Meet our
Board of Directors

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 2nd September 2019 and
became Chairman on 1st October 2019

Committees

• Ethics Committee (Chairman)
• Nomination Committee (Chairman)

Current directorships and business interests

• Iris Software Group Limited, Non-executive director

Career, Skills and experience
Kevin has served on the boards of a broad spectrum of businesses, including as chairman of both Morse plc, Micro Focus International plc and as a non-executive director of Big Food Group plc and Nationwide Building Society. He has also held senior executive positions, including as Chief Operating Officer of Cable & Wireless plc and senior positions in Motorola and IBM. He was Managing Director of one of De La Rue’s businesses between 1997 and 1999.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 7 October 2019

Committees

• Nomination Committee
• Risk Committee

Career, Skills and experience
Clive has extensive experience in running complex P&Ls for global industrial companies in both the commercial and government/defence sectors. He has a track record of turnarounds, international business transformation and strategic development, including leading divisions of international corporations and standalone listed companies.

Clive was a director, president and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian-listed Dynex Power, leading its privatisation sale to the Chinese Rail and Rolling Stock Company in March 2019. Previously, he held senior leadership positions with Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce, General Dynamics Corporation and B/E Aerospace.

Clive is an alumnus of MIT, Stanford, Columbia and the LSE and currently sits on the advisory board of the Lincoln International Business School at the University of Lincoln, UK..

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2020

Committees

• Risk Committee

Career, Skills and experience
Rob has more than 10 years’ experience of managing finance functions in complex organisations. Throughout this time, he has also held additional responsibilities for strategic development, risk, debt and capital raising.

Rob joined De La Rue as Interim Chief Financial Officer in March 2020 and played a key role as the business successfully raised £100m equity capital, refinanced its debt, and delivered its cost reduction programme. In October 2020, Rob took on the permanent role and was appointed to the Board.

Prior to joining De La Rue, Rob was Interim Chief Financial Officer of Co-Op Insurance, where he supported the refinancing and sale of the business. Before this, Rob served as Chief Financial Officer and Strategy and Risk Director at Swinton Insurance, where he transformed its cost base and played a key role in its successful sale of the business back in 2018.

Rob has also held senior roles with Aviva, Standard Life and Ageas. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 1 April 2021

Committees

• Risk Committee

Career, Skills and experience
Ruth has spent over 30 years working in the international government sector, living and working in Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Malaysia. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese and French and has visited over 100 countries in the world.

During her career at De La Rue Ruth has managed complex international manufacturing businesses and change initiatives, with experience across multiple disciplines and functions including Sales, Human Resource, Marketing, Manufacturing and General Management.

Ruth sits on the advisory board of the International Currency Association, helping lead the currency industry in creating a single, cohesive voice. She also sits on the advisory council for Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council..

Appointment to the Board
Appointed on the 25 May 2021

Committees

• Audit Committee
• Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee

Current directorships and business interests

• Origami Energy Limited, chair
• Holiday Extras Limited, non-executive director

Career, skills and experience
Margaret has extensive experience within innovative technology businesses, bringing particular expertise in software and digital platforms. She has an engineering background and has operated at board level in a number of executive and non-executive roles. Margaret was Chair of Skyscanner Limited from 2013 to 2016, when it was sold to CTrip for £1.4 bn, and a director of Xaar plc from 2015 to 2020, where she was the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Margaret was previously CEO of Aircom International Limited, a global software and services company and held senior executive positions at Motorola Inc. and Psion UK plc..

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 22 September 2020

Committees

• Audit Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee

Current directorships and business interests

• GardaWorld Corp, member of the Global Advisory board
• Project Associates Limited, member of the Global Advisory board
• Chancellor of Warwick University
• Non-affiliated Peer, House of Lords (on leave of absence)

Career, skills and experience
Baroness Ashton is a former British European Union (“EU”) Trade Commissioner, representing the EU in global trade negotiations. As EU High Representative she created the European External Action Service overseeing its 140 Diplomatic Missions and 8 military operations and she chaired the EU Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Councils and was responsible for high profile negotiations on behalf of the UN Security Council. Baroness Ashton also held a non-executive position at AS Citadel Banka between 2016 and 2018.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 21 July 2016

Committees

• Audit Committee (Chairman)
• Ethics Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee

Current directorships and business interests

• Travelport Worldwide Ltd, CFO and EVP

Career, Skills and experience
Nick has extensive international experience in the technology and information security industries. In 2019, he was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of travel technology company, Travelport. Before joining Travelport, he served as Chief Financial Officer of security software firm, Sophos Group plc, for over nine years. Nick was also Chief Financial Officer at Micro Focus International plc, having previously held CFO roles at Fibernet Group plc and Gentia Software plc. Prior to that, he held various senior financial positions at Comshare Inc. and Lotus Software.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 23 July 2015

Committees

• Audit Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee (Chairman)

Current directorships and business interests

• Royal Mail plc, non-executive director
• Competition and Markets Authority, panel member
• London & Quadrant Housing Trust, non-executive director

Career, Skills and experience
Maria is a former senior executive of British Airways (BA) where she worked for 18 years until 2018. She was BA’s General Counsel and Head of Government and Industry Affairs for four years before becoming Director of People in 2011, responsible for Human Resource, Legal, Risk and Compliance. Prior to joining BA, Maria held various positions at Lloyd’s of London, Lovells LLP and the College of Europe. Maria has extensive experience in working with international regulators and governments, transformation programmes, post-merger integration, employee experience, industrial relations, compliance and operational risk.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed as General Counsel on 20 January 2020 and as Company Secretary with effect from 22 January 2020

Committees

• Risk Committee (Chairperson)

Career, Skills and experience
Jane has many years of experience as a general counsel and an adviser to publicly quoted businesses, with a particular focus on strategic projects and risk management. Her previous role was with Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc where she was Head of Corporate and European Legal. Prior to that, she spent a number of years in investment banking, with corporate broking and corporate finance roles at JPMorgan Cazenove and in regulatory compliance at Nomura International. She trained and practised as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields and is a qualified solicitor.