Board of Directors
The individuals who make up the Management team of International Power draw on a rich and diverse background of experience from within and outside of the power generation industry, finance and general management. Brief biographies are given below. Details of which committees different board members sit on are given at the bottom of the page. Detailed corporate governance information can be found in the Investors section.
Sir Neville became a Non-Executive Director of National Power in August 1998 and was appointed Chairman of International Power in October 2000. He has been a member of the President’s Committee of the CBI since 1998, is Deputy Chairman of Ashridge Management College and Chairman of the BRE Trust. Sir Neville was a Non-Executive Director of the Bank of England from 1995 to 2002 and Chairman of the government’s Sustainable Procurement Task Force from 2005 to 2007.
Philip joined the Company on 1 May 2000 from Invensys plc as Chief Financial Officer. Philip was appointed Chief Executive Officer of International Power in December 2003. He is responsible for the overall management of the Company, and leading the executive and operational teams in implementing the strategies approved by the Board. He is a Non-Executive Director of Wincanton plc.
Mark was appointed Chief Financial Officer of International Power in December 2003. His responsibilities include financial control and reporting, tax and risk management. Mark joined the Company in September 2000 from Simon Group plc as the Group Financial Controller with responsibility for the Group’s financial reporting. He is a Non-Executive Director of Imperial Tobacco plc and Chairman of its Audit Committee.
Tony joined the industry in 1982 and has worked in a number of business areas including; power station operations, trading and international business development (based in Asia until 1999). He left his role managing two power plants in the UK to manage International Power’s Australia business in August 2003 and was appointed to the Board in January 2004.
Ranald is head of our Middle East and Asia regions. He has been with us for 15 years, having previously worked for the BP Group for 12 years across a wide spectrum of industries, including petrochemicals, detergents, oil refining, downstream gas, advanced materials and aerospace. Ranald was appointed to the Board in May 2008.
Tony became a Non-Executive Director of the Company in October 2000. He is the Senior Independent Director and was Chairman of the Audit Committee until 1 April 2008. He was previously the Chief Executive of The BOC Group plc and is a Non- Executive Director of Schlumberger Limited and Hogg Robinson Group plc.
Struan became a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 October 2004. He is Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee. He was Group Chief Executive of Wates Group Ltd until January 2004. Before that he was Executive Chairman of BP Asia Pacific. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Forth Ports plc, Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust plc and Tomkins plc and is the Senior Independent Director of Salamander Energy plc. Previously he was the Senior Independent Director at WS Atkins plc.
John became a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 18 May 2006. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He was previously Chief Executive of United Utilities, a position he held for over six years. Before that, he was Chief Executive of Hyder Utilities and of Manweb. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is a Non-Executive Director of Royal Bank of Canada (Europe) Limited, Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology Trust and Remote Energy Monitoring Holdings Limited.
Alan became a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 July 2007 and Chairman of the Audit Committee on 1 April 2008. He is currently a member of the Managing Board of Heidelberg Cement AG and as previously the Chief Executive of Hanson PLC, from April 2002 to 1 October 2007. He joined Hanson in 1988 and held various positions prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, including Finance Director of Hanson PLC and Chief Executive of Hanson Building Materials America.
All Non-Executive Directors are members of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Appointments Committee.
All Executive Directors are members of the Risk Committee, which is chaired by Mark Williamson.
