London, United Kingdom - November 6, 2012, London, United Kingdom - Morgan Sindall Group plc, a construction group, announces a number of significant and immediate board and operational changes to the group.
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Executive Chairman, John Morgan, has been appointed Chief Executive.
Mr. Morgan Co-founded Morgan Lovell in 1977 which then reversed into William Sindall plc in 1994 to form Morgan Sindall Group plc. He served as Chief executive from 1994 to 2000 when he became executive chairman. In November 2012 Mr. Morgan was appointed chief executive of the Group.
Senior Independent Director, Adrian Martin, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman and Patrick De Smedt has been appointed Senior Independent Director.
Mr. Martin was appointed a director in December 2008 and assumed the role of senior independent director in May 2010. In November 2012 Mr. Martin was appointed non-executive chairman. He had a 30 year career at the accountants, BDO Stoy Hayward, the last eight years as managing partner, before becoming chief executive and then consultant at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP until 2009. Mr. Martin now holds a number of non-executive directorships, including H R Owen plc, M&C Saatchi plc and Safestore Holdings plc. He was a non-executive director of The Carphone Warehouse plc until July 2008.
Mr. De Smedt was appointed as a director in December 2009, he assumed the role of senior independent director in November 2012. Mr. De Smedt’s career includes 23 years with Microsoft, culminating as chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2003. Since leaving Microsoft in 2006, he has served on the boards of a number of European public and private companies. He is currently a non-executive director of Victrex plc and CPP Group plc as well as being a non-executive director of a number of private companies. He is also on the advisory board to a division of ING Europe.
The Group’s Chief Executive, Paul Smith, has resigned from the Board of Morgan Sindall Group plc.
Mr. Smith has been Group Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Sindall PLC since March 3, 2003. Mr. Smith manages and runs operations on a day-to-day basis. He also have principal executive responsibility for the development of the Group's Divisions. He has a track record of improving business performance across multi-site businesses. Since 2000, Mr. Smith served as Group Managing Director at Accord plc, the support services company.
Prior to that, Mr. Smith served as Managing Director of Cleanaway Europe, a subsidiary of Brambles Industries PLC and, from 1992 to 1996, served as Managing Director of Rexam Metallising Europe. Mr. Smith has also worked as a manager in the UK and the United States for McKinsey and at BP. He serves as Director of Young SamuelChambers ('YSC') Limited. He is an MBA Baker Scholar and Harkness Fellow from Harvard Business School and has a first class degree in engineering from Cambridge. He is a chartered engineer.
The Board also announces the appointment of Elizabeth Peace, CBE, as a Non-Executive Director. ■