The Board

Roberto Quarta has significant management experience spanning a broad range of manufacturing and service businesses with global operations.  Roberto is currently a partner and Chairman Europe of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, where he has worked since 2000. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rexel SA, a Non-executive Director of Foster Wheeler AG and Spie SA, and recently stepped down from the Board of BAE Systems plc. His previous board positions include Chairman of BBA Group plc (where he was also Chief Executive) and Italtel SpA, Executive Director of BTR plc, and Non-executive Director of PowerGen plc, Azure Dynamics Corp and Equant NV.

Kevin Beeston is Chairman of Taylor Wimpey plc and also chairs three private businesses, Partnerships in Care Limited, Domestic and General Limited and Equiniti Group. He is also an Operating Partner with the global private equity firm Advent International.

Anita Frew is Chairman of Victrex plc, the FTSE 250 global manufacturer of high performance polymers, having previously been the senior independent Director. She is also a senior Non-executive Director of Aberdeen Asset Management and a Non-executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group plc.  She was previously an Executive Director of Abbott Mead Vickers plc, and Director of Corporate Development at WPP Group plc.

Terry Gateley began his career as a Chartered Accountant and was in private practice with KPMG until 1999, and since then he has chaired eight private-equity businesses. He chairs the IMI Audit Committee and is IMI's senior independent director.

Bob Stack is a Non-executive Director of J Sainsbury plc where he is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He is a Trustee of Earthwatch Europe and on the Board of Earthwatch International. Past directorships include Executive Director of Cadbury plc, where he served for 12 years. He joined Cadbury Beverages in the US in 1990, and was first appointed to the Board of Cadbury Schweppes plc in 1996 as Group Human Resources Director. In March 2000, he was appointed Chief Human Resources Director, whilst also holding responsibility for communication and external affairs. Bob chairs the Remuneration Committee.

Martin Lamb has been Chief Executive of IMI since 2001 having been appointed to the Board in 1996. Martin, who has an engineering background, has worked for IMI for over 25 years and has held a number of senior management roles across the Group during this time. He is also a non-executive director of Severn Trent Water plc.

Douglas Hurt was previously with GlaxoSmithKline where he held both financial and operational roles including a number of US and European senior management positions. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also a Non-executive Director of Tate & Lyle plc.

Sean Toomes was appointed to the Board in 2011.  He is President of IMI's Indoor Climate division and is accountable for IMI's responsible business portfolio of compliance, health, safety and environment, as well as the continuing development and promotion of our Key Account Management capabilities.  Sean joined IMI on a trainee programme at Watson Smith, part of the Fluid Power business.  He advanced through sales and marketing positions, including the VP of Sector Sales and Engineering for Norgren globally, and the MD of Fluid Controls, which included FAS, Buschjost and KIP based in Switzerland.

Roy Twite was appointed to the Board in February 2007. During his career with IMI, Roy has held a number of senior roles in all five of IMI's platform businesses.  In 2011, he retained responsibility for Fluid Power, whilst accepting the additional management accountability for the Severe Service business. Roy joined IMI on the Graduate Engineering scheme in 1988 and from 2001 Roy’s career with IMI progressed as he held senior management roles including Managing Director of IMI Norgren UK (2001), President of IMI Indoor Climate (2004) and President of Retail Dispense (2007). Roy gained his Masters degree from Cambridge University in 1998.

Ian was apointed to the board in 2010.  He joined CCI in 2005 from Novar plc where he was President of Novar Systems Americas.  Ian was previously President of Severe Service and is now responsible for leading IMI's emerging markets business, corporate development, the mergers and acquisitions agenda and the group supply chain function.  Former positions also include various management roles with Novar plc and the Ford Motor Company.

Joined IMI in 2008 as Group Human Resources Director, partnering with the IMI Executive team to build organisational capability and drive IMI’s investment in people and leadership development. Matt began his HR career with BP as HR Manager for their Engineering Division, then joined Lloyds Bank in generalist HR and compensation & benefits roles with the Treasury, Trading and the Corporate Bank. Matt then led the HR function for RWE’s international water business, including the integration of American Water, an $8 billion acquisition into the Group. Matt then returned to a UK/German role with RWE’s Energy Trading business prior to joining IMI.

John is an English solicitor who qualified in industry and spent most of his earlier career was with Racal Electronics plc when it was a diverse group including Vodafone, Chubb, Decca and Racal business and defence electronics activities. He joined IMI in 1988 and has been head of legal and Company Secretary of IMI plc since 1997.