positions with Azlan Group plc, Damovo Group SA and most recently with Mölnlycke Healthcare Group. |
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Andrew Allner FCA Non-Executive Director 55 Appointed to the Board as a non-executive Director in September 2007. Andrew is currently also a non-executive Director of Marshalls plc. His most recent executive appointment was Group Finance Director of RHM plc. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Enodis plc and prior to that held Board appointments with Dalgety plc, PIC International Group plc and Amersham International plc. He was also a Non-executive Director of Moss Bros Group plc from 2001 to 2005. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1978, subsequently becoming a Partner. |
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Jan Astrand MBA Non-Executive Director 62 Appointed to the Board as a non-executive Director in February 2001. A Swedish national based in London, Jan was Chairman of CRC Group plc until January 2007. Prior to this, he was Chairman of Car Park Group AB in Stockholm and also Senior Independent Director of PHS Group Plc. From 1994 to 1999 he was President and Chief Executive of Axus (International) Inc. (previously known as Hertz Leasing International). From 1989 to 1994 he was Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Hertz (Europe) Ltd. |
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Tom Brown Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director 60 Appointed to the Board as a non-executive Director in April 2005 and appointed Senior Independent Director in June 2007. Tom is Chairman of Chamberlin plc and a Director of a number of private companies. He was previously Group Chief Executive of United Industries plc and before that Group Managing Director of Fenner plc. |
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Phil Moorhouse FCCA Managing Director UK Rental 56 Appointed Managing Director, UK Rental operations in January 2003, having been Finance Director since February 1998 and a member of the Board since August 1997. Phil joined the vehicle hire division in 1991 as Finance Director. He previously held a number of senior financial positions within the Norcros group of companies and Meyer International. |
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Alan Noble Executive Director 58 Executive Director since 1990. In 1981 Alan founded the commercial vehicle hire business, which was acquired by the Company in 1987. |
Board Committees Audit Andrew Allner (Chairman) Jan Astrand Tom Brown Remuneration Tom Brown (Chairman) Andrew Allner Jan Astrand Nomination Andrew Allner Jan Astrand Tom Brown Steve Smith | |