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Alf Duch-Pedersen (60)
Chairman
He was appointed to the board of the company in July 2004 on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses, having been a member of the board of Group 4 Falck A/S from 2000. He joined the board of Falck A/S in 1992 and was its chairman when it merged with Group 4 A/S in 2000. He is chairman of the board of Danske Bank Aktieselskab, a member of the board of the Technical University of Denmark, chairman of the British Import Union and a member of the general council of the Confederation of Danish Industries. He became chairman of the board and of the Nomination Committee in July 2006. |
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Nick Buckles (46)
Chief Executive
He joined Securicor in 1985 as a projects accountant. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Securicor Cash Services (UK) and he became chief executive of the security division of Securicor in 1999. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in 2000 and became its chief executive in January 2002. He was appointed deputy chief executive and chief operating officer of the company on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses in July 2004, becoming chief executive in July 2005. He is a non-executive director of Arriva plc. |
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Grahame Gibson (54)
Executive director and chief operating officer
He was appointed to the board in April 2005. He joined Group 4 in 1983, starting as finance director (UK) and followed by a number of senior roles, including deputy managing director (UK), vice president (corporate strategy), vice president (finance and administration), vice president operations (Central & South Eastern Europe and UK) and chief operating officer of Group 4 Falck. Following the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses in July 2004, he became divisional president for Americas & New Markets. He was appointed chief operating officer in July 2005. |
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Trevor Dighton (57)
Chief Financial Officer
An accountant, he joined Securicor in 1995 after a previous career which included posts in both the accountancy profession and in industry, including five years in Papua New Guinea, three years in Zambia and seven years with BET plc. He was appointed finance director of the security division of Securicor in 1997 and deputy group finance director in 2001. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc as group finance director in June 2002 and as chief financial officer of the company on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses in July 2004. |
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Lord Condon (60)
Deputy Chairman
He was appointed to the board on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses, having been a member of the board of Securicor plc from 2000. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967 and, after holding various senior appointments in the police force, including a period as Chief Constable of Kent, served as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between 1993 and 2000. He was created a life peer in 2001. He became deputy chairman of the board in September 2006 and is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. |
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Thorleif Krarup (54)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses, having been a member of the board of Group 4 Falck A/S from 2003. He is chairman of Dangaard Telecom A/S, deputy chairman of Lundbeck A/S, the Lundbeck Foundation LFI A/S and ALK-Abello A/S, and a director of Bang & Olufsen A/S, Lundbeckfonden and Scion DTU A/S. He is a former chairman of TDC (Tele Danmark Corporation) and former group chief executive of Nykredit A/S, Unibank A/S and Nordea AB. He is chairman of the Audit Committee. |
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Bo Lerenius (60)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses, having been a member of the board of Securicor plc from April 2004. After a diverse early business career, he served as chief executive of Ernstromgruppen, a Swedish building materials operation, between 1985 and 1992 when he joined Stena Line where he was chief executive and vice chairman. In 1999 he became group chief executive of Associated British Ports Holdings plc. He is a non-executive director of Land Securities Group plc and is deputy chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. |
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Malcolm Williamson (68)
Senior independent director
He was appointed to the board on completion of the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck’s security businesses, having been a member of the board of Securicor plc from April 2004. After a 28-year career with Barclays Bank, he became managing director of Girobank and a member of the Post Office board in 1985. In 1989 he joined Standard Chartered plc, being group chief executive from 1993 to 1998. Between 1998 and 2004 he was president and CEO of Visa International, Inc., based in San Francisco. He is chairman of Signet Group plc, CDC Group plc and National Australia Group Europe Limited, deputy chairman of Resolution plc and a non-executive director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings and National Australia Bank Limited. He is the senior independent director and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. |
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Mark Seligman (51)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board in January 2006. An accountant, he spent 12 years with SG Warburg before joining BZW in 1995 and then, following the takeover of BZW, becoming head of UK Investment Banking at CSFB and subsequently deputy chairman of CSFB Europe. In 2003 he became chairman of UK Investment Banking for CSFB, stepping down in 2005 to become a senior adviser to the bank. He is an alternate member of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers and is a director of the Industrial Development Advisory Board. He is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. |
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Mark Elliott (57)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board in September 2006. He is General Manager, Global Solutions, for IBM. Based in the USA, he joined IBM in 1972 and has occupied a number of senior management positions in that company including General Manager, IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa where he was responsible for that company’s operations in over 120 countries. He is a non-executive director of Reed-Elsevier PLC. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee. |
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