R - member of remuneration committee
A - member of audit committee
The Company does not believe its current size or structure requires a separate Nominations Committee
John Rose
Chief Executive Officer
John has 20 years experience of the recruitment industry. An accountancy graduate his early career was in sales before entering the recruitment industry with Harrison Willis in 1987. John has worked in management roles since 1993; he was a senior manager at HW Group through its IPO in 1998 and a divisional Managing Director when it was subsequently sold to TMP (now Monster Worldwide) in 2000. Initially MD of TMP's Financial and IT recruitment businesses in the UK, he was promoted to UK COO when Hudson (Nasdaq: HHGP)was demerged from TMP in 2003. In 2004 he was made CEO of Hudson UK/Ireland with responsibility for a multi-functional recruitment business of some 800 staff. John joined The Kellan Group in May 2007 as Chief Executive Officer. John is married with two children.
Will Coker
Chief Financial Officer
Will Coker qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in London before moving to the BOC Group in 1993 as Audit Manager. In 1996 Will was seconded to Ohmeda Australia, BOC's Australian healthcare business, as Finance & Operations Director before moving to Thomas Cook / Travelex Australia in 1999 as Financial Controller. Recruited in 2002 by Philips Medical Systems Australasia as Finance Director, he was involved in a series of acquisitions, and a bottom line turnaround of $6million from loss making to sustainable profitability.
Will returned to the UK in 2004 after eight years in Australia. He joined The Kellan Group in March 2005 and in April 2005 he became CFO.
Tony Reeves - R,A
Non-Executive Co-Chairman
Tony Reeves has over 45 years' experience in the recruitment sector, most recently as chairman and chief executive officer of hotgroup plc from 2002 until its acquisition by Trinity Mirror Group plc in September 2005. Prior to that Tony was chairman and chief executive officer of the Delphi Group Plc until 1998 until its acquisition by Adecco SA. He is also a private investor in various early stage companies. Before joining Delphi Group Plc, Tony was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lifetime Corporation, which was then a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
John Bowmer - R,A
Non-Executive Co-Chairman
John is the former chairman of Swiss quoted Adecco SA, the world's largest staffing company where he was chief executive officer from its formation in 1996, through the merger of Ecco and Adia, to 2002. Prior to this, between 1992 and 1996 he was chief executive officer of Adia and between 1987 and 1992 he served in a variety of executive positions at Adia in the UK, Asia, Australia and the US. Previously, Mr Bowmer held a range of management positions in marketing and finance at companies including MAI plc, a financial services and media organisation and Polaroid (UK) Ltd. He is an investor in, and adviser to, several private equity companies in the US. He was a director of CP Ships from its flotation on the New York Stock Exchange in 2001 until its disposal to TUI AG at the end of 2005. In 2007 he became a non executive director of Hireright Inc, a NASDAQ quoted employment screening company.
Michael Jackson - R,A
Non-Executive Director
Michael Jackson founded Elderstreet Investments Limited in 1990 and is its executive chairman. For the past 20 years, he has specialised in raising finance and investing in the smaller companies sector. Mr Jackson is chairman of PartyGaming plc and until August 2006 was chairman of FTSE100 company, The Sage Group plc. He is also a director and investor in many other quoted and unquoted companies, including Netstore PLC and Computer Software Group plc. Mr Jackson studied law at Cambridge University, and qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand before spending five years in marketing for various US multinational technology companies.
