Adrian Ewer, FCA - Chief Executive, John Laing plc
After qualifying as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Adrian pursued his finance career with key posts in Chloride Group plc, Akai (UK) Ltd, the Ratcliffe Group Ltd, and as Group Treasurer for Lilley plc prior to joining John Laing plc in 1991. Adrian was appointed the Group's Deputy Finance Director in March 1995 and Group Finance Director in June 1999, and became Chief Executive on 1 June 2006.
Adrian was instrumental in shaping and securing a future for the plc following the difficult divestment of the construction division in 2001. Following a decision by the new plc Board early in 2002, Adrian led the successful divestment of the Group's house-building businesses. Adrian is responsible for CR issues relating to Human Rights and employee issues.
Chris Waples - Operations Director, John Laing plc
Chris joined John Laing plc in August 2007, as main board director for Operations, for the UK and in international markets. Chris leads Operations for the Investments business and is responsible for managing all aspects of delivery over the whole project life from construction through to its operating phase.
Chris formerly held senior management positions with Amey plc, where he was responsible for Public and Private sectors, and prior to that has held senior positions with Scottish Power plc and Blue Circle plc. Chris is responsible for CR issues relating to the Environment, and Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
Derek Potts - Director, John Laing plc and Managing Director, Business Development
Derek joined John Laing plc in 2001, where he heads the Business Development division, which is responsible for the Group's PPP/PFI bidding and business development in all sectors, both UK and internationally. Growth is targetted principally in Europe, North America and Asia/Asia-Pacific.
Derek is a Chartered Accountant and graduate engineer, and previously held senior positions with Jardine Matheson UK, GB Railways Group plc and Virgin Group. He is a member of the Group's Executive Committee, and a main board director. Derek is responsible for CR issues relating to customers and consumers.
Patrick O'D Bourke - Group Finance Director, John Laing plc
Patrick joined John Laing in May 2011 as Group Finance Director. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick (now KPMG) before spending nine years in investment banking with first Hill Samuel and then Barclays de Zoete Wedd. In 1995, he joined Powergen plc where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions before becoming Group Treasurer in 1998. From 2000 to 2006, he was Group Finance Director of Viridian Group PLC, the Northern Ireland-based FTSE 250 energy group, becoming Group Chief Executive in 2007 after Viridian was taken private.
Phil Nolan – Non-Executive Chairman
Dr Nolan has a wealth of experience on the Boards of many companies, private and public in both an executive and non-executive capacity. He is currently Chairman of Infinis, a privately held, leading renewable energy generator and Sepura plc, a listed, global supplier of TETRA radios. He was CEO of Eircom, Ireland's national telecommunications supplier from 2002 – 2006. Prior to that, he served as an Executive Director of BG Group plc and CEO for Transco plc from 1998 and in 2000 led the demerger of Transco as CEO of the Lattice Group.
Non-Executive Directors
Roger Greville - Director
Roger is Managing Director of Henderson Equity Partners and Chairman of the Investment Committees for each of Henderson's private equity funds: infrastructure, Asian private equity and fund-of-funds.
Roger has over twenty years of investment and management experience covering both listed and alternative assets (property and private equity). He has led Henderson Equity Partners since 1998, overseeing the investment of over £1.5 billion in direct investments and in excess of £300 million in fund investments across Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific.
Guy Pigache – Director
Guy is co-head of Henderson Equity Partners’ infrastructure team, having joined Henderson in 2003 bringing with him extensive experience of the concession-based infrastructure market.
Guy has been active in the UK infrastructure concession market since its inception in 1992, initially as a financial adviser to both the UK Government and private sector consortia.
In 1997, Guy established the PFI primary equity investment division of HSBC Infrastructure (formerly Charterhouse Specialist Investments), a leading UK concession-based infrastructure investor.
Priscilla Davies - Director
Priscilla is the Managing Director of Henderson Equity Partners, which specialises in Asian private equity, infrastructure and private equity fund of funds.
Priscilla has over 20 years experience in financial services having qualified as a chartered accountant. Priscilla joined Henderson Group in 2000 in a senior tax role and moved across to Henderson’s private equity division in 2004 where she oversaw its finance and investment operations. Prior to Henderson, Priscilla was a tax professional with PricewaterCoopers in both their Sydney and London offices.
Toby Hiscock - Director
Toby is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales with 30 years' experience in the accounting profession. He was the Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of Henderson Group Plc from 2003 until his retirement in September 2009. At Henderson he was responsible for all aspects of financial stewardship of the Group. Prior to that, Toby held several senior internal audit and finance roles in Henderson after joining that businessin 1992. Before Henderson, he was a senior manager at Midland Bank Group in London and from 1981-88 he worked for Binder Hamlyn, Chartered Accountants in the City, after graduating from Oxford University. Toby is alsoa non-executive director of a number of other public and private institutions, which are independent of John Laing.
