John Poulter
Chairman
John Poulter joined Spectris in 1988 and
was Chief Executive from 1992 until he became non-executive Chairman in 2001. He is chairman of the Nomination Committee. His earlier career was with BTR plc and Cambridge Instruments. He has been a non-executive director of a number of public companies including RAC plc and Kidde plc. He is non-executive chairman of Filtronic plc and a non-executive director of Smaller Companies Value Trust plc and several private companies. |
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John O'Higgins
Chief Executive
John O’Higgins joined Spectris in 2006.
He is a member of the Nomination Committee. John was previously with Honeywell, most recently as President of Automation and Control Solutions, Asia Pacific. Prior to this he was based in Brussels and Germany in a series of management roles in the automation and controls division of the company. Before joining Honeywell, he worked with Daimler Benz in Stuttgart. John has engineering degrees from University College Dublin and Purdue University and an MBA from INSEAD. |
Clive Watson
Group finance director
Clive Watson joined Spectris in 2006.
He was previously at Borealis, a leading provider of plastics solutions, where he was chief financial officer and executive vice president for business support. Prior to this, he was group finance director at Thorn Lighting Ltd and before
that group finance director Europe with Black & Decker. Clive holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce & Accounting from the University of Birmingham. |
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Jim Webster
Business group director
Jim Webster, a metallurgy graduate, joined Spectris in 1993. He is responsible for the operational supervision of a number of the group’s trading companies. He was previously general manager of the European Wire and Cable Division of Raychem Corporation. He is a non-executive director of Raymarine plc.
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Peter Chambré
Non-executive director
Peter Chambré was appointed to the Board
in 2006. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. He is chairman of 7TM Pharma, a private Danish biopharmaceutical company, a non-executive director of BTG plc, and an advisor to private equity and venture capital company 3i.
Peter was formerly chief executive officer of Cambridge Antibody Technology Group plc
and prior to that was chief operating officer
of Celera Genomics Group and chief executive
of Bespak plc. |
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John Hughes
Non-executive director
John Hughes was appointed to the Board in June 2007. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. John was previously executive vice-president and chief operating officer of defence, aerospace and electronic systems company Thales Group and is currently non-executive chairman of Intec Telecom Systems plc and Telecity Group plc, non-executive deputy chairman of Parity Group plc, a non-executive director of Barco NV, a company quoted on the Brussels stock exchange, and a non-executive director of Nice Systems Limited, an Israeli-headquartered business listed on NASDAQ. |
Anthony Reading MBE
Non-executive director
Anthony Reading was appointed to
the Board in 2004. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of
the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee, and is the Senior Independent Director. Anthony was previously a director
of Tomkins plc and chairman of Tomkins Corporation, USA, and a non-executive director of George Wimpey plc. He is a non-executive director of The Laird Group PLC, Taylor Wimpey plc and e2v technologies plc. |
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John Warren
Non-executive director
John Warren was appointed to the Board in 2006. He is chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. From 2000 to 2005 John was group finance director at WH Smith PLC. Prior to that he
was with United Biscuits Plc for 19 years, latterly as group finance director. He has been a
non-executive director of Rexam Plc and RAC plc and is currently a non-executive director of
The Rank Group Plc, Bovis Homes Group PLC, BPP Holdings plc and Uniq plc. |
Roger Stephens
Head of commercial & company secretary
Roger Stephens is an economics graduate and chartered company secretary. Prior to joining Spectris in 1997, he held commercial roles in the power and construction sectors, specialising in contract negotiation, claims resolution, IP exploitation and property development. |
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