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.

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. Anita is our senior non-executive 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.

Carl-Peter Forster has worked in the automotive industry for over 25 years.  He was most recently Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Motors Ltd from February 2010 to September 2011. Prior to this he held a number of senior management positions with both General Motors and BMW.   He started his career in 1982, as a Consultant for McKinsey & Company in Munich.

Carl-Peter is the Chairman of ZMDi AG in Dresden, a analog/digital semiconductor company and cofounder of Lead Equities, a small cap private equity fund management company in Vienna.

He has a Diploma in Economics from the Bonn University and a Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering from Technical University in Munich.

He previously served as a non-executive director of Rolls Royce Group plc between 2003 and 2006.

Phil Bentley has been Managing Director of British Gas since March 2007 and on the main Board of Centrica since November 2000. Employing 28,000 people in the UK, British Gas is the Number 1 energy and services provider to British homes and businesses. Previously, he was Group Finance Director and Managing Director, Europe for Centrica.

Phil joined Centrica from Diageo where he was Global Finance Director for Guinness-UDV. Prior to that he was Group Treasurer and Director of Risk Management of Diageo plc.  Prior to Diageo, Phil spent 15 years at BP in a number of senior roles, working in China, Egypt and the US. 

He holds a Masters Degree from Pembroke College, Oxford University and has an MBA from INSEAD in France. When Group Finance Director, Phil was a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

He served as a non-executive director, and Chairman of the Audit Committee, of Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement retailer between 2002 and 2010.  Phil chairs the Audit Committee.

Birgit has held a number of senior executive positions in consulting engineering, the most recent being as CEO of Grontmij Carl Bro, Denmark, and COO of its parent company Grontmij NV in the Netherlands. Prior to that she held senior management positions with Danisco, having started her career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. She now serves as non-executive director on a number of boards including the listed companies DSV A/S and Lindab AB as well as being non-executive chairman of a contractor, E. Pihl & Son A.S. and of the engineering company NNE Pharmaplan A/S.

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.

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.

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.