Corporate Governance

	David Shearer - Non-Executive Chairman Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Chairman on 1 October 2018. Prior to this appointment David was a Non-Executive Director of Speedy Hire from 9 September 2016. David is also Chairman of the Nomination Committee and has previously been a member of each of Speedy Hire’s Audit & Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Skills and experience David is an experienced chairman, corporate financier and turnaround specialist. He was Executive Chairman of Esken Limited until it was placed in administration as part of the restructuring of that business. He remains a Director of that company and a number of its subsidiaries as the administration progresses. David was previously senior partner for Scotland & Northern Ireland and a UK Executive Board member of Deloitte LLP and has subsequently led a number of successful turnaround and restructuring projects in both the public and private areas in addition to pro bono roles.
	Dan Evans - Chief Executive Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive on 1 October 2022. Dan is also a member of the Sustainability Committee. Skills and experience Dan joined Speedy Hire in December 2008 and has developed through the business undertaking a variety of roles including Regional Director, Contracts Director and Managing Director UK and Ireland, before his appointment as Chief Operating Officer in November 2019. Dan is also a Board member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
	Paul Rayner - Chief Financial Officer Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer on 1 July 2023. Skills and experience On 1 July 2023, Paul was appointed to the Plc Board as Chief Financial Officer having previously been the Interim from November 2022. Paul is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He has over 25 years’ experience in senior financial roles, including interim and permanent roles respectively on the main boards of FTSE-listed companies, Avon Protection Plc and Chemring Group Plc.
	David Garman - Senior Independent Director Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board in June 2017 as Non-Executive Director. David is the Senior Independent Director and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. David has previously been a member of the Audit & Risk Committee. Skills and experience David is a Director of several private companies. David has a broad range of industrial experience and was previously Chief Executive of TDG Plc (now TDG Limited), a European contract logistics and supply chain management business, an Executive Director of Associated British Foods Plc and held a variety of management roles at United Biscuits. He was also the Senior Independent Director at John Menzies Plc, St Modwen Properties Plc and Phoenix IT Plc, and a Non-Executive Director at Kewill Plc, Victoria Plc and Troy Income & Growth Trust Plc.
	Rob Barclay - Independent Non-Executive Director Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board in April 2016 as Non-Executive Director. Rob is Chairman of the Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk and Remuneration Committees. Rob was previously a member of the Nomination Committee. Skills and experience Until recently, Rob was the CEO for the National Timber Group (‘NTG’), the UK’s leading independent value-added timber processor, convertor, and distributor. NTG is made up of a number of market leading brands providing specialist timber-related solutions to the construction industry. He was formerly the Managing Director UK, Ireland and Middle East of SIG Plc, the market leading supplier of specialist insulation-related and roofing products to the building and construction industry between January 2013 and March 2018. Rob joined SIG in 1997 and held various senior management roles within the business including Managing Director of SIG Distribution, having led its creation by bringing together the Group’s UK insulations, interiors, construction accessories and fixings businesses. Prior to joining SIG, Rob was a Regional Manager for a global wood products company based in New Zealand, from where he originates.
	Rhian Bartlett - Independent Non-Executive Director Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2019 as Non-Executive Director. Rhian is a member of the Audit & Risk, Nomination and Sustainability Committees and has previously been a member of the Remuneration Committee. Rhian is also the designated Non-Executive Director for employee engagement. Skills and experience Rhian is currently Chief Food Commercial Officer at J Sainsbury Plc, having previously held the position of Director of Fresh Foods. Prior to joining Sainsbury’s, she worked at Screwfix Direct, a Kingfisher Plc Group company, as Customer and Digital Director having previously held the position of Commercial Director. Prior to Screwfix, Rhian was Director UK Trading at eBay, held various positions with J Sainsbury Plc (including Business Unit Director and Head of Online Merchandising) and was a Category Manager and Head of Online Marketing at Homebase.
	Shatish Dasani - Independent Non-Executive Director Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board on 1 February 2021 as Non-Executive Director. Shatish is Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Skills and experience Shatish is currently Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Renew Holdings Plc and a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of SIG plc and Genuit Group Plc. He is also a Trustee and Chairman of UNICEF UK, the children’s charity. Shatish has over 25 years’ experience in senior public company finance roles across various sectors, including building materials, general industrial and business services. He was Chief Financial Officer of Forterra Plc from 2015 to 2019, during which the company successfully listed on the Main Market in London. Prior to this, he was CFO at TT Electronics Plc and has also been alternate Non-Executive Director of Camelot Group Plc and Public Member at Network Rail Plc. Shatish is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has extensive international experience including as regional CFO based in South America.
	Carol Kavanagh - Independent Non-Executive Director Appointment to the Board and Committee memberships Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2021 as Non-Executive Director. Carol is Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Skills and experience Carol is an independent remuneration committee member for British Swimming. Carol has over 20 years of experience working in senior public company human resource roles across construction and retail sectors, including as Group HR Director for Travis Perkins Plc from 2007 to 2020. Carol has also held senior positions at Home Retail Group and Safeway Food Stores (now Morrisons). At Travis Perkins, Carol’s responsibilities extended across all of the Group’s businesses at that time, which in addition to the recognised merchanting businesses such as Travis Perkins and Toolhire, also included the Wickes and Toolstation brands. She was Executive Chair for the Tile Giant business unit from 2018. Her Non-Executive Director experience began in the Financial Services sector with Leeds Building Society where she was a member of the remuneration committee. Whilst at Travis Perkins, Carol served as a Non-Executive Director with Verona Stone, a tile procurement and supply business, which at the time was part owned by the TP Group. Carol recently resigned as a Non-Executive Director of ScS Group Plc in January 2024 as a result of the ScS business being delisted following its approved sale.