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Stuart Lyons CBE, Chairman, aged 65
Stuart Lyons was managing director of UDS group plc before joining Pearson plc as chief executive of the Royal Doulton group, which he led successfully for 12 years. He has been a member of the Monopolies & Mergers Commission, a non-executive director of Hogg Robinson plc, and chairman of Gartmore Absolute Growth and Income Trust plc. He is chairman of Airsprung Furniture Group plc. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and the Advanced Management Program at Wharton, USA.
Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Deputy Chairman, aged 56
Stephen Dorrell has been a Conservative Member of Parliament since 1979. He held various government offices from 1983 to 1997 and was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 to 1997. He has been a director of Crown East and some of its predecessor companies since 1997; following management changes in 2006 he has been leading the process of reshaping the Crown East Group. He was co-chairman of the Conservative Party Public Service Policy Review. He is a graduate of Oxford University.
Paul Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, aged 54
Paul Curtis was a director of Celestion Textiles, a supplier to Marks & Spencer plc, from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1990 he was a divisional chief executive within the clothing division of Courtaulds Plc. From 1990 to 1994 he was Managing Director of the clothing division of a privately held group of companies. In 1994, he led a management buyout of Monarch, which he ran as Managing Director until March 2008 when Crown East acquired Monarch and he became Group Chief Executive of Crown East. He is a qualified industrial engineer and non-executive chairman of the East Midlands Clothing & Textiles Association.
Lars Maynard, Finance Director, aged 49
Lars Maynard qualified as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton, subsequently pursuing an international career with the firm until 1993. From 1993 to 1997 he held a series of board appointments as finance director in turnaround situations, gaining experience in a range of manufacturing and service based industries. From 1999 until 2007 he was Group Finance Director of Composite Materials Technology Plc, an international textile business with operations in the UK, the Far East and Australia. He joined Crown East as Group Finance Director on 1 October 2007.
Michael Hall, Non-executive Director, aged 60
Michael Hall, a qualified accountant, gained international experience early in his career with a multinational manufacturing company. On returning to the UK he worked in manufacturing and retail before joining Wensum Clothing Limited in 1985. He was appointed a director of Wensum Clothing Limited and Hornes Corporate Clothing Ltd in 1986. He was part of the original management buyout team of Wensum and was finance director of the Group from June 1988 until September 2005 when he became a Non-executive Director.
John Newman, Non-executive Director, aged 62
John Newman has held main board directorships in both public and private company environments, spanning a variety of industries in the UK and internationally. He qualified as an accountant in 1969 and, in his early career, worked as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse. He was formerly chief executive of UKS Group Limited, a business with turnover of £25 million in corporatewear, workwear and protectivewear, and, currently, he is a non-executive director of Airsprung Furniture Group plc and Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust, a director and trustee of Headway Bristol Brain Injury Association Limited and a business adviser to The Prince’s Trust in the south west of England. |
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