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Adrian Ewer FCA - Chief Executive, John Laing plc

After qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1977, Adrian pursued a career in industry in electronics, engineering and construction businesses, including Lilley plc, Ratcliffe Group, Akai UK and Chloride. Having joined John Laing in 1991 he became Deputy Group Finance Director in 1995 and took responsibility for establishment of the Investments Division, the catalyst for John Laing’s present day core business.

In 1999 Adrian joined the Board as Finance Director and in 2001/02 led John Laing’s strategic shift away from construction and house building. He has also driven the current strategy of developing and investing in infrastructure projects, principally for public sector clients. He became Chief Executive in 2006. Adrian is also non-executive director for public transport provider, Go-Ahead Group.

Chris Waples CDir FloD - Operations Director, John Laing plc

Chris joined John Laing in 2007. He is responsible for all operational aspects of the Group’s infrastructure investments: from financial close; during construction; and throughout the operating phase. He is also responsible for the Group’s facilities management business.

Chris formerly held senior management positions with Amey plc, Scottish Power plc and Blue Circle plc. He is the director responsible for health and safety matters and also takes responsibility for CSR issues relating to community and wellbeing. Chris is a Trustee of the John Laing Charitable Trust.

Derek Potts MA, ACA - Director, John Laing plc and Managing Director, Business Development

Derek joined John Laing in 2001. He heads the Business Development team and has responsibility for all the Group’s bidding and business development activities, both in the UK and internationally.

For several years, he has led the Group’s expansion into a number of international markets. Derek is a qualified chartered accountant, having graduated as an engineer. He previously held senior positions with Jardine Matheson UK, GB Railways Group plc and Virgin Group. Derek is responsible for CSR issues relating to customers and consumers.

Patrick O'D Bourke MA, ACA - Group Finance Director, John Laing plc

Patrick joined John Laing in 2011. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick (now KPMG) before spending nine years in investment banking with first Hill Samuel and then Barclays de Zoete Wedd.

In 1995 he joined Powergen plc where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions before becoming Group Treasurer. From 2000 to 2006, he was Group Finance Director of Viridian Group PLC, the Northern Ireland-based energy group, becoming Group Chief Executive in 2007 after Viridian was taken private.

Carolyn Cattermole LLB - Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, John Laing plc 

Carolyn joined John Laing in September 2012 as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. Her previous roles were General Counsel and Company Secretary of DS Smith Plc, the international supplier of recycled packaging, for ten years, and Company Secretary of Courtaulds Textiles plc for three years. Prior to that, she was a senior legal adviser with Courtaulds plc, having qualified as a solicitor with Norton Rose.

Phil Nolan Bsc PHD MBA – Non-Executive Chairman

Dr Nolan has a wealth of experience on the boards of many companies, private and public and in both an executive and non-executive capacity. He is currently a non-executive director of Ulster Bank, Providence Resources Plc and EnQuest PLC, and a special adviser to Warburg Pincus. He was Chairman of Infinis, a privately held, leading renewable energy generator between 2007 and 2010, Chairman of Sepura plc, a listed, global supplier of TETRA radios between 2007 and 2010 and CEO of Eircom, Ireland’s national telecommunications supplier from 2002 – 2006. Prior to that, he served as an Executive Director of BG Group plc and CEO of Transco plc from 1998 and in 2000 led the demerger of Transco as CEO of the Lattice Group.

Roger Greville BAgEcon, MCom (Econ) - Director

Roger has over 20 years of international investment and management experience. Until December 2011 he was the Managing Director of Henderson Equity Partners, which specialises in Asian private equity, infrastructure and private equity fund of funds, and he sat on the Executive Committee for Henderson Group plc. Prior to that, Roger was CEO of AMP Henderson Global Investors (NZ) Limited, a multi-sector asset management company managing listed and unlisted investments. He has also held positions with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the New Zealand Treasury and Hendery Hay McIntosh Limited (a sharebroking and investment banking firm) as an economist.

Guy Pigache BSc – Director

Guy is Head of Infrastructure at Henderson Equity Partners, having joined Henderson in 2003. Guy has been active in the infrastructure concessions market for the past 20 years. He previously established the infrastructure equity investment division of HSBC (now, InfraRed Capital Partners). Guy started his career in 1982, working for the Charterhouse investment banking group for 20 years.