Stobart Group Board of Directors
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Stobart Group Board of Directors Year ended 28 February 2011 Rodney Baker-Bates Group Non-Executive Chairman Andrew Tinkler Chief Executive Officer Rodney Baker-Bates has had a long career in the City and international In 1988 Andrew formed WA Tinkler Building Contractors. This was 35 finance sector and is a seasoned Director of large UK PLCs. later to become WA Developments, a very successful business He has held a series of senior positions across the sector, including focussed on civil engineering and railway infrastructure. It is now Managing Director of UK banking at the Midland Bank and Chief part of the Group and is known as ‘Stobart Rail’. Executive at Prudential Financial Services, as well as serving on the BBC’s In 2004, Andrew acquired Eddie Stobart Group with colleague s r Management Committee. He was formerly a Non-Executive Director William Stobart and was appointed CEO. He was instrumental in o t c of C.Hoare & Co and Deputy Chairman of Co-Operative Financial developing the strategy and vision that is today’s successful Stobart e r i Services Limited. Group. D f o In addition to his role as Stobart Group Non-Executive Chairman, A past winner of the IoD North West Director of the Year Award, d r Rodney’s current roles include Chairman of Assura Group and EG Andrew’s proven risk management experience has played a valuable a o Consulting Limited. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director on role in building a solid foundation for implementing the Group’s B e the Boards of several other companies, including Bedlam Asset multimodal plans and delivering on the strategy. h T Management plc and AtlasFarm Group. Ben Whawell Chief Financial Officer Alan Kelsey Non-Executive Director & Senior Independent Director A Qualified Chartered Accountant, Ben spent nine years at Grant Alan Howard Mitchell Kelsey, aged 62, has forty years’ experience in Thornton before joining Eddie Stobart in 2004. the City and industry, with a strong focus on the Transport sector. His Ben has managed Eddie Stobart’s International division and has been banking roles included Deputy Head of Corporate Finance at Smith active in reshaping the Group and led a number of innovative finance New Court (which became Merrill Lynch) and Co-Head of Corporate and IT initiatives. Broking and Global Head of the Transportation Industry Group at WestLB Panmure. He spent fifteen years at RBC Dominion Securities Ben oversaw the Company’s merger with Westbury Property Fund, International and Kitcat and Aitken and in that time was the top resulting in the formation of Stobart Group in 2007. ranked investment analyst for the Transport sector. He also played a key role in the successful the acquisitions of James He was Group Corporate Development Director at National Express Irlam, Innovate Chilled, WA Developments, London Southend Group PLC, where he was one of the executive directors and was a Airport, Carlisle Lake District Airport and more recently, Stobart non-executive director at PD Ports PLC where he was the senior Biomass Products. independent director. He is currently Chairman of Nord Anglia Education Ltd (having previously been Chairman of Nord Anglia plc) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Appointed to the Board 23 May 2011..