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The Board of Vesuvius plc (the ‘Company’) is responsible for the Group’s system of corporate governance and is committed to maintaining high standards and to developing governance arrangements to comply with best practice.
Carl-Peter Forster
Chairman
Carl-Peter Forster was appointed as an independent Non-executive Director on 1 November 2022 and succeeded John McDonough as Chairman of the Company on 1 December 2022. Carl-Peter has spent the majority of his career holding senior leadership positions in some of the world's largest automotive manufacturers, including BMW, General Motors and Tata Motors (including Jaguar Land Rover). Since he stepped down from Tata Motors in 2011, he has served as a director on a wide variety of public and private company boards, including IMI plc from 2012-2021, Rexam plc from 2014-2016 and Geely Automotive Holdings, Hong Kong, as well as Volvo Cars Group from 2013-2019. Carl-Peter has a significant breadth of corporate experience, in both an executive and non-executive capacity. His deep engineering expertise and his proven capability in leadership roles will provide great value to the Board and to the wider Group.
Other appointments: Carl-Peter is Chairman of Chemring Group plc and Senior Independent Director at Babcock International Group plc. In addition to his public company commitments, Carl-Peter currently holds directorships with a number of smaller private companies.
Patrick André
Chief Executive
Patrick was appointed as a Director and Chief Executive of the Company on 1 September 2017 having joined the Group as President of the Steel Flow Control business unit in February 2016. Patrick has had a long global career in the steel industry and, prior to joining the Group, served with Lhoist company, the world leader in lime production, where he held the positions of Executive Vice President Strategic Growth, CEO Europe and CEO for Asia, CIS and Africa. Prior to this he worked at ERAMET group, a global manufacturer of nickel and special alloys, where he was CEO of the Nickel division then CEO of the Manganese division. Patrick showed significant drive and energy in strengthening the Flow Control business and he brings to the Board this commitment, together with his industry experience, strategic vision, constant customer focus and proven record of delivery that will enable him to lead the Group in the next stages of its development. Patrick is a French citizen.
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Mark Collis
Chief Financial Officer
Mark was appointed as a Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 1 April 2023. Mark was previously Chief Financial Officer of the Operations business of John Wood Group PLC. He has over 20 years of senior financial experience in a number of international businesses including Amec Foster Wheeler plc and Expro International Group. Mark is a Chartered Accountant qualified with the ICAEW. He is a British citizen.
Eva Lindqvist
Senior Independent Director
Eva was appointed as a Director and as Senior Independent Director of the Company on 15 May 2024. Eva is an engineer with more than 35 years´ experience in global industrial and service businesses. She spent 20 years with Ericsson, focusing on strategy, production development and international sales, and held positions based in Sweden, Australia, the USA and Japan. In 2000 she joined the Scandinavian telecommunications company Telia and served as Senior Vice President of Telia Equity before becoming Chief Executive of TeliaSonera International Carrier in 2002. Eva is a very experienced international manager who has extensive knowledge of corporate governance gained from her range of listed board experience having served on the Board of companies including, Acast AB, Bodycote plc, Mr Green & Co AB, Sweco AB, Tarsier AB and Keller Group plc. Eva is a Swedish citizen.
Other appointments: Non-executive Director of CLS Holdings plc, Greencoat Renewables plc, Tele2 AB and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. She also supports several small companies and non-profit organisations.
Carla Bailo
Independent Non-executive Director
Carla was appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 February 2023. Carla is an engineer with more than 40 years' experience in the automotive industry and recently spent five years serving as President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research ('CAR') in the USA. Prior to joining CAR, Carla was Assistant Vice President for Mobility Research and Business Development at The Ohio State University. She spent 25 years working at the Nissan Motor Company where she served in a variety of senior management and engineering roles, culminating as Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Americas and Total Customer Satisfaction. Carla also spent 10 years earlier in her career with General Motors. Carla is a very experienced engineer and general product manager, with a strong research and development background gained in the automotive industry. Carla is a US citizen.
Other appointments: Carla currently serves as a Non-executive Director of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and SM Energy Company.
Italia Boninelli
Independent Non-executive Director
Italia was appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 June 2024 and as Chair of the Remuneration Committee on 31 July 2024. Italia is an HR executive, based in South Africa who currently divides her time between consultancy, coaching and mentoring activities. She has served as a strategic human resources director in a variety of industries (including mining, healthcare and financial services), most recently at AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields Ltd. Her roles have included responsibility for employees across South Africa, Australia, the United States, UK, Germany, Belgium, Hong Kong and several Latin American countries. She served as a non-executive director on the board of Polymetal International PLC from 2019 until 2022. Italia is a South African citizen.
Dinggui Gao
Independent Non-executive Director
Dinggui Gao was appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 April 2021. Dinggui has nearly 40 years of strong operational experience driving performance at a range of multinational companies including Bosch, Honeywell, Eagle Ottawa and Sandvik AB. He latterly served as Managing Director, China of Formel D Group, the German global service provider to the automotive and components supply industry, joining the company in 2017 and stepping down at the end of October 2021. He has a proven track record of leadership and international commercial experience. He strengthens the Board with his strong focus on technology, and his in-depth knowledge of Asian markets. Dinggui served as a Non-executive Director of Intramco Europe B.V. from 2021 to June 2024. Dinggui is a Chinese citizen.
Other appointments: Dinggui is an Operating Partner of CITIC Capital Holdings Ltd, the Chinese alternative investment management and advisory company.
Friederike Helfer
Non-executive Director
Friederike was appointed as a Director of the Company on 4 December 2019. Friederike is a Partner of Cevian Capital. She joined Cevian in 2008. From 2013 to 2017, she served on the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Valmet, a Finnish Engineering company, and from 2020 to February 2023, she served as a Non-executive Director of the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp AG. These are both companies in which Cevian was also invested. Prior to joining Cevian, Ms Helfer worked at McKinsey & Company. She holds degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and from Vienna University of Technology and is a CFA charter holder.
Other appointments: Friederike is a Partner of Cevian Capital.
Robert MacLeod
Independent Non-executive Director
Robert was appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 September 2023 and as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 15 May 2024. He is a very experienced director, having served as CEO of Johnson Matthey PLC from 2014 to 2022 and Group Finance Director from 2009 to 2014. Prior to this he worked at WS Atkins PLC, latterly serving as Group Finance Director. Robert is a Chartered Accountant and a highly knowledgeable corporate and operational finance professional with a wealth of general management and financial leadership experience.
Other appointments: Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of RELX PLC, Non-executive Director of Balfour Beatty plc and the British Standards Institution, and Non-executive Member of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.