Neil holds an economics degree from the University of Leeds and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Neil brings significant financial and leadership experience in multinational listed companies. He was finance director at Chloride Group plc, a position he held for 14 years until the company’s acquisition by Emerson Electric. Prior to this, Neil spent six years at Exel plc (formerly Ocean Group plc and acquired by DHL/Deutsche Post in December 2005), where he held a number of senior posts in financial planning, treasury and control. He has also held senior positions in Balfour Beatty plc (formerly BICC Group plc), Alcoa and PricewaterhouseCoopers and was a non-executive director of Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc, where he was the senior independent director and chair of the audit committee.
Finance Director