62 AVEVA Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2020
Board of Directors Biographies
Strong and Effective Leadership
Philip Aiken Craig Hayman James Kidd Christopher Humphrey Jennifer Allerton Ron Mobed Paula Dowdy Peter Herweck Olivier Blum Chairman Chief Executive Officer Deputy CEO and CFO Senior Independent Independent Independent Independent Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman Tenure: 8 years and 1 month Tenure: 2 years and 3 months Tenure: 9 years 5 months Tenure: 3 years 11 months Tenure: 6 years 11 months Tenure: 3 years 3 months Tenure: 1 year 4 months Tenure: 2 years 3 months Tenure: 1 month Appointed: 1 May 2012 Appointed: 19 Feb 2018 Appointed: 1 Jan 2011 Appointed: 1 Jul 2016 Appointed: 9 Jul 2013 Appointed: 1 Mar 2017 Appointed: 1 Feb 2019 Appointed: 1 Mar 2018 Appointed: 30 Apr 2020 Nationality: Australian Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: American Nationality: German Nationality: French and American and Swiss and British
Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Phil has just under 50 years Craig joined AVEVA as CEO in James is a Chartered Accountant Chris is a qualified accountant Jennifer has more than Ron has a broad range Paula is the Senior Vice Peter has been a member Olivier began his career of experience in industry and February 2018, bringing more and joined AVEVA in 2004. Prior and has over 25 years’ experience 40 years’ experience in of global experience in President & General of Schneider Electric’s at Schneider Electric (SE) commerce. From 1997 to 2006 he than 30 years of technology to his appointment to the Board, managing engineering and technology working in electronic information Manager EMEA for Illumina Executive Committee in 1993 in Sales, and has was President of BHP Petroleum industry leadership and executive James held several senior finance technology companies. From 2008 multinational companies businesses across a Inc., the global leader in since 2016 and leads subsequently held various and then Group President of management experience. roles within the Group and was until 2015 he was Group Chief in the UK, the US, Brazil, number of sectors and DNA sequencing and array- their global Industrial senior and Executive roles Energy of BHP Billiton. He has Previously he was Chief Operating Head of Finance from 2006 until Executive Officer of Anite plc, after Asia and Switzerland and regions. Most recently, he based technologies. Prior to Automation Business. in SE, including positions in been Managing Director of BOC/ Officer at software company PTC 2011, when he was appointed having joined Anite in 2003 as speaks several languages. was Chief Executive Officer her appointment to Illumina He brings to the Board a China, India and Hong Kong. CIG, Chief Executive of BTR Nylex, Inc, where he had responsibility for CFO. James was interim Chief Group Finance Director. Prior to this Notably, she was a member of the Elsevier business in 2016, Paula worked for wealth of experience in Senior Advisor of Macquarie Bank sales, marketing and development. Executive from January 2017 he was Group Finance Director at of the Pharma Executive of RELX plc and has also Cisco in a variety of senior Automation, Digitisation Positions he has held in (Europe), Chairman of Robert He also served as President of to February 2018, leading the Critchley Group plc and held senior Committee and Chief held Executive positions sales, services and strategy and Industrial Software. SE include Secretary of Walters plc, Senior Independent the PTC Solutions Group. Prior to merger with SES before being positions in finance at Conoco Information Officer of with Cengage Learning, roles, notably as Senior Peter started his career at the Executive Committee, Director of Kazakhmys plc and joining PTC, Craig was President appointed Deputy CEO and Chief and Eurotherm International plc. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, IHS and Schlumberger. Vice President for Cloud, Mitsubishi in Japan, later Regional Head of Strategy Essar Energy plc and Director of of eBay’s enterprise business and Financial Officer of the enlarged with responsibility for IT Software and Managed joining Siemens where and Marketing Director Essar Oil Limited. Other previous served more than 15 years in senior Group. Prior to joining AVEVA, Chris has a BA (Hons) in Economics, strategy and operations for He is a Fellow of the Services. Paula also led the he held several Executive (China), Regional Managing roles include: Director of National leadership positions at IBM. At IBM James worked for Arthur Andersen is a Chartered Management the Pharma division and Institute of Directors and integration of the analytics positions in Factory and Director (India), Executive Grid plc from 2008 to 2015, he created and grew IBM’s SaaS and Deloitte, serving technology Accountant, a Fellow of CIMA all Group IT operations. of the Energy Institute. and automation software Process Automation along Vice President of Retail Director of Miclyn Express Offshore, business and initiated and led 18 clients in both transactional and has an MBA from Cranfield She has been a Non- He holds a Bachelor’s acquisitions into the larger with leading Corporate (Hong Kong) and, since 2014, Chairman of the 2004 World high-performing acquisitions. and audit engagements. School of Management. Executive Director of degree in Engineering Cisco salesforce and was Strategy as Chief Strategy Chief Human Resources Energy Congress and serving on Oxford Instruments from Trinity College, a Board observer for one Officer. He has a global Officer and member of the the Boards of the Governor of plc and Paysafe plc. University of Cambridge of Cisco’s investments. and extensive Executive Executive team. Guangdong International Council, and a Master’s degree in and senior management World Energy Council and Monash She has degrees in Petroleum Engineering from She holds an MBA from background in Germany, Olivier became SE’s Chief Mt Eliza Business School. Mathematics, Geosciences Imperial College, University Pepperdine University China, the US and Japan. Strategy and Sustainability and Physics and is an of London. Ron was and a Bachelor of Arts Officer on 1 April 2020 and Associate of the Chartered previously a Non-Executive degree from the University Peter holds an MBA from is in charge of developing Institute of Management Director of Argus Media of California, Berkeley. Wake Forest University and deploying strategic, Accountants. from 2009 until 2011. School of Business and sustainability and quality Engineering degrees initiatives, while steering from Metz University all Mergers & Acquisitions and Saarland University. and Divestment activities He is also a Harvard globally. Olivier graduated Business School Advanced from Grenoble École de Management Alumni. Management (GEM), France.
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Philip Aiken Craig Hayman James Kidd Christopher Humphrey Jennifer Allerton Ron Mobed Paula Dowdy Peter Herweck Olivier Blum Chairman Chief Executive Officer Deputy CEO and CFO Senior Independent Independent Independent Independent Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman Tenure: 8 years and 1 month Tenure: 2 years and 3 months Tenure: 9 years 5 months Tenure: 3 years 11 months Tenure: 6 years 11 months Tenure: 3 years 3 months Tenure: 1 year 4 months Tenure: 2 years 3 months Tenure: 1 month Appointed: 1 May 2012 Appointed: 19 Feb 2018 Appointed: 1 Jan 2011 Appointed: 1 Jul 2016 Appointed: 9 Jul 2013 Appointed: 1 Mar 2017 Appointed: 1 Feb 2019 Appointed: 1 Mar 2018 Appointed: 30 Apr 2020 Nationality: Australian Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: American Nationality: German Nationality: French and American and Swiss and British
Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Skills and Experience Phil has just under 50 years Craig joined AVEVA as CEO in James is a Chartered Accountant Chris is a qualified accountant Jennifer has more than Ron has a broad range Paula is the Senior Vice Peter has been a member Olivier began his career of experience in industry and February 2018, bringing more and joined AVEVA in 2004. Prior and has over 25 years’ experience 40 years’ experience in of global experience in President & General of Schneider Electric’s at Schneider Electric (SE) commerce. From 1997 to 2006 he than 30 years of technology to his appointment to the Board, managing engineering and technology working in electronic information Manager EMEA for Illumina Executive Committee in 1993 in Sales, and has was President of BHP Petroleum industry leadership and executive James held several senior finance technology companies. From 2008 multinational companies businesses across a Inc., the global leader in since 2016 and leads subsequently held various and then Group President of management experience. roles within the Group and was until 2015 he was Group Chief in the UK, the US, Brazil, number of sectors and DNA sequencing and array- their global Industrial senior and Executive roles Energy of BHP Billiton. He has Previously he was Chief Operating Head of Finance from 2006 until Executive Officer of Anite plc, after Asia and Switzerland and regions. Most recently, he based technologies. Prior to Automation Business. in SE, including positions in been Managing Director of BOC/ Officer at software company PTC 2011, when he was appointed having joined Anite in 2003 as speaks several languages. was Chief Executive Officer her appointment to Illumina He brings to the Board a China, India and Hong Kong. CIG, Chief Executive of BTR Nylex, Inc, where he had responsibility for CFO. James was interim Chief Group Finance Director. Prior to this Notably, she was a member of the Elsevier business in 2016, Paula worked for wealth of experience in Senior Advisor of Macquarie Bank sales, marketing and development. Executive from January 2017 he was Group Finance Director at of the Pharma Executive of RELX plc and has also Cisco in a variety of senior Automation, Digitisation Positions he has held in (Europe), Chairman of Robert He also served as President of to February 2018, leading the Critchley Group plc and held senior Committee and Chief held Executive positions sales, services and strategy and Industrial Software. SE include Secretary of Walters plc, Senior Independent the PTC Solutions Group. Prior to merger with SES before being positions in finance at Conoco Information Officer of with Cengage Learning, roles, notably as Senior Peter started his career at the Executive Committee, Director of Kazakhmys plc and joining PTC, Craig was President appointed Deputy CEO and Chief and Eurotherm International plc. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, IHS and Schlumberger. Vice President for Cloud, Mitsubishi in Japan, later Regional Head of Strategy Essar Energy plc and Director of of eBay’s enterprise business and Financial Officer of the enlarged with responsibility for IT Software and Managed joining Siemens where and Marketing Director Essar Oil Limited. Other previous served more than 15 years in senior Group. Prior to joining AVEVA, Chris has a BA (Hons) in Economics, strategy and operations for He is a Fellow of the Services. Paula also led the he held several Executive (China), Regional Managing roles include: Director of National leadership positions at IBM. At IBM James worked for Arthur Andersen is a Chartered Management the Pharma division and Institute of Directors and integration of the analytics positions in Factory and Director (India), Executive Grid plc from 2008 to 2015, he created and grew IBM’s SaaS and Deloitte, serving technology Accountant, a Fellow of CIMA all Group IT operations. of the Energy Institute. and automation software Process Automation along Vice President of Retail Director of Miclyn Express Offshore, business and initiated and led 18 clients in both transactional and has an MBA from Cranfield She has been a Non- He holds a Bachelor’s acquisitions into the larger with leading Corporate (Hong Kong) and, since 2014, Chairman of the 2004 World high-performing acquisitions. and audit engagements. School of Management. Executive Director of degree in Engineering Cisco salesforce and was Strategy as Chief Strategy Chief Human Resources Energy Congress and serving on Oxford Instruments from Trinity College, a Board observer for one Officer. He has a global Officer and member of the the Boards of the Governor of plc and Paysafe plc. University of Cambridge of Cisco’s investments. and extensive Executive Executive team. Guangdong International Council, and a Master’s degree in and senior management World Energy Council and Monash She has degrees in Petroleum Engineering from She holds an MBA from background in Germany, Olivier became SE’s Chief Mt Eliza Business School. Mathematics, Geosciences Imperial College, University Pepperdine University China, the US and Japan. Strategy and Sustainability and Physics and is an of London. Ron was and a Bachelor of Arts Officer on 1 April 2020 and Associate of the Chartered previously a Non-Executive degree from the University Peter holds an MBA from is in charge of developing Institute of Management Director of Argus Media of California, Berkeley. Wake Forest University and deploying strategic, Accountants. from 2009 until 2011. School of Business and sustainability and quality Engineering degrees initiatives, while steering from Metz University all Mergers & Acquisitions and Saarland University. and Divestment activities He is also a Harvard globally. Olivier graduated Business School Advanced from Grenoble École de Management Alumni. Management (GEM), France.
Current External Appointments Current External Appointments Current External Appointments Current External Appointments Current External Current External Current External Current External Current External Chairman of Balfour Beatty plc None None Senior Independent Director and Appointments Appointments Appointments Appointments Appointments Non-Executive Director of Newcrest Chairman of the Audit Committee Non-Executive Director of Supervisory Board Member None Non-Executive Director of None Mining Limited of Vitec Group plc Iron Mountain Inc of Fugro N.V. the supervisory Board of Rudolf GmbH Chairman of Australia Day Foundation Non-Executive Chairman of Eckoh plc Non-Executive Director of Sandvik AB Director of Gammon China Limited Non-Executive Director of SDL plc Non-Executive Director of Barclays Bank Ireland plc