Board of Directors & Company Secretary

R J Moon
Non-Executive Chairman

Aged 59, Richard joined the Board in September 2004 and became Chairman in April 2005. Formerly a Director of Racal Electronics plc and Chief Executive of Thales plc, he now holds Non-Executive Chairman positions with Planit Holdings Limited and OBS Medical Limited and is a Director of Synergie Business Limited.

N J Jefferies
Group Chief Executive

Aged 44, Nick joined Acal as Group Chief Executive in January 2009. His extensive experience of electronics and the component distribution industry comes from holding senior positions for over 15 years with leading international distributors of electronic components and computer products, such as Electrocomponents plc and Arrow Electronics. Nick originally trained as an Electronics Design Engineer with Racal Defence (now part of Thales plc).

S M Gibbins ACA
Group Finance Director

Aged 44, Simon was appointed as Group Finance Director in July 2010. A Chartered Accountant, he was previously Global Head of Finance and Deputy CFO at Shire plc. Prior to joining Shire in 2000, he spent 6 years with ICI plc in various senior finance roles, both in the UK and overseas. His earlier career was spent with Coopers & Lybrand in London.

E A Barton MA
Non-Executive Director

Aged 65, Eric was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in August 2002. Previously, he was a Director of 3i plc for 13 years. An experienced Non-Executive Director of both public and private companies, Eric has acted as Chairman of the Audit Committee of three publicly listed companies, namely Morse plc, Informa plc and Telecity plc.

G J Williams MBA CA
Non-Executive Director

Aged 67, Graham was appointed to the Board in December 2003. His early business experience was gained in private equity with Charterhouse and Barclays Private Equity, both in the UK and France. A board member of Hays plc for 19 years, and now on their pension fund’s investment committee, he is also a schools’ governor.

I R Fraser MBA MA
Non-Executive Director

Aged 55, Ian became a Non-Executive Director in January 2010. He is the Group Chief Executive of Brammer plc. Prior to joining Brammer in 1998, he was Group Managing Director of Reliance Security Group plc. His earlier career was mainly spent with Raychem Corporation.

G P Shillinglaw FCIS
Group Company Secretary

Aged 60, Gary joined Acal as Group Company Secretary in August 2008. A qualified Chartered Secretary, he has previously held that position in a number of listed and non-listed public companies, including Countryside Properties plc, B&Q plc and First Leisure Corporation plc.