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Board of Directors


Photograph of Philip Gwyn    Philip Gwyn - Chairman
Philip is a barrister and merchant banker by training. He is responsible for group strategy and planning. Philip is a non-executive director of Alumasc plc and director of a number of private companies.

Photograph of David Rugg    David Rugg - Chief Executive
David is responsible for the day-to-day operation and development of the group. David either chairs or sits on the boards of Christie Group companies and has been with the group since 1972, having been managing director since 1985 and chief executive since 2000.

Photograph of Robert Zenker    Robert Zenker - Finance Director
Robert is a chartered accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He has responsibility for all financial and company accounting matters together with corporate finance matters and financial public relations. After qualifying, he joined Deloittes (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers) before moving on to Sainsbury's and then Virgin Group.

Photograph of Chris Day    Chris Day - Executive Director
Chris joined Christie + Co in 1985 and, having worked in the Manchester, Birmingham and London offices, was appointed managing director in 1993. He has overall responsibility for all Christie + Co's specialist transactional and advisory activities. Chris has overseen the successful expansion of Christie + Co into a truly pan-European firm, which currently has offices throughout Europe.

Photograph of Peter Lane (Lord Lane of Horsell)    Peter Lane (Lord Lane of Horsell) - Senior Non-executive Director
Peter is chairman of the Audit Committee and is also a member of both the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He was senior partner of Binder Hamlyn chartered accountants and has been chairman of a number of listed companies.

Photograph of Michael Likierman    Michael Likierman - Non-executive Director
Michael was the founding chief executive of Habitat France. He later co-founded GrandVision SA, the French-based owner of Vision Express. He is chairman of Générale de Téléphone and other private companies. In 2002 Michael was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. He chairs the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Photograph of Tony Chambers    Tony Chambers - Non-executive Director
Tony was previously head of banking and director of Robert Fleming, a director of Save and Prosper Group and chairman of Gartmore High Income. Tony chairs the Remuneration Committee and is also a member of both the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Photograph of Pommy Sarwal    Pommy Sarwal - Non-executive Director
Pommy was previously with Deloitte & Touche where he was a partner in corporate finance from 2002. In addition, he is a member of the Ports Advisory Group of the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform - Trade & Investment Division, a non-executive director of Chatham Historic Dockyard and a member of the Boards of the Port of London Authority and British Waterways. Pommy is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.