Ian A Godden
Chairman  Mr Godden is Chairman of Farnborough International, the company responsible for Farnborough Airshow and other international AeroSpace, Defence and Security events. He is a Non Executive Director of Bristows Group Inc (USA) and Chairman and CEO of Glenmore Energy Inc (USA). He has recently stepped down as Chairman of ADS, the trade organisation advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security industries. After gaining managerial and technical experience in the worldwide oil industry during the 1970s, Mr Godden focused on strategy consulting in the USA and Europe. During the 1990s he was UK Managing Partner and a European Board member of Booz Allen and Hamilton. From 2000 to 2004 Mr Godden was UK Managing Partner of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He has a BSc Engineering degree from Edinburgh University and an MBA from Stanford University, California. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Mr Godden was appointed a Non-Executive Director of KBC in July 2008 and became Chairman in January 2011. He is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. |
| W George Bright
Chief Executive
Mr Bright is a Chemical Engineer and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Prior to joining KBC Mr Bright worked for IBM and Esso Petroleum plc. During his 20-year career with Esso he gained broad experience of the refining industry, working in both technical and management roles. Mr Bright joined KBC in 1997 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in September 2003. He joined the Board of KBC in March 2004 and was appointed Chief Executive in May 2006.
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Nicholas P Stone
Operations & Finance Director
Mr Stone has a degree in Mathematics and Economics from Bristol University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He qualified with Coopers and Lybrand where he gained experience in audit, tax and corporate finance before undertaking various financial roles with Mobil in the UK. Subsequent to that Mr Stone was Company Secretary and UK Finance Director of the Lambert Fenchurch Group. Mr Stone joined KBC in 2001 as Finance Director and was appointed Operations and Finance Director in May 2006. | |
Michael P Kirk
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Kirk is Vice-Chairman of Thackray Museum, the UK's leading medical museum, and is Non-Executive Chairman of KBC Environmental Limited, a subsidiary of the Company. He was Managing Director of Weber Shandwick Financial, a financial communications consultancy, until July 2005. He joined Weber Shandwick from Cazenove, the UK investment bank, where he worked in Corporate Finance for over 13 years, four of those as a Partner in the firm. Whilst at Cazenove Mr Kirk advised companies on a wide range of corporate issues including the demerger of Centrica from British Gas, the Lattice demerger from BG and the UK listings of Expro International Group, John Wood Group and KBC. His early experience is in the energy and insurance sectors, having started his career at British Nuclear Fuels. A Chartered Engineer, Mr Kirk has an MBA in Finance and degrees in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Fuels Technology. Mr Kirk was appointed a Non-Executive Director of KBC in October 2004. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is also the Senior Independent Director.
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Oliver R A Scott
Non-Executive Director
Mr Scott is a co-founder and partner of Kestrel Partners LLP as well as Kestrel Investment Partners LLP, where he acts as a fund manager and is also responsible for structuring both partnerships' investment management activities. He was formerly a Director of corporate finance at KBC Peel Hunt, stockbrokers and financial advisors, where he specialised in advising smaller quoted and unquoted companies. He is currently Chairman (Non Executive) of both ClearSpeed Technology Ltd and ZF Acquisitions Ltd, as well as a Non Executive Director of GlobalReach Kestrel plc (Ireland). Mr Scott has a degree in Business Economics and is a member of the Securities and Investment Institute. Mr Scott was appointed a Non-Executive Director of KBC on 1 December 2010. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is also a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.
