The Board

Meet the board of Manganese Bronze.

John Russell
Group Chief Executive

Mr Russell (60), who was previously Vice President of Harley Davidson Motor Company and Managing Director of Harley Davidson Europe, joined the Board in March 2007 as Group Chief Executive.

Mr Russell began his career in the automotive industry at Unipart in 1972 before moving to Peugeot Talbot Motor Co in 1980. He spent six years at Peugeot, initially as UK Parts Marketing Director, and then as UK Marketing Director. This was followed by ten years at the Rover Group where he progressed from Marketing Director for Land Rover to Rover Group Board Director responsible for Sales, Marketing and Overseas Manufacturing. Prior to joining Harley Davidson he was Director General of the Walpole Committee, an organisation that promotes British luxury brands, and Interim CEO of Bombay Dyeing, a Mumbai, India, based textile manufacturer.

Mark Fryer
Group Finance Director

Mark Fryer (42) was appointed Group Finance Director in January 2002. A chartered accountant, he joined the Group from GKN plc where he had been Finance Director of the Industrial Services Division and latterly Chief Financial Officer of a GKN subsidiary in the United States.

Peter Shillcock
Chief Operating Officer

Peter Shillcock (48) was appointed Chief Operating Officer in March 2005 having been Managing Director of LTI Limited, the Company’s principal subsidiary, since December 2000. A chartered engineer, he has over 25 years’ automotive engineering experience having previously held a number of senior positions within BMW and the Rover Group. Mr Shillcock is a non-executive director of the Motor Industry Research Association Limited (MIRA).

Tim Melville-Ross * •
Non-executive Chairman

Tim Melville-Ross (65) was appointed as a non-executive director of Manganese in March 2000 and Chairman in January 2003. He was previously Chief Executive of the Nationwide Building Society (1985 - 94) and Director General of the Institute of Directors (1994 - 1999). He is currently Chairman of DTZ Holdings plc, Royal London Mutual Insurance and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Christopher Ross FREng * •
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director

Provision A.7.2 of the Combined Code recommends that non-executive directors who have served more than nine years on a company's board should be subject to annual re-election.  Accordingly, Christopher Ross (65), a chartered engineer who was appointed as a non-executive director in June 1995 and Deputy Chairman in March 2003, offers himself for re-election.  Mr Ross has had a long career in manufacturing and professional service companies. He is currently Chairman of Carclo PLC and a non-executive director of The Electric Car Corporation Plc. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering by Prince Philip in 1995.

Andrew Walker * •
Non-executive Director

Andrew Walker (58) was appointed as a non-executive director in August 2003. Formerly he was Group Chief Executive of McKechnie plc (1997 to 2001) and of South Wales Electricity plc (1993 to 1996) having previously spent 14 years with Dowty Group PLC. He is currently a non-executive director of Delta plc, May Gurney plc, Plastics Capital plc, Brintons Limited, Porvair plc and API Group plc.