Directors
Non-Executive Directors
David Coghlan
Chairman
has degrees in Law and in Finance from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and an MBA from Wharton in Philadelphia. He was formerly a partner at strategy consultants Bain & Company and is currently chairman of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation (listed on NASDAQ) and a director of several other companies.
Dennis Bate CBE
Director
has 46 years of experience in the construction industry, of which 32 years were spent with Bovis, most latterly as board director responsible for Bovis’ operations in the UK and Eastern Europe, and then Bovis Lend Lease operations. He was awarded the CBE for his services within the industry.
Steve Coggins
Director
joined the Board as a non-executive Director in January 2005. Steve has held various senior roles in both sales and marketing and general management in the information technology arena including Senior Vice-President at both Amdahl (now part of Fujitsu) and at Silicon Graphics. Earlier he spent time at IBM and also in engineering computing in the aircraft industry.
Peter Rae
Director
is a graduate of Cambridge University, and formerly Chief Executive of S.W. Wood plc (now Wyndeham Press plc). He has current interests in a wide range of engineering and other businesses.
Executive Directors
Russ Singleton
Chief Executive
is a Chartered Engineer and has a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Leeds Metropolitan University. He became Group Chief Executive in 2002. Prior to this he had been Managing Director of Quadnetics’ Security Division comprising Quadrant Video Systems plc, which he joined in 1984, and Synectic Systems Limited.
Nigel Poultney
Finance Director
has a degree in Business Studies from Aston University, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, Haskins and Sells in 1981. He joined Quadnetics Group in 1991, having previously worked for Dairy Crest and the RTZ group.
Glenn Robinson
Group Technical and Business
Development Director
has a degree in Industrial Mathematics from Loughborough University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1992. He joined the Group as Finance Director of Quadrant Video Systems plc in 1997 and most recently has been responsible for the development and delivery of the Group’s new digital product range.