Board of Directors

John McDonough was appointed as a Director and Chairman of Vesuvius plc on 31 October 2012. John was group Chief Executive Officer of Carillion plc, the support services and construction firm, for 11 years until he retired in 2011. Prior to joining Carillion plc he spent nine years at Johnson Controls Inc. working for the automotive systems division, initially in the UK, before moving to become Vice President of the division’s European operations and ultimately to Singapore to develop the business in Asia Pacific. He then returned to the UK as VP of the integrated facilities management division for EMEA. John served as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Tomkins plc from 2007 to 2010 and as a non-executive director of Exel plc from 2004 to 2005. He joined The Vitec Group plc in March 2012, and has served as Chairman since June 2012. John McDonough is a British citizen. 

François Wanecq was appointed as a Director of Vesuvius plc on 31 October 2012. He previously joined the Cookson Group plc Board in February 2010. François has been the Chief Executive Officer of Cookson’s Engineered Ceramics division since October 2005. Prior to joining Cookson he held a series of senior rnanagement roles at ArjoWiggins Group and served as an executive director of ArjoWiggins Appleton plc from 1999 until it was delisted. From 1985 to 1995 he was Managing Director of the technical ceramics division of the Saint-Gobain Group. François Wanecq is a French citizen. 

Guy Young was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Vesuvius plc on 1 November 2015. Prior to joining Vesuvius plc, from January 2011 to November 2015, Guy served as Chief Financial Officer of Tarmac and latterly Lafarge Tarmac, the British building materials company. Prior to his role at Tarmac, from 2007 Guy held a number of senior financial and business development positions at Anglo American plc, having joined that company from Scaw Metals Group, the South African steel products manufacturer, where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2007. Guy is a South African citizen and qualified with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. 

Christer Gardell was appointed as a Director of Vesuvius plc on 31 October 2012 having previously joined the Cookson Group plc Board in June 2012. Christer is Managing Partner of Cevian Capital which held just over 20 per cent of Vesuvius’s issued share capital on the date of his appointment. Christer co-founded Cevian Capital in 2002. From 1996 to 2001, he was the Chief Executive Officer of AB Custos, the Swedish investment company. Prior to joining AB Custos he had been a partner of Nordic Capital and McKinsey & Company. Christer is a Non-Executive Director of the global Finnish technology and services company Metso Corporation. He served as a Non-Executive Director of A B Lindex until December 2007 and of Tieto Corporation until March 2012. Christer Gardell is a Swedish citizen. 

Hock Goh was appointed a Director on 2 April 2015. Hock has more than 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, having spent 25 years with Schlumberger, the leading global oilfield services provider. His roles included President of Network and Infrastructure Solutions in London, President of Asia Pacific, and Vice President and General Manager of China. From 2005 to 2012, Hock was a Partner of Baird Capital Partners Asia, the private equity arm of the US investment bank Robert W Baird & Co. Based in China, he focused on the industrial, business services and healthcare sectors. He is a graduate of Monash University, Australia, and is a Singaporean citizen. Hock is Chairman of MEC Resources Ltd and Advent Energy Ltd, and is a Non-executive Director of AB SKF, Santos Ltd and Stora Enso Oyj.

Jane Hinkley was appointed as a Director of Vesuvius plc on 3 December 2012. Jane is currently a non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Premier Oil plc. She is also the Chairman of Teekay GP L.L.C.
Jane spent a large part of her career working at Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, the LNG shipping specialist which was listed on both the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. She served as CFO from 1988-1992, and as Managing Director until 1997. In 1998 Jane was appointed Managing Director of Navion Shipping AS, a position she held until 2001. Jane is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a British citizen.

Douglas Hurt was appointed as a Director of Vesuvius plc on 2 April 2015, and assumed the roles of Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at the close of the Vesuvius plc 2015 Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2015. Douglas has significant financial experience, having served as Finance Director of IMI plc, the global engineering group, from 2006 to 2015. Prior to this he held a number of senior finance and operational positions at GlaxoSmithKline PLC, which he joined in 1983, previously having worked at Price Waterhouse. His career has included several years working in the USA and significant experience in European businesses including periods as a Chief Financial Officer and as an Operational Managing Director. Douglas is a Chartered Accountant and a British citizen. Douglas is a Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tate & Lyle plc and a Non-executive Director of the British Standards Institution.