John Morgan
Executive chairman
Co-founded Morgan Lovell in 1977 which then reversed into William Sindall plc in 1994 to form Morgan Sindall plc. Chief executive from 1994 to 2000 and executive chairman from 2000 to date. He is also interim chairman of Newfound N.V.
Paul Smith
Chief executive
Appointed chief executive in March 2003. His previous positions include managing director of Accord plc, managing director of Cleanaway Limited and manager at McKinsey & Co. Inc. He is also a non-executive director of Young Samuel Chambers (‘YSC’) Limited.
David Mulligan
Finance director
Appointed finance director in April 2004 having been group financial controller since 1998. Prior to this he worked at Smiths Group plc and Ernst & Young where he qualified as a chartered accountant.
Paul Whitmore
Commercial director
Appointed a director in April 2000. He had previously undertaken various roles over a 27 year period at Laing Construction plc, latterly as chief executive. Paul is a chartered surveyor.
Gill Barr
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in September 2004. Gill is currently marketing director of John Lewis plc. Her previous positions include chief executive of Deliverance Limited and business development director at Woolworth plc. She has also held various positions with Kingfisher plc, KPMG plc and Freemans plc.
Jon Walden
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in May 2001 and assumed the role of senior independent director in October 2008. Jon is currently managing director of Lex and also a non-executive director of Randgold Resources Limited. Previously, he held various roles within RAC plc, including main board director, and also at Rank Xerox, having qualified as a chartered accountant at Touche Ross (now Deloitte LLP).
Geraldine Gallacher
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in August 2007. Geraldine is currently managing director of The Executive Coaching Consultancy. Previously, she was head of group management development for The Burton Group plc (now Arcadia plc) and with the Ford Motor Company. She was an independent non-executive director of the Company between 1995 and 2004.
Adrian Martin
Independent non-executive
Appointed a director in December 2008. Adrian holds a number of non-executive directorships, including M&C Saatchi plc and Safestore Holdings plc. He is also a consultant to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, where he was previously chief executive. Prior to that he worked at BDO Stoy Hayward, the last 8 years as managing partner. He was a non-executive director of The Carphone Warehouse plc until July 2008.