Morgan Crucible’s board has two executive and four non-executive Directors. The board considers all the non-executive Directors to be independent.

To view a biography, click on the name of the Director. 

Executive Directors
Chief Executive Officer: Mark Robertshaw
Chief Financial Officer: Kevin Dangerfield 

Non-executive Directors
Chairman: Tim Stevenson, OBE
Martin Flower
Simon Heale
Andrew Given
 

	Mark Robertshaw, Chief Executive Officer Appointed Chief Executive Officer: 4 August 2006 Appointed Chief Operating Officer: 20 February 2006 Joined the Board and appointed Chief Financial Officer: 20 October 2004 Before joining Morgan Crucible, Mark was Chief Financial Officer of Gartmore Investment Management plc ('Gartmore'), the international asset management firm. He joined the board of Gartmore in 2000 and led an overhaul of corporate strategy to refocus the business on high-margin, high-growth opportunities. He has extensive City and financial experience, having previously run business development for the wealth management business of NatWest Group, during which time he managed the successful sale of the Gartmore business. Prior to this he spent nine years with Marakon Associates, a leading management consultancy headquartered in the US. Mark is also a non-executive director of Rathbone Brothers plc.
	Kevin Dangerfield, Chief Financial Officer Joined the Board and appointed Chief Financial Officer: 4 August 2006 Kevin joined Morgan Crucible in July 2000 as Deputy Group Controller and was subsequently promoted to Group Financial Controller. Before joining he worked for London International Group plc and Virgin Retail Europe Limited. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
	Tim Stevenson OBE, Chairman Joined the Board and appointed Chairman: 1 December 2006 Tim is also Chairman of Travis Perkins plc, a position that he has held since November 2001, and Senior Independent Director of Tribal plc. He also chairs the Governors of Oxford Brookes University. From 1975 to 2000 Tim held a variety of senior management positions at Burmah Castrol plc, including Chief Executive from 1998 to 2000. Tim is a qualified barrister.
	Martin Flower, non-executive Director Joined the board and became non-executive Director: 10 December 2004 Martin is the Senior Independent Director of Morgan Crucible. He is also Chairman of FTSE 250 company Croda International plc and of Alpha Airports Group plc, and is a non-executive director of Low & Bonar plc. He has substantial international experience gained from his employment at Coats plc between 1968 and 2004. He was Group Chief Executive of this company and Chairman of the Board from 2001 to 2004.
	Simon Heale, non-executive Director Joined the board and became non-executive Director: 18 February 2005 Simon was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in December 2005. He is a non-executive director of Kazakhmys plc and of Panmure Gordon and Co, and was Chief Executive of the London Metal Exchange until October 2006. On 12 October 2007 Simon became a non-executive director of Marex Group. Marex Group has $10 billion in capital under management. Its brokerage unit Marex Financial is one of thirteen ring dealing members on the London Metal Exchange, which trades in metals and plastics futures. He qualified as an accountant in 1978 with Price Waterhouse and has had extensive experience in the Far East having held senior positions with the Swire Group in Japan and Hong Kong.
	Andrew Given, non-executive Director Joined the board and became non-executive Director: 7 December 2007 Andrew became a non-executive Director of Morgan Crucible in December 2007 and the Chair of the Audit Committee in April 2008. He is currently senior non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at VT Group plc and was recently the senior independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Spectris plc. He was also a non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Spirent plc. He has extensive experience within the manufacturing and technology sectors having been Deputy Chief Executive of Logica plc and held senior management positions in Plessey and Nortel Networks.

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