Investors

Allan Cook was appointed a non-executive director in September 2009, taking up the post of chairman on 1 February 2010. He is a chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ international experience in the automotive, aerospace and defence industries. He was chief executive of Cobham PLC until the end of December 2009. Prior to this he held senior roles at GEC-Marconi, BAE Systems and Hughes Aircraft. He is chairman of SELEX Galileo Ltd, deputy chairman of Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Limited and a member of the operating executive board of J.F. Lehman & Company. He is also chairman of the Skills & Jobs Retention Group, chairman of UK Trade & Investment’s Advanced Engineering Sector Advisory Board, chairman of the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA), past president of the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD), past president of the Society of British Aerospace and Defence Companies (SBAC) and director of the Industry Forum. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2008 and is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Dr Uwe Krueger was appointed a director in June 2011. He is a physicist who studied at the University of Frankfurt, graduating with a PhD in complex system theory. He also studied at Columbia University (New York), the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) and at Harvard (Boston). Uwe has spent the majority of his career leading engineering and consulting organisations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

He began his career at international strategy consulting firm, A T Kearney, followed by leadership positions at Hochtief AG, an international provider of construction services, including chief executive officer of central and eastern Europe, and senior vice president and chairman of Turner International based in Dallas, USA.

More recently he was chief executive officer of Swiss company, Oerlikon, one of the world’s leading high-tech industrial companies specialising in machine and plant engineering. He joined Atkins from Texas Pacific Group, a private equity investment firm based in London and San Francisco and Cleantech Switzerland, a trade promotion organisation in the area of sustainability which operates on behalf of the Swiss Federal Government. He is currently on the Board of STR Holdings (Connecticut, USA), Zementis, Inc (San Diego) and ONTEX S.A. (Zele, Belgium) and SUSI Partners AG (Zurich, Switzerland).

Heath Drewett was appointed a director in 2009 when he joined Atkins as Group finance director. A graduate in mathematics from Peterhouse, Cambridge, he started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He has held a variety of senior finance and corporate development roles at British Airways plc and The Morgan Crucible Company plc. He spent seven years in BA’s finance team, most recently holding the position of head of business performance.

Alun Griffiths joined Atkins in 1986 and was appointed a director in 2007. He has a background in management consultancy and has led a wide range of projects in the areas of restructuring, organisational development and privatisation in the UK and worldwide. He is an economics graduate and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Alun was appointed Group HR director in 2003 and chairs the Industry Board of the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC), an organisation charged with progressing the UK Government’s strategy for increasing the participation of women in science and engineering.

Lord Boyce was appointed a non-executive director in May 2004. He had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence that culminated in his becoming First Sea Lord, professional head of the Royal Navy, in 1998 and then Chief of Defence Staff, professional head of the Armed Forces, from 2001 to 2003. He was elevated to the peerage in 2003, was appointed Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in 2004 and was made a Knight of the Garter in 2011. He is senior independent director and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Fiona Clutterbuck was appointed a non-executive director in March 2007. She has substantial experience in all areas of corporate finance, including a particular focus on the financial institutions sector, gained during 15 years at Hill Samuel and HSBC and seven years at ABN AMRO. Fiona is Head of Corporate Development at the Phoenix Group, a FTSE 250 company. She has an LLB (Hons) from the University of London and qualified as a barrister in 1980. She is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Joanne Curin was appointed a non-executive director in February 2009. She is a chartered accountant and has a broad range of international experience gained during her career as a senior finance executive for large-scale organisations in the property and construction, oil and gas, pulp and paper, shipping and logistics sectors. She has worked in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and more recently held finance director roles for both Lend Lease Corporation and P&O. She is chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.

Raj Rajagopal was appointed a non-executive director in June 2008. He held several positions at BOC Edwards before being appointed chief executive, a position he held until November 2006. He was an executive director of the BOC Group plc until November 2006 and is a non-executive director of Bodycote plc, e2v plc and Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc. He is also chairman of HHV Pumps Private Ltd and non-executive chairman of The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and a fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Business Research of Cambridge University. He was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by Cranfield University in 2004 and the IET’s IEE Eric Mensforth International Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to manufacturing technology and management in 2003. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Rodney Earl Slater was appointed a non-executive director in September 2011. A lawyer by profession, Mr Slater is currently a partner at law firm Patton Boggs LLP (Washington DC, United States), where he is a leader of its transportation practice, working on projects related to transportation infrastructure. Prior to this he was secretary of transportation under president Bill Clinton between 1997 and 2001. He served as administrator of the United States Federal Highway Administration from 1993 to 1996 and was assistant attorney general for the State of Arkansas before that. In his tenure as secretary of transportation, one of his notable achievements was the successful passing of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. This provided a more effective framework for planning and funding the long term transportation needs of major cities in the United States. Mr Slater is currently a non-executive director of Verizon Communications, Inc., Kansas City Southern and the Transurban Group. He also sits on the Congressional Awards Foundation’s non-profit Board as well as that of United Way Worldwide.