John Laing Group Plc
JLG:LN
Overview
Company Profile
Classification
Financials
Corporate
Board of Directors
Dr Phil Nolan Bsc PHD MBA
Chairman
Dr. Nolan has a wealth of experience on the boards of many companies, private and public and in both an executive and non-executive capacity. He is non-executive Chairman of Affinity Water Limited and Ulster Bank and a non-executive director of Providence Resources Plc and EnQuest PLC. He was Chairman of Infinis, a then privately held, leading renewable energy generator between 2007 and 2010, Chairman of Sepura plc, a listed, global supplier of TETRA radios between 2007 and 2010 and CEO of Eircom, Ireland’s national telecommunications supplier from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that, he served as an Executive Director of BG Group plc and CEO of Transco plc from 1998 and in 2000 led the demerger of Transco as CEO of the Lattice Group. Age 62.
Olivier Brousse EP
CEO
Olivier joined John Laing in March 2014. Following graduation from École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France, he became Commercial Director of Unic Systems and then Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Compagnie Générale des Eaux, both in France. In 1998, he moved to London as CEO of Connex South Eastern and then joined Veolia, first as CEO of Veolia Transportation Inc. in Washington DC and then as Deputy CEO of Veolia Transport Group, responsible for French and US businesses. From 2008 to 2014, he served as CEO and then Executive Chairman of Saur SA in France. Age 50.
Patrick O\'D Bourke MA, ACA
Group Finance Director
Patrick joined John Laing in 2011. He graduated from Cambridge University and 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. From 2000 to 2006, he was Group Finance Director of Viridian Group PLC, the Northern Ireland-based energy group, becoming Group Chief Executive in 2007 after Viridian was taken private. He joined the Board of Affinity Water Limited in July 2013 as a non-executive director. Age 57.
David Rough
Senior Independent Director
David joined John Laing in December 2014. He has spent his life working in the financial services sector predominantly in the investment management business. He joined Legal and General in 1988 and was made head of securities in 1989. In 1991, David was appointed Group Director (Investments) and this role included being responsible for and managing both the business’ private equity and property operations. He retired from the business in 2002. During that time he also served as chairman of the Association of British Insurers’ Investment Committee. David has been a non-executive and senior independent director on a number of boards, including Land Securities, London Metal Exchange, Friends Provident and Xstrata. Since 2003, David has been a non-executive director of Brown Shipley, a wealth management business. Age 64.
Jeremy Beeton
Independent Non-executive Director
Jeremy joined John Laing in December 2014. Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers with 40 years of international experience in project and programme management over very large multi-site, multiple project operations portfolios for and within government, public companies and private companies. He has lived and worked extensively in the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He is currently a Supervisory Board member for Royal Imtech NV, an independent non-executive director for SSE plc, an independent non-executive director for WYG plc, an Advisory Board member for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Chairman of Merseylink Ltd. Additionally, Jeremy sits on the governing Court of Strathclyde University. He was Director General of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2007 until the Olympic Baton was passed on to Rio de Janeiro. For eight years prior to this, he was a Principle Vice President with Bechtel, responsible for their worldwide civil operations. Jeremy was awarded CB in the 2013 New Years Honours and holds an honorary Doctor of Engineering from Napier University. Age 61.
Toby Hiscock MA (Oxon), FCA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Toby Hiscock is a qualified chartered accountant with 33 years’ experience as a finance professional. He was the Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of Henderson Group plc from 2003 until his retirement in 2009, and was responsible for all aspects of financial stewardship of the Henderson Group. Before Henderson, he was a senior manager at Midland Bank Group in London and from 1981 to 1988 worked for Binder Hamlyn, Chartered Accountants after graduating from Oxford University. Toby is also a non-executive director of and consultant to a number of other public and private institutions. Age 55.
Anne Wade
Independent Non-Executive Director
Anne joined John Laing in December 2014. An asset manager by background, Anne has extensive experience in capital markets. From 1995 to 2012, she was Senior Vice President and Director of Capital International. Throughout her 17 year career with Capital, she was responsible for infrastructure related investments. Anne is a Non-Executive Director and member of the Governance and Strategy Committee of Holcim, based in Switzerland. Anne is also a director of the Heron Foundation in New York and Big Society Capital, in London, and an Associate with Leader’s Quest. She has a BA from Harvard and an MSc from the London School of Economics. Age 42.
Derek Potts MA, ACA
Managing Director - Primary Investments
Derek joined John Laing in 2001. He heads the Primary Investment division and has responsibility for all the Group’s bidding and primary investment activities, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. For several years, he has led the Group’s expansion into a number of international markets and new sectors. Derek is a qualified chartered accountant, having graduated as an engineer. He previously held senior positions with Jardine Matheson UK, GB Railways Group plc and Virgin Group.
Chris Waples CDir FloD
Managing Director - Asset Management
Chris joined John Laing in 2007. He is responsible for the Group’s asset management activities which cover the Group’s portfolio of primary and secondary investments, as well as investments held by third parties. His responsibilities also cover information technology and health and safety. Chris formerly held senior management positions with Amey plc, Scottish Power plc and Blue Circle plc. He is a trustee of the John Laing Charitable Trust.