BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Length of tenure
Bruce Thompson Non-Executive Chairman
Nick Jefferies Group Chief Executive
Simon Gibbins Group Finance Director
Celia Baxter Senior Independent Director
Clive Watson Non-Executive Director
Rosalind Kainyah Non-Executive Director
Greg Davidson Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
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1–5 years – 2 6–10 years – 2 Over 10 years – 2
Appointment to the Board
Appointment to the Board January 2009
Appointment to the Board July 2010
Appointment to the Board
Appointment to the Board September 2019
Appointment to the Board January 2022
Appointment to the Board November 2019
Non-Executive Director since February 2018 and Non-Executive Chairman since November 2022.
Non-Executive Director since June 2023, Senior Independent Director and Chair of Remuneration
Independence
Committee since November 2024
Tenure 8 years
Tenure 17 years
Tenure 15 years
Tenure 3 years
Tenure 6 years
Tenure 4 years
Tenure N/A
Independent Yes
Independent No
Independent No
Independent Yes
Independent Yes
Independent Yes
Independent No
Independent – 4 Non-independent – 2
Previous experience Bruce brings a wide range of strategic and leadership expertise to the Board with proven experience of growing international industrial businesses. During his executive career, Bruce was Chief Executive Officer of Diploma plc. Prior to joining Diploma, Bruce was a director with the technology and management consulting firm Arthur D. Little Inc., both in the UK and the USA.
Previous experience Nick joined discoverIE as Group Chief Executive in 2009. He started his career as an electronics engineer for Racal Defence (now part of Thales plc), before joining Toshiba and then Hitachi’s European electronic component businesses. Prior to discoverIE, he was General Manager for electronics globally at Electrocomponents plc.
Previous experience Simon brings significant financial expertise and experience gained at an international level. Prior to joining the Group, he was at Shire plc for nine years, latterly as Global Head of Finance and Deputy CFO, and at ICI plc for six years in various senior finance roles, both in the UK and overseas. His earlier career was spent with Coopers & Lybrand where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Previous experience Celia brings many years of senior management, executive and board
Previous experience Clive is a Chartered Accountant and brings wide-ranging experience in senior financial roles to the Board. Prior to retirement from executive roles, he spent almost 13 years as Group Finance Director of Spectris plc, having previously held a number of other senior finance positions both in the UK and overseas. He also served as Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc. External appointments Breedon Group plc, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee. Kier Group plc, Non-Executive Director. Trifast plc, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee.
Previous experience Rosalind has extensive experience in sustainability matters and currently runs Kina Advisory, an ESG consultancy. Previously, she was VP, External Affairs & Corporate Social Responsibility at Tullow Oil and held various roles at De Beers SA, latterly as President of De Beers Inc. in the USA.
Previous experience Greg joined discoverIE in November 2019 and is responsible for legal and company secretarial affairs. He is a qualified lawyer with extensive experience of technology, corporate and commercial matters. His experience includes five years at Wiggin & Co LLP, with clients focused predominantly in the technology sector and, prior to joining discoverIE, 16 years at RM plc, with seven years as General Counsel & Company Secretary.
experience in several FTSE 250 and FTSE 100 companies, and has a good understanding of international industrial businesses that have grown by acquisition. She spent her executive career in Human Resources, starting with Ford Motor Company and then KPMG, before moving on to Tate & Lyle plc, Enterprise Oil and Hays plc. More recently, at Bunzl plc, she was a member of the Executive Committee responsible for HR and sustainability. External appointments Volution Group plc, Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair. Genus plc, Non-Executive Director.
Committee membership
Audit and Risk Committee Nomination Committee Sustainability Committee Group Management Committee Remuneration Committee Chairman of the Committee
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External appointments Avon Technologies plc, Non-Executive Director and Chair.
External appointments None.
External appointments None.
External appointments GEM Diamonds Ltd, Non-Executive Director. WE Soda Ltd, Non-Executive Director. EnQuest plc, Non-Executive Director.
External appointments None.
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