Gordon Horsfield
Chairman
Age 61
Appointment to the Board:
20 October 2005, having joined Drax in July 2003.
Committee Membership:
Nominations (Chairman).
External Appointments:
The Chairman of Partnerships UK plc. A non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Chair of the Council of the University of York. Chairman of the Strategy Committee to the Ampleforth Abbey Trust.
Previous Experience:
Gordon retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in January 2003 after 34 years’ service. Much of his professional career was spent as a corporate recovery specialist rising to become head of corporate finance and recovery at Price Waterhouse UK and a member of the UK firm’s executive board. Following the merger with Coopers & Lybrand in 1998, he was appointed to the new management board as the first director of operations of the UK firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, responsible for the new firm’s finances and for pulling together and rationalising the organisational and support functions of the UK business following the merger. Subsequently he led the team dealing with the sale of its management consulting business to IBM.
Qualifications:
D Hons University of York, BA (Hons) in Economics and a Chartered Accountant, FCA.
Dorothy Thompson
Chief Executive
Age 47
Appointment to the Board:
20 October 2005, having joined Drax in September 2005.
Committee Membership:
Executive, Health and Safety.
External Appointments:
A non-executive director of Johnson Matthey plc.
Previous Experience:
Dorothy was previously the head of the European business of InterGen NV, the power generation subsidiary of Shell NV and Bechtel Inc., responsible for the management and operation of four gas-fired power plants, totalling some 3,160MW of capacity across the UK and the Netherlands. Prior to joining InterGen NV in 1998, Dorothy was initially in banking and subsequently was assistant group treasurer for Powergen plc.
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) and MSc in Economics.
Gordon Boyd
Finance Director
Age 48
Appointment to the Board:
20 October 2005, having joined Drax in January 2005.
Committee Membership:
Executive.
External Appointments:
None.
Previous Experience:
Previously held a number of roles within British Energy plc including director of corporate restructuring, generation finance director and group treasurer. Prior to this he worked for a number of other companies including Raychem Limited, Mothercare Limited and Cadbury Schweppes plc.
Qualifications:
BCom (Hons) in Accounting and Business Studies, MBA, FCMA, MCT and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Peter Emery
Peter Emery
Production Director
Age 45
Appointment to the Board:
20 October 2005, having joined Drax in June 2004.
Committee Membership:
Executive, Health and Safety.
External Appointments:
None.
Previous Experience:
Peter joined Esso Petroleum upon leaving university and held a number of analyst and managerial roles in the UK before moving to Esso’s parent, Exxon in the US to co-ordinate its downstream marketing and distribution investments outside North America and Canada. Peter returned to Esso in 1992 as plant technical services manager at Fawley Refinery. He then undertook roles managing various operational areas at the refinery before moving to refinery maintenance manager in 1997. He was appointed operations manager at Fawley Oil Refinery in 2002, with full responsibility for the management and operation of the UK’s largest refinery and a member of Exxon Mobil’s European leadership team for refining.
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) in Mining Engineering and completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD in 2007.
Tim Barker
Senior independent non-executive director
Age 67
Appointment to the Board:
20 October 2005, and was appointed as the senior independent director on 15 December 2005. He joined Drax in June 2004.
Committee Membership:
Remuneration (Chairman), Audit and Nominations.
External Appointments:
Senior independent non-executive director of Electrocomponents plc and a Member of the Professional Oversight Board of the Financial Reporting Council.
Previous Experience:
From 1993 Tim was Vice Chairman of Kleinwort Benson Group plc and from 1998, until his retirement in 2000, he was Vice Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. Notably, he was involved with a number of clients in the energy sector and was an adviser to the UK Government on the privatisation of the electricity sector. In the mid-1980s, Tim was Director General of the City Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. He is a former Chairman of Robert Walters plc.
Qualifications:
MA in Economics.
Charles Berry
Independent non-executive director
Age 55
Appointment to the Board:
15 December 2005.
Committee Membership:
Audit, Nominations and Remuneration.
External Appointments:
The non-executive Chairman of Eaga plc and a non-executive director of Securities Trust of Scotland plc and of Impax Environmental Markets plc.
Previous Experience:
Charles has extensive experience within the UK power sector. He joined ScottishPower in 1991 and was appointed to the board in 1999. From 2000 to 2005, Charles was Chief Executive of the company’s UK Operations, with responsibility for over 6,200MW of generating capacity as well as the trading business, energy retailing and strategic transactions, such as renewables development. Charles is also a former non-executive director and Chairman of THUS Group plc.
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering and a Masters degree in Management.
Jamie Dundas
Independent non-executive director
Age 57
Appointment to the Board:
15 December 2005.
Committee Membership:
Audit (Chairman), Nominations and Remuneration.
External Appointments:
The non-executive Chairman of Jupiter Investment Management Group. A non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC and Chairman of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Previous Experience:
Jamie’s career has been in merchant banking, finance and the property sector. Jamie spent 19 years with Morgan Grenfell Group, including ten years as a director of Morgan Grenfell & Co Limited. Jamie was Finance Director of the Airport Authority, Hong Kong between 1992–1996 before joining MEPC plc in 1997, initially as Finance Director and from 1999–2003 as Chief Executive. He is also a former non-executive director of J Sainsbury plc.
Qualifications:
MA (Oxon) in Law and a Barrister (non-practising).
Mike Grasby
Independent non-executive director
Age 64
Appointment to the Board:
20 October 2005, having joined Drax in December 2003.
Committee Membership:
Health and Safety (Chairman), Nominations and Remuneration.
External Appointments:
An adviser to Manx Electricity Authority, a member of the British Energy Association and the World Energy Council and a director of Strategic Dimensions, an executive recruitment business.
Previous Experience:
Mike retired from International Power in February 2002 after 36 years in the power industry. During his career he held a number of senior positions in the UK and international power industry with the CEGB and National Power. He was manager of Drax Power Station between 1991 and 1995, and director of operations for National Power’s portfolio, with responsibilities for over 16,000MW of generating capacity, until 1998. Mike was also a director of power companies in Portugal, Turkey and Pakistan. Following the demerger of National Power, he joined International Power as senior vice-president, continuing with his international directorships and leading a major consortium in the Czech Republic.
Qualifications:
Chartered Engineer, FIET and FIMechE.