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Adrian Ewer, FCA – Chief Executive, John Laing plc
Adrian Ewer, FCA – Chief Executive, John Laing plc After qualifying as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Adrian pursued his finance career with key posts in Chloride Group plc, Akai (UK) Ltd, the Ratcliffe Group Ltd, and as Group Treasurer for Lilley plc prior to joining John Laing plc in 1991. Adrian was appointed the Group’s Deputy Finance Director in March 1995 and Group Finance Director in June 1999, and became Chief Executive on 1 June 2006.
Adrian was instrumental in shaping and securing a future for the plc following the difficult divestment of the construction division in 2001. Following a decision by the new plc Board early in 2002, Adrian led the successful divestment of the Group’s house-building businesses. Adrian is responsible for CSR issues relating to Human Rights and employee issues.
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Richard Weston – Director, John Laing plc Richard is a Director of John Laing plc with Board responsibility for John Laing Projects & Developments. He also chairs the Group CSR working group.
Richard joined the Group in 1967 and has held a number of senior posts. He was Managing Director of Equion (the former name for the company’s accommodation business) since its inception in 1998 until 2006. Richard is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building. Richard is responsible for CSR issues relating to supply chain.
Derek Potts – Director, John Laing plc and Managing Director, Business Development Derek joined John Laing plc in 2001, where he heads the Business Development division, which is responsible for the Group's PPP/PFI bidding and business development in all sectors, both UK and internationally. Growth is targetted principally in Europe, North America and Asia/Asia-Pacific.
Derek is a Chartered Accountant and graduate engineer, and previously held senior positions with Jardine Matheson UK, GB Railways Group plc and Virgin Group. He is a member of the Group's Executive Committee, and a main board director. Derek is responsible for CSR issues relating to customers and consumers.
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Chris Waples - Operations Director, John Laing plc Chris joined John Laing plc in August 2007, as main board director for Operations, for the UK and in international markets. Chris leads Operations for the Investments business and is responsible for managing all aspects of delivery over the whole project life from construction through to its operating phase.
Chris formerly held senior management positions with Amey plc, where he was responsible for Public and Private sectors, and prior to that has held senior positions with Scottish Power plc and Blue Circle plc. Chris is responsible for CSR issues relating to Community, and Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
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Lynn Krige - Finance Director, John Laing plc Lynn qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa where she began her career in the construction industry. In 1999 she joined the John Laing central finance team, and in 2002 was appointed as the Group Financial Controller. Lynn was appointed as the Group's Finance Director on 1 July 2007. Lynn is responsible for CSR issues relating to the environment.
Roger Greville – Director Roger is Managing Director of Henderson Equity Partners and Chairman of the Investment Committees for each of Henderson’s private equity funds: infrastructure, Asian private equity and fund-of-funds.
Roger has over twenty years of investment and management experience covering both listed and alternative assets (property and private equity). He has led Henderson Equity Partners since 1998, overseeing the investment of over £1.5 billion in direct investments and in excess of £300 million in fund investments across Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific.
Guy Pigache - Director Guy is co-Head of Henderson Equity Partners’ infrastructure team, having joined Henderson in 2003 bringing with him extensive experience of the concession-based infrastructure market.
Guy has been active in the UK infrastructure concession market since its inception in 1992, initially as a financial adviser to both the UK Government and private sector consortia.
In 1997, Guy established the PFI primary equity investment division of HSBC Infrastructure (formerly Charterhouse Specialist Investments), a leading UK concession-based infrastructure investor.
Paul Woodbury - Chairman Paul is co-Head of the Henderson Equity Partners’ infrastructure team, having joined Henderson in 2001.
Paul has been active in the concession-based infrastructure market since 1998 and has over 25 years of infrastructure experience including privatisation, corporatisation, restructuring and project finance in the transport infrastructure sector globally. He was formerly Global Head of AMP Henderson’s Infrastructure investment business.