John W Whybrow - Chairman
Appointed to the Board on 1 August 1997 and became Chairman on 13 December 2002. Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Disclosure Committee. Mr Whybrow is a Non Executive Director of DSG International plc and was Chairman of CSR plc from March 2004 until May 2007. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Lighting Holding B.V., based in the Netherlands, until 2001 and Executive Vice President, Philips Electronics from 1998 until March 2002, when he returned to the UK. Mr Whybrow is Chairman of Petworth Cottage Nursing Home. Age 63.
Ian K Meakins - Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive on 13 July 2009, Mr Meakins was, until April 2009, Chief Executive of Travelex Holdings Limited, the international foreign exchange and payments business. Mr Meakins was previously Chief Executive Officer of Alliance UniChem plc until its merger with Boots in July 2006 and prior to that, was President, European Major Markets and Global Supply for Diageo plc, between 2000 and 2004, spending over 12 years with the company in a variety of international management positions. Mr Meakins is a director of the Impetus Trust. Age 52.
Frank W Roach - Chief Executive, North America
Appointed to the Board on 16 December 2005. Mr Roach is responsible for all the North American businesses. He first joined Ferguson Enterprises Inc. in 1976 and has held a number of business roles. In 2005, Mr Roach was appointed as Senior Vice President of the Wolseley North America management team, playing a key part in further developing and expanding the Group’s North American businesses. Age 58.
Stephen P Webster - Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board on 1 August 1994, Mr Webster, a chartered accountant, was appointed as Group Finance Director on 9 December 1994. He is chairman of the Disclosure and Treasury Committees. Formerly a partner in Price Waterhouse and was a Non Executive Director of Bradford and Bingley plc until 14 November 2008. Age 57.
Gareth Davis - Non Executive Director
First appointed to the Board on 1 July 2003. Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Mr Davis has been Chief Executive of Imperial Tobacco Group plc since its incorporation in 1996, having spent the last 36 years in the tobacco industry. Age 59.
Andrew J Duff - Non Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 July 2004. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee. Mr Duff is Chief Executive of RWE npower plc. He spent 14 years at BP plc where he held leading positions in marketing and oil trading and was latterly the Director of Strategic Planning for BP Oil, USA. Mr Duff is a member of CBI President’s committee, the CBI Climate Change board and the Green Fiscal Commission. Age 50.
Alain Le Goff - Non Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 September 2009. Mr Le Goff retired as Executive Vice President, Supply of Reckitt Benckiser plc in March 2009, a position he had held for ten years. He joined Benckiser in 1986 as industrial director in France before moving to Germany in 1992, later becoming global logistics director. Mr Le Goff is currently a non executive director of Coty Inc., a US based leader in fragrances and of the holding company of the Birds Eye Iglo Group, a UK based leader in frozen food. Age 57.
James I K Murray - Non Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 12 April 2002. Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee. Mr Murray, a chartered accountant, was a Non Executive Director of UK Coal PLC and was also Finance Director of Land Securities PLC from 1991 until his retirement in 2001. Mr Murray is the Chairman of Trustees of the Land Securities Pension Fund. Age 62.
Nigel M Stein - Non Executive Director
First appointed to the Board on 1 December 2003. He is a member of the Audit Committee. A Chartered Accountant, Mr Stein has been Chief Executive, Automotive of GKN plc since September 2007, prior to which he was Finance Director of GKN plc, and has also worked in a number of other senior roles in his twelve years with the GKN Group. Prior to GKN, he held senior financial positions with Laird Security Systems and Hestair Duple Limited. Age 54.
Richard Shoylekov - Group Company Secretary and General Counsel
Joined Wolseley plc in November 2007. He is secretary to the Board and all of the Committees of the Board and is a member of the Disclosure and Executive Committees. Mr Shoylekov, a solicitor, has responsibility for the Group’s legal affairs, insurance and corporate responsibility. Age 43.
Michael Wareing - Non Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2009. Mr Wareing has been Chief Executive of KPMG International since 2005. He joined KPMG in 1973 and during his long career he has worked in a variety of roles, both advising major international plc clients as the audit partner, as well as running a large global organisation, as a CEO in his own right. In addition, throughout his career Mr Wareing has been closely involved with a number of charities and public bodies, including his appointment in December 2007 as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the reconstruction of Southern Iraq, and as Chairman of CSR 360 the Global Partner Network which promotes best practice in Corporate Social Responsibility. He is also a Board member of Business in the Community. Age 56.