Board of directors

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • David Mulligan Finance director

    Appointed finance director in April 2004 having been with the Group in finance roles since 1997. 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. A chartered surveyor, he has previously undertaken various roles over a 27-year period with John Laing plc, latterly as chief executive of Laing Construction plc.

  • Adrian Martin Senior independent non-executive

    Adrian was appointed a director in December 2008 and assumed the role of senior independent director in May 2010. He had a 30 year career at the accountants, BDO Stoy Hayward, the last eight years as managing partner, before becoming chief executive and then consultant at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP until 2009. Adrian now holds a number of non-executive directorships, including H R Owen plc, M&C Saatchi plc and Safestore Holdings plc.  He was a non-executive director of The Carphone Warehouse plc until July 2008.

  • 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. She has also held various positions within Kingfisher plc, KPMG plc and Freemans plc.

  • 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.

  • Patrick De Smedt Independent non-executive

    Appointed a director in December 2009. Patrick’s career includes 23 years with Microsoft, culminating as chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2003.  Since leaving Microsoft in 2006, Patrick has served on the boards of a number of European public and private companies and is currently a non-executive director of Victrex plc and CPP Group plc.  He is also on the advisory board to a division of ING Europe.

  • Simon Gulliford Independent non-executive

    Appointed a director with effect from 1 March 2010. Simon has run his own marketing consultancy since 1992, after leaving Ashridge College where he was head of the marketing faculty. He has had marketing roles at companies including Sears plc, EMAP plc and, until 2004, was group marketing director for Barclays plc. His previous non-executive roles have included director of St James's Place plc and Business Control Solutions plc. He is currently chief marketing officer at Standard Life plc.