Board of directors

  • John Morgan Executive Chairman

    John 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 since 2000.

  • Paul Smith Chief Executive

    Appointed chief executive in March 2003, Paul's previous positions include managing director of Accord plc, managing director of Cleanaway Limited and manager at McKinsey & Co. Inc.

  • David Mulligan Finance Director

    David was 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, Paul previously held various roles over a 27-year period at Laing Construction plc, latterly as chief executive. He is a chartered surveyor.

  • Jon Walden Independent Non-Executive

    Jon was appointed a director in May 2001 and assumed the role of senior independent director in October 2008. He is currently a non-executive director of Randgold Resources Limited.  Previously, Jon was managing director of Lex and held various roles within RAC and also at Rank Xerox, having qualified as a chartered accountant at Touche Ross (now Deloitte LLP).

  • Gill Barr Independent Non-Executive

    Appointed a director in September 2004, Gill’s previous positions include marketing director of John Lewis plc, chief executive of Deliverance Limited and business development director at Woolworth plc. Prior to this she held various positions within Kingfisher plc, KPMG LLP and Freemans plc.

  • Geraldine Gallacher Independent Non-Executive

    Appointed a director in August 2007, Geraldine is 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.

  • Patrick De Smedt Independent Non-Executive

    Appointed a director in December 2009, Patrick’s career includes 23 years with Microsoft, joining in 1983 as one of its first appointments in Europe and culminating in the role of Chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2003 until his retirement in 2006.    Since leaving Microsoft in 2006, Patrick has served on the boards of a number of European public and private companies.  He holds a degree in commercial engineering and is currently a non-executive director of Victrex plc, the FTSE 250 polymers company and Option NV, a Belgian listed technology company as well as a member of the advisory board to one of the divisions of ING, Europe and a non executive director of several privately owned companies, including Telindus Group NV (Belgacom).