Mr. Philip S. Aiken has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Aveva Group Plc., effective July 12, 2012. He was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Company with effect from May 1, 2012. Philip Aiken has international business experience primarily in the energy sector and has worked in most geographies including Australia, the UK, Asia, the USA and the Middle East. His early career was at BOC Gases which he joined in 1970 after graduating in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney. In 1995 he was appointed Chief Executive of BTR Nylex and in 1997 joined BHP Billiton where he was President BHP Petroleum from 1997 to 2003 and Group President Energy from 2004 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009 he was a Senior Advisor at Macquarie Bank Ltd. He is currently a Director of Kazakhmys plc, National Grid plc, Essar Energy Plc and Chairman of Robert Walters Plc. |
Mr. Richard Longdon is Chief Executive, Executive Director of Aveva Group Plc. Mr. Longdon received an engineering training in the defence industry then gained experience in the project management of high value engineering projects. He moved into sales and held a series of international sales and marketing positions. He joined AVEVA in 1984 and shortly afterwards was made marketing manager for the process products. In January 1992, he relocated to Frankfurt where he was responsible for setting up and running the Group’s German office. He returned to the UK as part of the management buyout team in 1994, taking responsibility for the Group’s worldwide sales and marketing activities, before being appointed Managing Director in May 1999. He took over as Group Chief Executive in December 1999. |
Mr. James Kidd has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director, Executive Director of Aveva Group Plc., with effect from January 1, 2011. James is a Chartered Accountant and joined AVEVA in 2004. Prior to his appointment to the Board, James held several senior finance roles within the Group and was Head of Finance from 2006. He joined the Group at the time of the Tribon acquisition and played a part in the completion of this transaction and the subsequent integration of the acquired business. His responsibilities have included investor relations, the development of the Group’s overseas subsidiaries, standardisation of financial processes and procedures, as well as being heavily involved in the Group’s recent acquisitions. Prior to joining AVEVA James worked for both Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, serving clients in both transactional and audit engagements. |
Mr. Herve Couturier is Non-Executive Independent Director of Aveva Group Plc. Mr. Couturier joined the AVEVA Board in April 2010. Since 2008 he has been Executive Vice President of SAP AG’s Technology Group. He also serves as a board member for SimCorp A/S, a public Danish software company, and has held management positions at a number of IT companies including Business Objects, now part of SAP, S1 Corporation, a provider of software for financial and payment services, and XRT. Hervé holds both an engineering degree and a Master of Science degree from the École Centrale Paris in France. He began his career at IBM in 1982, where he held various engineering and business positions through until 1997. |
Mr. Jonathan Brooks is Non-Executive Independent Director of Aveva Group Plc. Jonathan Brooks joined AVEVA in July 2007. He has a financial, commercial and international experience. He currently holds a number of Directorships with technology-based companies. He is a Chairman of Xyratex Limited, a Nasdaq-listed provider of enterprise class data storage sub-systems and network technology, and is a Non-Executive Director and chair of the audit committee of IP Group PLC, which commercialises intellectual property originating from UK universities. Between 1995 and 2002, he was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of ARM Holdings plc. |
Mr. Philip John Dayer is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Aveva Group Plc. Philip Dayer qualified as a chartered accountant and pursued a corporate finance career in investment banking, specialising in advising small and mid-market UK companies. He was first appointed an Advisory Director in 1983 of Barclays Merchant Bank Limited and since then has held the position of Corporate Finance Director with a number of banks. He retired from Hoare Govett Limited in 2004. Philip was a financial consultant to OJSC Rosneft Oil Company, the Russian state-owned oil and gas company, on their flotation in 2006. Philip is a Non-Executive Director of Dana Petroleum plc, JSC Kazmunaigas Exploration Production and Navigators Underwriting Agency Limited, Senior Independent Director of Cadogan plc and Arden Partners plc and Chairman of IP PLUS plc. |
