Board & Management

Ken has international experience, bringing financial and leadership expertise to Aggreko. He possesses knowledge of many different business sectors and is an experienced senior executive and leader, promoting robust debate and a culture of openness in the Boardroom.

Ken is also currently Chairman of Inchcape Plc (a position he will retire from at their AGM in May 2018), Chairman of Arena Events Group Plc, an AIM-listed company, and Chairman of Shooting Star CHASE Charity. Until 2009, Ken spent five years as Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury Plc. He has also held positions as Operating Partner for Compass Partners, Group Chief Executive at Dalgety Plc, Group Finance Director of United Distillers Plc and Group Finance Director of Avis Europe Plc. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Chris has experience at a senior level in the energy industry, proven leadership skills in a large international business and has consistently succeeded in driving performance and growth in his career.

Prior to his appointment as CEO in January 2015, Chris was Managing Director, International Downstream at Centrica plc, where he was the Executive Director responsible for the Group’s largest division. In this role Chris was operationally responsible for both British Gas in the UK and Direct Energy in the USA. He joined Centrica in 2001 after a successful career in the telecoms industry, working for both Cable & Wireless and One.Tel. Before that, Chris served in the Royal Artillery. He has a BSc in Applied Science, as well as an MBA and PhD from Imperial College London. Chris was also appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Royal Navy in January 2017.

Heath is an experienced CFO and proven leader with experience in the engineering, leisure, transportation and industrial sectors. He has 28 years of experience within various finance, corporate finance, business performance, financial and strategic planning roles. He has extensive international experience in both M&A and corporate development activities.

Prior to his appointment at Aggreko, Heath was Group Finance Director for eight years at WS Atkins plc where, following the acquisition of WS Atkins by SNCLavalin, he was most recently appointed President, with responsibility for its global engineering, design, project and programme management business. Before that, Heath worked at British Airways plc within corporate strategy, business planning and finance. Heath is a chartered accountant, having trained at PwC, with a MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University.

Nicola Brewer brings extensive geo-political and diplomatic experience to Aggreko, having worked in many of the developing regions in which we operate.

Nicola is currently Vice Provost at University College London, responsible for international strategy. She is also a Non-executive Director of Scottish Power and a trustee of Prince Harry’s southern African charity, Sentebale. In her previous diplomatic career, she worked in Mexico, India and France, was a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Board from 2004 to 2007, and was High Commissioner to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland from 2009 to 2013. As a member of the board of the Department for International Development, she supervised all UK bilateral aid programmes in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.

Barbara brings extensive international Nonexecutive experience largely in the USA and Australia together with an executive career in the mining, exploration and energy industries.

An experienced Non-executive Director, Barbara currently sits on the boards of the Weir Group, Russel Metals and Allegheny Technologies having recently retired as Chairwoman of Boart Longyear, a US based company in the minerals drilling sector. Until her retirement in 2009, Barbara spent over 30 years in a number of roles in Alcoa Inc. (now demerged into Alcoa and Arconic Inc.), the world leader in the production of aluminium and related products. Her roles in Alcoa included Assistant General Counsel, VP Corporate Development and Executive VP in charge of strategy and M&A. Barbara is an American citizen with a BA in political science and is a qualified lawyer.

Uwe brings expertise of the engineering, services and renewable energy sectors. He is a physicist with a PhD and an honorary professorship from the University of Frankfurt and an honorary PhD from Heriot-Watt University. Most of his career has been spent leading engineering and consulting organisations.

Uwe is currently Global Senior Managing Director, Head of Business Services and Co-Head of Portfolio Management for Temasek. He also sits on the boards of SUSI Partners AG and Ontex S.A. and lectures at the University of Frankfurt on renewable energy. Before joining Temasek, Uwe was Chief Executive Officer of WS Atkins plc, Chief Executive Officer of Oerlikon, Senior Advisor at Texas Pacific Group, President of Cleantech Switzerland, and held various senior leadership positions at Hochtief AG.

Diana brings extensive international experience and detailed understanding of how to operate successfully across emerging markets, particularly in Asia and Africa. She also brings experience in technology, finance, sales and strategy.

Diana is Vice President, Next Billion Users at Google Inc, developing products and services for users in emerging markets, and in Fintech. Before joining Google, she was Chief Executive, Africa Region for Standard Chartered Plc and held a number of senior leadership roles over 11 years at Standard Chartered. Prior to Standard Chartered, Diana was Chief Executive Officer of Finexia Ltd, a technology firm, and a consultant with McKinsey & Co, an international strategy consulting firm. Diana has a BA from the University of Oxford and a Master’s degree in International Economics and Public Administration from Harvard University.

Ian brings knowledge of the domestic and international energy markets, along with a substantial understanding of associated strategic, financial and regulatory issues. Until his retirement in June 2013, Ian spent 21 years at SSE Plc, most recently as Chief Executive, and prior to that as Finance Director.

Ian is an experienced Non-executive Director, currently serving as Chairman of John Wood Group Plc and Chairman of Thames Water Utilities. He is also a Member of the Prince’s Council of the Duchy of Cornwall, Honorary President of RZSS, Chairman of the advisory board of the Centre of Energy Policy at Strathclyde University and former Chairman of Scotland’s 2020 Climate Group.

Miles brings extensive international business experience both as a Chief Executive and Finance Director.

Miles is currently Chief Executive Officer of DS Smith Plc, a FTSE 100 international packaging group with operations in nearly 40 countries. Prior to joining DS Smith Plc in 2010, Miles was Group Chief Executive of McBride plc having previously been Group Finance Director. Prior to this, Miles worked for Costain Group plc and Vivendi UK. He also has non-executive experience, having served on the boards of Poundland Group plc as Senior Independent Director and Care UK plc as a Non-executive Director. Miles has a degree in Engineering and is also a chartered accountant.