John Morgan
Executive chairman
Co-founded Morgan Lovell in 1977 which then reversed into William Sindall plc in 1994 to form Morgan Sindall plc. Chief executive from 1994 to 2000 and executive chairman from 2000 to date.
Paul Smith
Chief executive
Appointed chief executive in March 2003. His previous positions include managing director of Accord plc, managing director of Cleanaway Limited and manager at McKinsey & Co. Inc.
David Mulligan
Finance director
Appointed finance director in April 2004 having been with the Group in finance roles since 1997. Prior to this he worked at Smiths Group plc and Ernst & Young where he qualified as a chartered accountant.
Paul Whitmore
Commercial director
Appointed a director in April 2000. A chartered surveyor, he has previously undertaken various roles over a 27 year period with John Laing plc, latterly as chief executive of Laing Construction plc.
Geraldine Gallacher
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in August 2007. Geraldine is currently managing director of The Executive Coaching Consultancy. Previously, she was head of group management development for The Burton Group plc (now Arcadia plc) and with the Ford Motor Company. She was an independent non-executive director of the Company between 1995 and 2004.
Adrian Martin
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in December 2008. Adrian had a 30 year career at the accountants, BDO Stoy Hayward, the last eight years as managing partner, before becoming chief executive and then consultant at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP until 2009. He now holds a number of non-executive directorships, including M&C Saatchi plc and Safestore Holdings plc. He was a non-executive director of The Carphone Warehouse plc until July 2008.
Gill Barr
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in September 2004. Gill’s previous executive positions include marketing director of John Lewis plc, chief executive of Deliverance Limited and business development director at Woolworth plc. She has also held various positions with Kingfisher plc, KPMG plc and Freemans plc.
Patrick De Smedt
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in December 2009. Patrick’s career includes 23 years with Microsoft, culminating as chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2003. Since leaving Microsoft in 2006, Patrick has served on the boards of a number of European public and private companies and is currently a non-executive director of Victrex plc and Option NV, a Belgian listed technology company, and is on the advisory board to a division of ING Europe.
Simon Gulliford
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director with effect from 1 March 2010. Simon has run his own marketing consultancy since 1992, after leaving Ashridge College where he was head of the marketing faculty. He has had marketing roles at companies including Sears plc, EMAP plc and, until 2004, was group marketing director for Barclays plc. His previous non-executive roles have included director of St James’s Place plc and Business Control Solutions plc. He is currently chief marketing officer at Standard Life plc.
