DIRECTORS & MAIN CONTACTS
Board of Directors, President and Company Secretary
Registered in England under Company No. 138256
Registered Office: 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX
Main country of trading: United Kingdom
Directors
M TEMPLEMAN - CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE
Appointed to the Board in March 2002 and became Chairman in October 2005. He was formerly Group Marketing Director of Whitbread and Managing Director of the Whitbread Beer Company, where he was responsible for developing Stella Artois into the leading premium lager in the UK. In 2001 he took up a variety of directorships and consultancy roles. He is currently Director General of the Institute of Directors and a Non-Executive Director of Melrose plc.
J B NEAME - CHIEF EXECUTIVE
PENSION TRUSTEE
Joined the Company in 1991. Was Company Secretary until July 1994 and Tied Trade Director until 1999 when he was appointed Managing Director; he was appointed Chief Executive in 2003. He is a Barrister-at-law and was a Management Consultant with the COBA Group from 1987 to 1991. He is a Non-Executive Director of the St Austell Brewery Company Ltd and Chairman of the Future Beer Group of the British Beer & Pub Association.
R L NICOL - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PENSION TRUSTEE
Appointed to the Board in November 2003. He is a retired Scottish qualified solicitor and previously served in the Scots Guards. He has other business
interests in agriculture, forestry, insurance and leisure.
J LEIGH-PEMBERTON - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
Appointed to the Board in September 2004. He is Chief Executive of Credit Suisse in the UK. He is also a Non-Executive Director of RIT Capital Partners plc.
O W A BARNES - NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHAIRMAN OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Appointed to the Board in October 2005. He is a consultant to the City law firm Travers Smith where he was previously a partner for over 25 years. He is a member of the Law Society’s Company Law Committee.
K R LITTLEFAIR - FINANCE AND IT DIRECTOR
Joined the Company and was appointed to the Board as Finance Director in April 2000. He took on responsibility for IT in 2003. He is a chartered accountant who gained extensive experience with Ernst & Young before joining London International Group plc, where he was Finance Director of the
European Division and then the Operations Division.
G H A BARNES - PROPERTY AND TENANTED TRADE DIRECTOR
Joined the Company in 1978. He is a chartered surveyor and was appointed to the Board in January 2001. He is also a Director of the Institute of Licensing.
N J BUNTING - RETAIL DIRECTOR
Joined the Company in 1993. He has held various management positions
including responsibility for the Free On Trade and National Sales.
Most recently he was operations manager for Tenanted pubs from
2001 and Managed pubs from 2003. He was appointed to the Board in
August 2005. He is a Non-Executive director of Davy & Co Ltd.
G CRAIG - SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR
Joined the Company in May 2006 and was appointed to the Board in July 2006. He was previously at PepsiCo for 12 years, latterly as Convenience Director, responsible for Walkers, Quaker and Tropicana products.
T W FALCON - PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR
Appointed to the Board 24 July 2008, he worked for Maersk Company Ltd,
part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk group, the world-leader in shipping, where
he was Director of Strategy and Process Excellence. Prior to Maersk he
spent three years with A T Kearney management consultants. He has an MBA from INSEAD.
President
R H B NEAME CBE DL - PRESIDENT
CHAIRMAN OF PENSION TRUSTEES
Joined the Company in 1956 and was appointed to the Board in 1957. Was appointed Chairman in 1971 and served in this role until October 2005 and retired from the Board on 30 June 2006. He is now the Company’s first President and is Chairman of the trustees of the Shepherd Neame Company Retirement Account. In July 2008 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law at the University of Kent.
Company Secretary
F J LESTER - COMPANY SECRETARY
Joined the Company as Company Secretary in September 2004. She qualified as a Chartered Secretary in South Africa where she worked in the manufacturing sector. On return to the UK in 1986, she initially worked in the same sector and then in the leisure industry as Company Secretary for the Tussauds Group.
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Shares
Shepherd Neame Limited currently has in issue 11,457,500 “A” Ordinary Shares, each with a nominal value of £1.00, which are quoted on PLUS Markets Group.
Under the provisions of the Financial Services Act, we are restricted from making anything that might be construed as a recommendation to buy, or an offer to sell, our shares. For this reason we don’t provide information on current market prices. Visit The Plus Markets Group's website for the latest share price information (you may have to register with the PLUS website to access price/trade/news data).
Shepherd Neame Limited also has 68,000,000 “B” Ordinary Shares in issue, each with a nominal value of 2p. These shares are not traded on any exchange and transfers can only take place between direct descendants of Percy Beale Neame and in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.