Management - The Board
Nick Prest CBE
Non-Executive ChairmanNick Prest joined the board of AVEVA in January 2006 and succeeded Richard King as Chairman in April 2006. Following a spell at the Ministry of Defence at the outset of his career Nick joined Alvis, the defence contractor in 1982, becoming Chief Executive in 1989 and Chairman and Chief Executive in 1996. Nick left Alvis following its acquisition by BAE Systems in 2004, by which time the Company had become a leading international business in military land systems. In addition to his position at Alvis, Nick had a prominent role in defence industry representation, serving as Chairman of the Defence Manufacturers' Association and Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Industries Council. In addition to being Chairman of AVEVA Nick is also Chairman of Cohort plc, a defence technical services business floated on AIM in March 2006.
Richard Longdon
Chief ExecutiveRichard 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.
Paul Taylor
Finance Director and Company SecretaryPaul Taylor is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and joined AVEVA in 1989. He was heavily involved in the flotation process and has been responsible for UK accounting and for the development of AVEVA's overseas subsidiaries including adherence to group standards. Between 1998 and 2001, Paul was also UK Director of Human Resources and was appointed to the position of Finance Director and Company Secretary of AVEVA Group plc on 1 March 2001. Before joining AVEVA, Paul trained within the accountancy profession before moving to Philips Telecommunications (UK) where he was responsible for the management accounts of its Public Sectors division.
Jonathan Brooks
Non-Executive DirectorJonathan Brooks joined AVEVA in July 2007 and has a broad range of financial, commercial and international experience. He currently holds a number of Directorships with technology-based companies. He is a Non-Executive Director of Xyratex Limited, a Nasdaq-listed provider of enterprise class data storage sub-systems and network technology, and e2v technologies plc, an LSE-listed manufacturer of specialised components and sub-systems. He is also Chairman of Picochip Inc., a private equity company developing wireless processors and a Non-Executive Director of Sophos Plc a software security company. Between 1995 and 2002, he was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of ARM Holdings plc, where he was a key member of the team that developed ARM Holdings to be a leader in its sector.
Philip Dayer
Non-Executive DirectorPhilip 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, Senior Independent Director of Cadogan plc, Senior Independent Director of Arden Partners plc, and Chairman of IP PLUS PLC.
Hervé Couturier
Non-Executive DirectorHervé 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, the worldwide leader of business intelligence solutions, now part of SAP, S1 Corporation, a provider of software for financial and payment services, and XRT, a leading European treasury management software company, now part of the Sage Group PLC. 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.
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