Governance

Senior management

  • Peter Slator
  • Divisional Managing Director, Textiles and Washroom Services

Aged 49. Appointed Divisional Managing Director in April 2009. Previously worked for 28 years with Unilever, having been Executive Chairman in Australasia and prior to that the Group Head of I.T. and before that Managing Director of the Foods business in Japan.

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  • Stuart Godman
  • Divisional Managing Director, City Link

Aged 37. Appointed in September 2009. Previously Sales and Marketing Director of City Link and formerly Target Express, which was acquired by Rentokil Initial plc in November 2006. Joined Target Express in 1997 after nine years with TNT Express.

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  • Xuemei Bennink-Bai
  • Divisional Managing Director, Asia Pacific

Aged 43. Appointed in October 2009. Formerly Managing Director of Unilever Food Solutions China and a member of the Unilever Food Solutions Board for Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Prior to this she held a wide range of positions with Unilever in general management, sales, project management and research in China, Vietnam, the Netherlands and the UK.

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  • Bryan Kinsella
  • Chief Information Officer

Aged 53. Joined in 2007. Formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Society of International Telecommunications and Aeronautics having previously held board positions at Vertex (part of United Utilities), the Computer Science Corporation and executive roles at ASDA and International Computers.

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  • Peter Lloyd
  • Divisional Managing Director, Facilities Services

Aged 59. Joined in 1986 having sold his retail cleaning company to the group in 1985. Prior to this current role, appointed Managing Director of UK Cleaning in 2002.

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  • Martin Sawkins
  • Group HR Director

Aged 54. Joined in November 2008. Previously held positions as Group HR Director HomeServe plc, Group HR Director The AA Limited and HR Director Centrica Home and Road Services. Prior to this held a number of senior positions in HR and operations in British Aerospace and United Biscuits.

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