FirstGroup Plc
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FirstGroup is one of Britain's largest transport companies, operating bus services, passenger and freight rail services in the UK and yellow school bus and other services in the US. The group's UK rail interests include First Great Western, TransPennine Express, Hull Trains, First Great Western Link, First North Western and GB Railfreight.
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Wolfhart Hauser
Chairman; Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director in May 2015 and appointed Chairman in July 2015. He brings to the Board a strong track record of driving profitable growth and value creation in a large international organisation, as well as significant board experience in major UK listed companies. Wolfhart was CEO of Intertek Group plc, the international quality and safety services provider for ten years, before he retired from the role in May 2015. He is a Non-Executive Director of Associated British Foods plc and of RELX PLC and RELX NV (previously Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV).
Tim O’Toole CBE JD
Chief Executive
Appointed Chief Executive in November 2010, he joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in May 2009 and was subsequently appointed Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive in June 2010. He was, until the end of April 2009, Managing Director, London Underground. He joined Transport for London in 2003 prior to which he was President and Chief Executive of Consolidated Rail Corporation. He is a Non-Executive Director of CSX Corporation, a rail freight transportation company in North America.
Chris Surch B Com
Group Finance Director
Appointed on 1 September 2012 he was from May 2009 to August 2012 Group Finance Director of Shanks plc, also for a period of time serving as their Acting Chief Executive. Following an early career with Price Waterhouse where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant he joined TI Group plc in 1995. He held a number of senior roles there and following the merger of TI Group with Smiths Group plc he went on to hold further senior finance roles, latterly serving as Finance Director of their Speciality Engineering division.
Warwick Brady
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in June 2014. He is Chief Operations Officer of EasyJet plc, joining in May 2009. He is part of the management team responsible for significantly improving the airline’s financial and operating performance, including achieving industry leading punctuality levels as well as the introduction of important customer innovations. He has significant experience leading low cost airlines – he was Chief Executive of Indonesian airline Mandala, and previous roles include Chief Operating Officer of Air Deccan in India and Deputy Operations Director at Ryanair.
Drummond Hall
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in June 2014. He was Chief Executive of Dairy Crest Group plc from 2002 to 2006, prior to which his career was spent with Procter and Gamble, Mars and PepsiCo. He is currently the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of WH Smith plc and a Non-Executive Director of The Sage Group plc. Drummond was a Non-Executive Director of Mitchells & Butlers plc from July 2004 to January 2010, and Chairman from June 2008 to November 2009.
Brian Wallace ACA
Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee
Appointed to the Board in August 2012. He has held executive board positions within a number of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 organisations, most recently as Group Finance Director of Ladbrokes plc. Prior to re-joining Ladbrokes he was Group Finance Director and Deputy Chief Executive of Hilton Group. A chartered accountant, he began his career at Price Waterhouse and went on to perform senior finance roles at Geest, APV and Schlumberger. He previously served as a Non-Executive Director at Scottish & Newcastle plc, Hays plc, Merlin Entertainment and Miller Group.
Imelda Walsh
Non-Executive Director; Chair of the Remuneration Committee
She currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committees of William Hill plc, Mitchells & Butlers plc and Mothercare plc. She was a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Sainsbury’s Bank plc from 2006 to 2010. She has held senior executive roles at J Sainsbury plc, where she was Group HR Director from March 2004 to July 2010, Barclays Bank plc and Coca-Cola & Schweppes Beverages Limited. She is also Director of the Mentoring Foundation and is a Trustee of Charity Projects Limited (Comic Relief).
Jim Winestock BSc
Non-Executive Director; Chair of the Board Safety Committee
Appointed to the Board in August 2012. He is a Non-Executive Director of YRC Worldwide Inc., a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest transportation service providers in the world, and also serves on the Board of two not-for-profit organisations in the US. Prior to this, he served in a number of senior roles and was a member of the Management Committee during his career at United Parcel Service, Inc., the world’s largest package distribution company and a global leader in supply chain solutions. Most recently he was Senior Vice President and Director of US Operations and Global Security with responsibility for all US operations and 360,000 employees.
Mick Barker
Non-Executive Employee Director
Appointed to the Board as Employee Director in January 2012, he has been a railwayman for 36 years and is currently employed as a train driver for First Greater Western Limited, one of the Group\'s train operating companies.