Our business is governed by the Board of Directors, comprising non-executive and executive directors. Our non-executive directors bring with them a wide range of skills and experience.

Jamie Pike
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Roy Twite
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Daniel Shook
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Jamie Pike
Chair

Nominations Committee – Chair

Joined the Board in January 2025

Jamie Pike joined IMI and the Board on 1 January 2025. He has significant Board experience with an extensive knowledge of engineering, international business, M&A, strategic and governance expertise. Jamie joined Burmah Castrol in 1991 and was Chief Executive of Burmah Castrol Chemicals before leading the buy-out of Foseco in 2001 and its subsequent flotation in 2005. Prior to joining Burmah, he was a partner at Bain & Company. He has previously held roles as Chair of Cobham plc, RPC Group plc and Spirax Group plc. Jamie was educated at Oxford University, holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He is also Chair of XP Power Limited.

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Roy Twite
Chief Executive

Executive Committee

Joined IMI in 1988

Roy Twite joined IMI on the Graduate Engineering scheme in 1988. During his career, he has led all three of IMI's former divisions and was appointed Chief Executive in 2019. He is a non-executive director at Ashtead Group plc. Roy has a passion for engineering and until June 2024, was a non-executive director of Halma plc.
 

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Daniel Shook
Chief Financial Officer

Daniel joined IMI and the Board as finance director designate on 1 January 2015 and became finance director on 1 March 2015. Daniel also has responsibility for IMI's sustainability agenda. Prior to IMI, Daniel was chief financial officer and a member of the executive Board at Borealis AG, the international chemical and plastics producer. Prior to joining Borealis in 2007, he spent 12 years at The BOC Group plc, the former FTSE 100 industrial gases company, where he served in a number of senior finance and management roles including finance director of the Industrial & Special Products division and Group treasurer. Daniel is a non-executive director at XP Power Limited and was previously non-executive director and Audit Committee Chair of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.

Thomas Thune Andersen
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Katie Jackson
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Caroline Dowling
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Thomas Thune Andersen
Non-executive director

Joined the IMI Board in July 2018

Audit Committee
Nominations Committee
Sustainability Committee - Chair 

Thomas has extensive experience at international executive and board level over a career which has spanned oil, energy, marine and critical infrastructure sectors. Current company board roles include non-executive director of BW Group and Cadeler A/S, Chairman of VKR Holdings A/S and Lloyd’s Register Group. Previous roles have included Chair of Orsted A/S, Chief Executive of Maersk Oil and Gas and partner in AP Moller Maersk, non-executive director of Green Hydrogen Systems, Petrofac Limited and Scottish and Southern Energy plc and Chairman of DeepOcean Group Holding AS.

Thomas is the non-executive director responsible for employee engagement.

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Katie Jackson
Non-executive director

Joined the IMI Board in July 2018

Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee

Katie has extensive experience at international executive level across the Energy sector. She began her career at Shell, followed by five years in oil and gas corporate finance with UBS, based in London and Houston. After roles at Anadarko and Equinor, Katie joined BG Group as EVP for Global Business Development and Strategy, until the merger with Shell in 2016. On rejoining Shell, Katie was subsequently promoted to EVP, Acquisition, Divestment and New Business Development, leading a single new business development and deal making group with global responsibility across all businesses. Katie has also been President, National Grid Ventures. On 1 September 2024, she joined Rio Tinto as Copper Chief Executive. She is also Chair of POWERful Women, a cross-industry initiative working to increase the representation of women at the top of the UK energy industry, since May 2022.

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Caroline Dowling
Non-executive director

Remuneration Committee - Chair 
Nominations Committee

Joined the IMI board in 2020

Caroline has extensive experience at senior executive level through her successful career in the technology industry, spending much of her career in California. Caroline has held senior global leadership roles at Flex Ltd (previously Flextronics International Ltd), most recently as Group President, Enterprise & Cloud Compute Business Groups & Global Services Business Unit. Caroline is presently a non-executive director of two publicly traded companies; DCC plc and in March 2021 became a non-executive director of CRH plc. Caroline was previously a non-executive director of the Irish Development Agency.

Dr Ajai Puri
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Jackie Callaway
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Victoria Hull
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Dr Ajai Puri
Non-executive director

Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee

Sustainability Committee

Joined the Board in March 2021

Dr Puri brings more than three decades of global experience in international business. His expertise spans innovation, science and technology and marketing. Dr Puri holds a PhD in Food Science from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the Crummer Business School, Rollins College. From 1981 to 2003, Dr Puri worked for The Coca-Cola Company in a variety of roles in research and development, innovation, consumer marketing and general management, rising to Senior Vice President of Technical (Science and Technology) for Coca-Cola’s non-carbonated juice business in North America.

From 2003 to 2007, he was Executive Board Member and President – Research, Development and Product Integrity at Amsterdam-based Royal Numico N.V. Previous non-executive roles include Nutreco N.V. (2009-2015) and Barry Callebaut AG (2011-2014). Ajai is currently non-executive Director of Britannia Industries Limited, India, non-executive Director of Fresh Del Monte and non-executive Director of Olam International Limited where he is a member of the Audit, Capital and Investment, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee.

 

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Jackie Callaway
Non-executive director

Audit Committee - Chair
Nominations Committee

Joined the IMI Board in July 2023

Jackie Callaway is a qualified accountant with over 30 years of experience working in finance across multinational manufacturing and supply chain businesses. She is currently CFO at Coats Group plc, the world’s leading industrial thread and global footwear component manufacturer, and was previously CFO at Devro plc. Jackie is the Chair of the Audit Committee. 

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Victoria Hull
Non-Executive Director

Nomination Committee
Remuneration Committee
Sustainability Committee

Joined the IMI Board in August 2024

Victoria has extensive senior executive experience across a broad range of business, legal, commercial and governance matters and strong international experience and also experience relevant to the IMI Process and Industrial Automation sectors. She is currently Nomination and Governance Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director at Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc and non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration Committees of Network International Holdings plc and IQE plc. She has also been appointed a non-executive director at Serco Group plc with effect from 1 September 2024. Previous roles include SID of Ultra Electronics plc.

Anne Thorburn
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Anne Thorburn
Senior Independent Director

Nomination Committee

Audit Committee

Joined the IMI Board in August 2024

On 28 October 2024, Anne became IMI's Senior Independent Director (SID). Anne is also SID & Audit Committee Chair at TT Electronics plc  and Audit Committee Chair at SPT Labtech Limited. She has extensive experience across many relevant sectors for IMI, including life sciences, energy and industrial automation. Anne has extensive international M&A experience gained as both an executive and non-executive director, whilst also bringing strong organic growth experience. Previous roles include non-executive director of BTG plc and SID at Diploma plc.