Kash Pandya joined the Board on 20 June 2005.
He was previously Chief Executive of Johnston
Group plc, and prior to that he was President, Europe,
Asia & South America of APW, the world's largest
manufacturer of specialist cabinets and enclosures for
the telecoms and computer industries. Between 1996
and 1999, Kash worked for Caradon plc, latterly as
Director of European Operations of the Radiator
Division. Between his appointment in 2005 and
December 2008 he ran Aggreko's European business.
In January 2009 he moved to Dubai and took over
responsibility for Aggreko International.
Philip Rogerson is Chairman of Carillion plc and,
since 1 March 2010, of Bunzl plc. Until February 1998
he was Deputy Chairman of BG plc (formerly British
Gas plc) having been a Director since 1992, and
has subsequently held a number of Non-executive
appointments. He retired as Chairman of Northgate
plc in December 2009 and Non-executive Director of
Davis Service Group Plc in February 2010. He joined
the Board of Aggreko plc in September 1997 and was
appointed as Chairman in April 2002.
Rupert Soames joined the Board as Group Chief
Executive on 1 July 2003. He was formerly with Misys
PLC, where he was Chief Executive of the Banking
and Securities Division. Before joining Misys, Rupert
was with GEC plc for 15 years, working in a number
of their subsidiaries; in the last four years of his service
with GEC he was responsible for the UK, African and
Asian operations of Avery Berkel. He is the Senior
Independent Director of Electrocomponents plc.
Angus Cockburn, a Chartered Accountant, joined
Aggreko in May 2000 as Finance Director. He was
previously Managing Director of Pringle of Scotland,
a division of Dawson International PLC, having joined
that company in 1997 from PepsiCo Inc. At PepsiCo
he spent five years in various positions, latterly as
Regional Finance Director for Central Europe based
in Budapest. He has worked with KPMG both in
the UK and in the USA and has an MBA from the
IMD Business School in Switzerland. He is also a
Non-executive Director of Howden Joinery Group
Plc (formerly Galiform plc) and a former chairman
of the Group of Scottish Finance Directors.
George Walker, a United States citizen, joined
Aggreko in 1987 when the Group initially entered the
temperature control business through the acquisition of
Mobile Air-Conditioning Inc. where he was Controller
and then Vice-President. A graduate of the University
of Texas, he became a Vice-President of Aggreko Inc.
in 1988 and was appointed Executive Vice-President in
1997. In January 2001 he became President of Aggreko
North America and was appointed as an Executive
Director of Aggreko plc.
Bill Caplan joined the Board on 17 November 2008.
He previously worked for 20 years in Europe, Asia, the
Middle East, Africa and the USA with United Parcel
Service (UPS) and UPS Supply Chain Solutions. He
was born and educated in the USA, gaining an MBA
from Harvard Business School after selling his family
owned beverage distribution business in 1987. He
currently serves as a Board Trustee and Non-executive
Director for Phoenix Futures, a UK based charity.
David Hamill, who was appointed to the Board
in May 2007, was until December 2007 Chairman
and Chief Executive of ICI Paints and a main board
director of ICI. In January 2008 ICI was acquired
by Akzo Nobel and for the calendar year of 2008,
Mr Hamill led the integration process, forming the
world's largest decorative paints business. During
2009, he was appointed as Senior Advisor to Bain
Capital and has developed personal business interests.
Robert MacLeod was appointed to the Board in
September 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant and
is Group Finance Director of Johnson Matthey plc.
From June 2004 until June 2009 he was Group
Finance Director of WS Atkins plc. He joined the
Atkins Group as Group Financial Controller in March
2003 having previously worked in a variety of senior
financial roles at Enterprise Oil plc. A graduate of
Cambridge University, he trained at KPMG.
Peter Kennerley was appointed Director of Legal
Affairs and Company Secretary in October 2008.
He was formerly Company Secretary and General
Counsel of Scottish & Newcastle plc and before
that a partner at Simmons & Simmons specialising
in corporate law. He also spent two years as Secretary
to the Takeover Panel.
Ken Hanna was appointed to the Board in October
2010. He is currently Chairman of Inchcape plc and
a Non-executive Director of Tesco plc. Ken is also
Chairman of Shooting Star/CHASE a South West
London charity supporting families with children
and teenagers who have life limiting conditions.
Until early 2009, Ken was Chief Financial Officer of
Cadbury plc. He has also held positions as Operating
Partner in Compass Partners, a European Private
Equity firm; Group Chief Executive at Dalgety plc;
Group Finance Director of United Distillers plc and
Group Finance Director of Avis Europe plc. He is
a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Russell King joined the Board in February 2009.
He was appointed Non-executive Director of Spectris
plc in October 2010. He is senior advisor to RBC
Capital Markets and the founder of Sorrett Advisors.
Until October 2009 he was Chief Strategy Officer
of Anglo American PLC, having joined Anglo
American as Group Head of Human Resources,
Business Development and Sustainable Development
in 2001. Previously, he spent over 20 years at ICI,
with experience in its fertiliser, petrochemical
and paint businesses.