Annual Report and Accounts 2009
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Board of Directors
John Devaney
Chairman
John Devaney was appointed Chairman in April 2009. He has managed businesses across Europe, the UK, Canada, USA and Japan. His previous roles include Chairman of Kelsey Hayes (part of Varity Corporation), Eastern Group, Exel and Telent and Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank plc, Ocean Group and British Steel. He has recently been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Cobham Plc and is currently Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Ltd and Tersus Energy Plc.
Aged 63.
Dean Finch
Group Chief Executive
Dean Finch joined National Express as Group Chief Executive on 15 February 2010. Prior to joining National Express, Dean was Group Chief Executive of Tube Lines from June 2009. Before that Dean worked for over ten years in senior roles within FirstGroup plc. He joined FirstGroup plc in 1999 having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, where he worked for 12 years specialising in Corporate Transaction Support Services, including working for the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising on the privatisation of train operating companies. At FirstGroup, he was Managing Director of the Rail Division from 2000-2004 and then was appointed to the main board as Group Commercial Director in 2004, before being made Group Finance Director. With the completion of the Laidlaw acquisition he became Chief Operating Officer in North America before returning to the UK as Group Chief Operating Officer.
Aged 43.
Ray O’Toole
Chief Operating Officer
Ray O’Toole joined the Board in November 1999 as Chief Operating Officer. From January 2008, Ray became Chief Executive of all our UK operations. He has 30 years’ operational experience in transport. He spent the early part of his career in various engineering management positions at Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Ray joined National Express from FirstGroup plc, where he was responsible for its operations in Yorkshire and the North West as both Divisional Director and Group Engineering Director.
Aged 54.
Jez Maiden
Group Finance Director
Jez Maiden joined the Board in November 2008. He was formerly Chief Finance Officer at Northern Foods plc. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of British Vita plc, Director of Finance of Britannia Building Society and Group Finance Director of Hickson International plc. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Yule Catto & Co plc and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Aged 48.
Jorge Cosmen
Deputy Chairman *ƒ
Jorge Cosmen was appointed to the Board in December 2005 at the time of the ALSA transaction. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in October 2008. He was Corporate Manager for the ALSA Group from 1995, becoming Chairman in 1999. Between 1986 and 1995, he worked in sales, distribution and banking. He is a Business Administration graduate and has an International MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.
Aged 41.
Tim Score
Senior Independent Director +*#ƒ
Tim Score was appointed to the Board in February 2005 and acted as Interim Chairman between December 2008 and April 2009. He is Chief Financial Officer at ARM Holdings plc. Before joining ARM he worked as Finance Director of Rebus Group Limited which he joined in 1999. Between 1997 and 1999, he was Group Finance Director of William Baird plc, which he joined from LucasVarity plc. He is a chartered accountant.
Aged 49.
Roger Devlin
Non-Executive Director +#ƒ
Roger Devlin was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2007. Roger spent 13 years as a Director of Hill Samuel where he was head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Chief Executive of their US investment banking operations. He then moved to Ladbrokes, later Hilton PLC, as Group Corporate Development Director. He now chairs three private equity businesses on behalf of Permira and Isis, all active in the leisure and hospitality fields. He is also Chairman of Satellite Information Systems and Senior Independent Director of RPS Group Plc, Europe’s leading environmental consultancy.
Aged 52.
Sir Andrew Foster
Non-Executive Director +*ƒ
Sir Andrew was appointed to the Board in August 2004. He has had an extensive career in the public sector, having served as Chief Executive of the Audit Commission for England and Wales between 1992 and 2003. Before this, he was Deputy Chief Executive of the NHS and Regional CEO for Yorkshire. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada Europe Limited, Chairman of Commonwealth Games England and Chairman of the Commission on 2020 Public Services. He also holds several Non-Executive Directorships, including Nestor Health Care and PruHealth. Sir Andrew was recently appointed to lead an independent review into the government’s Building Colleges for the Future programme, having led two previous reviews into further education and the future of athletics.
Aged 65.
Miranda Curtis
Non-Executive Director #ƒ
Miranda Curtis was appointed to the Board in June 2008. She is an Executive Officer of Liberty Global Inc (Denver, Colorado), President of Liberty Global Japan and a director of Jupiter Telecommunications Limited (J:COM) in Tokyo. She has also served on the boards of Liberty subsidiaries in Singapore, Ireland, France and Spain. She is a Trustee and member of the Board of Governors of the Institute for Government. Between 1998 and 2002 she was a Non-Executive Director of Telewest Communications plc and between 1998 and 2000 a Non-Executive Director of Flextech plc.
Aged 54.
Tony McDonald
Company Secretary
Tony McDonald was appointed Company Secretary in May 2000. Prior to joining the Group, he held senior legal positions with the in-house legal teams at Guardian Royal Exchange and BP and in private practice with Slaughter and May. He is a qualified solicitor.
Aged 49.
+ Member of the Audit Committee
* Member of the Nomination Committee
# Member of the Remuneration Committee
ƒ Member of the Safety and Environment Committee