Corporate Governance
David Shearer - Non-Executive Chairman
Appointment to the Board and Committee Membership
Appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Chairman on 1 October 2018. Prior to this appointment David was a Non-Executive Director from 9 September 2016. He is also Chairman of the Nomination Committee and has previously been a member of each of the Audit & Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Skills and Experience
David is a commercially focussed and experienced chairman, corporate financier and turnaround specialist with experience in public and private companies both in the UK and internationally. His portfolio career over the last 20 years has covered a broad range of industries and has included acting in Executive Chair roles. Most recently was Executive Chairman of Esken Limited until it was placed in administration as part of the restructuring of that business, and founder Chairman of Amber River Group stepping down in 2024. He has led a number of successful turnaround and restructuring projects in both the public and private arenas in addition to holding probono roles. In his previous career David was a senior corporate finance partner and a UK Executive Board member of Deloitte LLP. Skills brought to the Board Experienced chairman; strategic advisor; operational management; governance; private equity and M&A.
Dan Evans - Chief Executive
Appointment to the Board and Committee Membership
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 Membership
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.
Rhian Bartlett - Senior Independent Director
Appointment to the Board and Committee Membership
Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2019 as Non-Executive Director. Rhian is Chair of the Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk and Nomination Committees and has previously been a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Skills and Experience
Rhian is currently Chief Commercial and Sustainability Officer at J Sainsbury Plc, having previously held the position of Director of Fresh Food. 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.
Shatish Dasani - Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board and Committee Membership
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 and Remuneration Committees.
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.
David Garman - Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board and Committee Membership
Appointed to the Board in June 2017 as Non-Executive Director. David is a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit & Risk Committees.
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.
Carol Kavanagh - Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board and Committee Membership
Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2021 as Non-Executive Director. Carol is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Sustainability Committee. Carol is also the designated Non-Executive Director for employee engagement.
Skills and Experience
Carol has over 20 years’ 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. At Travis Perkins, Carol’s responsibilities extended across all of the Group’s 10 businesses at that time, including Travis Perkins and Toolhire, and also 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. Other previous Non-Executive Director experience includes Verona Stone, a tile procurement and supply business and ScS Group Plc where Carol was also Chair of the Remuneration Committee. She recently joined Stark Group in an organisation change and transformation role to support the turnaround of their UK merchant businesses acquired by CVC from St Gobain in 2023. Skills brought to the Board Human resources; remuneration expertise, and reward expertise; talent and succession planning; organisation change and transformation; and construction sector knowledge and experience.
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