James Hussey
Chief Executive
James became Chief Executive on 1 January 2009.
He joined the Company in 1983 from Oxford University and has held several senior management positions in the Group, including Managing Director of the Currency Division since April 1998. |
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Constance Baroudel
Group Director of Strategic Marketing
Constance joined De La Rue as Business Development Manager in 2007. Prior to that she held a number of senior management roles, including senior consultant, with the Strategic Decisions Group, a global management consultancy. |
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Andy Kemp
Group Director of Human Resources
Andy joined De La Rue in February 2009. He previously held Group HR Director appointments at Bovis International, Transport Development Group, News International, Aegis plc and more recently Rentokil Initial. Andy also held a number of HR appointments in the rank of Captain and Major in the British Army. |
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Colin Child
Group Finance Director
Colin joined De La Rue plc as Group Finance Director on 1 June 2010. He is a chartered accountant and has a broad range of financial and commercial expertise. He was previously Group Finance Director at DTZ Holdings plc, a major global commercial property advisory company, and prior to that he held roles as Group Finance Director at Stanley Leisure plc, Fitness First Plc and National Express Group Plc. |
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Ed Peppiatt
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Ed joined De La Rue as General Counsel and Company Secretary in February 2009. He is a graduate of the University of Durham, holds an MBA from Cranfield University and qualified and practised as a corporate/commercial solicitor with Stephenson Harwood in London. His most recent role before joining De La Rue was General Counsel and Company Secretary of the London listed logistics group Christian Salvesen plc. |
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Keith Brown
Managing Director, Security Products
Keith joined De La Rue in 1986 as Group Corporate Planner of Portals Group plc. In more than 20 years with De La Rue, Keith has worked in Security Papers, Security Products and Currency in strategy, business development and general management roles. Keith had worked in Security Products since its formation, and has led the business since 2006. |
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Kevin Freeguard
Managing Director, Cash Processing Solutions
Kevin joined De La Rue in August 2008 as Managing Director of the Cash Processing Solutions business. He has held a number of senior leadership roles across the world, with companies such as IBM and Motorola; where he was divisional CEO for its Middle East and African operations; and Siemens Mobile as Senior Vice-President. Prior to joining De La Rue Kevin worked within the private equity sector. |
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Jonathan Garside
Sales Director, Currency
Jonathan joined De La Rue in 1998 as a Regional Manager of sales and had responsibility for the sale of banknotes to countries of the Former Soviet Union. In 2000 Jonathan was promoted to Area Sales Director and in 2004 became Sales Director for the Currency Division with global responsibility for banknote and banknote paper sales to over 100 central banks. Before joining
De La Rue Jonathan lived and worked in Russia for four years and previously served in the Royal Marines.
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Mark Jeffery
Director of Manufacturing, Currency
Mark has worked in the banknote industry for 25 years. Having graduated with a chemistry degree, he joined Portals the paper makers as a manufacturing graduate. In 1989, he gained his MBA from Cranfield, returning to the business in Operations. Since that point he has held a variety of manufacturing roles around Currency, now holding responsibility for all of Currency's operations. |
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James Thorburn
Managing Director, Identity Systems
James joined De La Rue in 2007 as Managing Director, Identity Systems. Previously he worked for Pearson plc and software provider Misys where he played a role in pioneering the development of an online insurance broker. After that business was sold in 2001, James held several interim management assignments, including within the corporate venturing unit of Diageo plc and with the US industrial conglomerate PPG Industries where he was appointed to the position of Market Director for UK and Ireland. |
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